A new report forecasts a rebound in the sale of videoconferencing equipment after seven consecutive quarters of declining growth rates.
The report by Wainhouse Research, says while 2009 will likely registered flat growth compared to last year, growth rates in the pursuing years will match the high rates of earlier in the decade. The new analysis [...]
New market analysis by Ovum has identified a growing focus by Asian operators and vendors in the telepresence space. According to a comment by Ovum analyst, Lucy Arole, the telepresence landscape is changing in the region as local companies such as China’s CPCNet and Huawei Technolgoies are emerging to challenge traditional players in the telepresence [...]
Following the launch of public telepresence points by Tata Communications, a host of companies are jumping on the bandwagon with similar offerings and capabilities that bring high definition video communications into the public domain.
This week, Cable & Wireless announced that it has joined up with Regus, the business centre operator, to introduce a public telepresence [...]
Video communications can reduce the need for travel by 30%, says Tandberg, who has published a list of 10 applications that businesses can implement to reduce their carbon emissions.
According to Tandberg, its 1,400 employees conduct more than 75,000 video conferencing and telepresence calls monthly. That’s a staggering 53 calls per employee per month, or more [...]
PRESS RELEASE: Polycom, Inc., the worldwide leader in telepresence, video and voice communications solutions, has been recognised as having the dominant market share in video conferencing endpoints across the Asia Pacific region by consulting company, Frost & Sullivan. In its recently released research, entitled “Asia Pacific Video Conferencing Endpoints Market, 2008”, Frost & Sullivan [...]
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AT&T has introduced a new feature that will allow companies to connect legacy videoconferencing systems to its Telepresence platform, which uses the latest high definition gear from Cisco.
The new Telepresenece Interoperability feature will be available at the end of Q2 this year, and allows companies with H.323-compatible systems to connect to Telepresence systems [...]
PRESS RELEASE: A collaboration between Cisco, the Philippine Long Distance Telecommunications Co. (PLDT) and Tata Communications will result in the first public TelePresence service in the Philippines.
To be operated by PLDT, the Public TelePresence Studio will connect to Tata Communications’ growing global network of public TelePresence rooms, which currently includes Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and [...]
Conferencing specialist, Polycom, has enhanced its telepresence solution to meet stringent government demands.
The company expanded its visual communications solutions for government applications with the first high-definition telepresence systems featuring Joint Interoperability Certification (JITC), integrated FIPS 140-2 validation and IPv6 network interoperability.
With these new certifications, Polycom’s HDX 9000, HDX 8000 and HDX 7000 room telepresence and [...]
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Nokia Siemens Networks is looking to revolutionise the mobile network with is Liquid Radio architecture, which not only promises to re-architect today’s base station infrastructure, but also to ultimately bridge the gap between highly specialise (and expensive) telecoms equipment and commoditise (cost competitive) computer components. Green Telecom Live talks to Mike Murphy, head of Technology [...]
Interview with Telenor Connexion: Inside the world of M2M
Telenor Connexion, the unit of the Telenor Group focused on the machine-to-machine market, has been developing and deploying M2M applications for customers for the past decade. Green Telecom Live speaks with Gwenn Larsson, head of marketing at Telenor Connexion, about what makes M2M different from the rest of the mobile industry and the kinds of [...]
Verne Global outlines Iceland data centre plans
Two years after we first published the Icelandic government’s plans to promote the building of data centres on its shores, a venture capital-backed start tup, Verne Global, is looking to make it a reality.
Verne Global, backed by General Catalysts from Boston, Novator in London and the Wellcome Trust, is now constructing a wholesale data centre [...]
Next gen data centre architecture Part 2: Cisco’s Unified Computing
Cisco this month unveiled what some company executives dubbed one of the biggest announcements for the network equipment maker – ever. With the announcement of its Unified Computing, Cisco officially enters the computing space, although not quite as previous speculation in the industry had outlined. Instead of just producing its own blade server, Cisco unveiled [...]
Next gen data centre architecture Part 1: Juniper’s single switching fabric
In the past couple of weeks, cloud computing has really taken off, with both service providers, server makers, and switching vendors all making big announcements on service deployments and new gear designed for cloud operating environments.
Specifically, both Juniper and Cisco made significant announcements in their vision of a next generation data centre environment that can [...]