Cisco launches interoperability protocol for telepresence
Cisco Systems has released what it calls the Telepresence Interoperability Protocol (TIP) that will allow inter-company telepresence sessions. The company has released the protocol into the ‘public domain’ and is offering it on a royalty-free licensing basis to all industry participants.
According to Cisco, LifeSize, TANDBERG (currently being brought by Cisco), and RADVISION have already signed agreements to license the protocol.
“Release of the Telepresence Interoperability Protocol marks a significant step in creating a new open standard for telepresence, similar to other industry video standards. Cisco already supports H.323, which allows Cisco TelePresence to interoperate with standard- and high-definition videoconferencing systems and other collaboration applications,” the vendor said.
Presumably, third party vendors will have to support TIP to interoperate with Cisco’s TelePresence systems.
At the same time, Cisco is extending the application of telepresence beyond the corporate meeting room. The company announced five new ‘experiences’ that including taking the technology into classroom, combining it with Web collaboration suites, into remote demonstration centres, and as an extension of on-site customer service support.
Lastly, the Cisco TelePresence Streaming Service aims to provide live webcasting or recording services from any Cisco TelePresence meetings to any type of desktop or mobile device.
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Category: Applications, Conferencing
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