Videoconferencing News

Videoconferencing: Simple, Lower-Cost Options Grow – Telecom – Unified Communications/messaging – Informationweek

“It would be nice if some of the cameras had better adaption to poor lighting condition, just like our eyes do” -Scott

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  • As participants join video meetings from homes, cubicles, hotel rooms, or airports, production values can vary. Some sit before a window, causing sunlight streaming in to show them only as a silhouette, while others’ faces are off-center or the background is messy and cluttered. And a high-ceilinged room can affect acoustics. They don’t have to look like a TV anchor, but they need to pay a little more attention to their video image. 

     ”I think Cisco should offer an ‘Extreme Makeover’ service for video,” said Kerravala. “There’s a lot to think about when you’re putting video in your home. There should be a basic set of best practices.”

Link: http://www.informationweek.com/news/telecom/unified_communications/232300894
Date: Sunday, 1 January 2012, 8:03 pm

Videoconferencing in 2012 and beyond | MNN – Mother Nature Network

“2012 as the year of BYOD, Bring Your Own Device, is a good one. Seem that every implementation lately is either using mobile (android or IOS) or folks are making sure that their systems will be mobile compatible. A great way to get extra use from devices that you already have and to use the employe’s resources to reduce expenses for the company” -Scott

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  • This is part and parcel with another of the predictions: That BYOD, or bring your own device, will go mainstream. That idea is driven by employees’ interest in adopting new technologies on their own and then expecting their companies to support the multiple kinds of platforms their individual pieces use.

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Link: http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/research-innovations/stories/videoconferencing-in-2012-and-beyond
Date: Sunday, 1 January 2012, 7:53 pm

Vets, students chat via videoconference | The Journal News | LoHud.com | LoHud.com

‘Another great use of VTC to connect students with history in a very real way.”-Scott

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  • Students from 13 lower Hudson Valley schools got first-hand accounts of life in the military Monday when they enthusiastically questioned seven veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm, Iraq and Afghanistan during a veterans videoconference at Southern Westchester BOCES’ Lower Hudson Regional Information Center.

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Link: http://www.lohud.com/article/20111108/NEWS01/111080360/Vets-students-chat-via-videoconference
Date: Saturday, 12 November 2011, 8:59 pm

Blue Jeans Network Beats Microsoft To Lync, Skype Connection – Telecom – Unified Communications/messaging – Informationweek

“This might be the right niche for Blue Jeans–as the interlinkage between networks. I have priced out BlueJeans vs. other cloud based solutions like LIfeSize Connections, and BlueJeans is not that cost-effective. But getting a head of everyone else re interconnectivity, is a great advantage.” -Scott

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  • Cloud-based videoconferencing service will demo ability to connect Skype, Lync, and room-based systems from Cisco, Polycom, Logitech LifeSize, and others at Enterprise 2.0 conference in Santa Clara, Calif.

Link: http://www.informationweek.com/news/telecom/unified_communications/231902764
Date: Saturday, 12 November 2011, 8:57 pm

Vidyo rolls out virtualized videoconferencing | Reuters

“Yet another move into the cloud for videoconferencing. I wonder if this will also bring another round of incompatible systems, however. If I am using LIfesize Connections, and you are on Ciscos callway, then can we call each other? ” -Scott

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  • Videoconference start-up Vidyo unveiled a new technology on Tuesday, allowing its videoconferencing service to run using virtual servers, raising pressure on market leaders Cisco Systems and Polycom .

Link: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/08/video-conferencing-virtual-idUSL6E7M748G20111108
Date: Saturday, 12 November 2011, 8:54 pm

2 Reasons Videoconferencing Remains A Niche – Telecom – Unified Communications/messaging – Informationweek

“I think this is starting to change, largely due to facetime, skype and other consumer level applications.”-Scott

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  • By now, video calls and conferences should be as common as texting. So why aren’t we all saying, “Can you see me now?”

Link: http://www.informationweek.com/news/telecom/unified_communications/231901968
Date: Wednesday, 9 November 2011, 11:20 pm

DailyTech – Bell Labs Working on "Nethead" Telepresence Robots for Remote Workers

“This seems like a really bad idea” -Scott

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  • Bell Labs Working on “Nethead” Telepresence Robots for Remote Workers

Link: http://www.dailytech.com/Bell+Labs+Working+on+Nethead+Telepresence+Robots+for+Remote+Workers/article23208.htm
Date: Wednesday, 9 November 2011, 11:18 pm