Videoconferencing and audio conferencing

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Don't let videoconferencing kill your WAN
Desktop video conferencing brings the medium to the masses, but it can kill your WAN. Avoid a saturated network with desktop video-conferencing network planning.
Telepresence, video conferencing interoperability focus is on user experience
Video communications vendors are inching their way toward multi-vendor telepresence and video conferencing interoperability, nudging along the technology's metamorphosis from an intra-company to an inter-company medium for enterprises, partners and customers.
How can I tell if my network will support an extensive videoconferencing system?
How can I tell if my network will support an extensive videoconferencing system with a video training component?
Business Fitness (im)proves its business with webinars
Business improvement consultancy Business Fitness has improved its sales presentations and processes with webinars and hosted meetings.
Cisco-Tandberg deal could create conflict inside IT organizations
Cisco decided Telepresence wasn't enough of an enterprise video strategy. So it bought Tandberg. Now it has desktop video, video conferencing and the very high-end telepresence experience. Enterprise video's two buying constituencies, the telepresence-loving executives and the video conferencing IT all-stars, will differ over whom to buy from and what to buy, now that Cisco has bought Tandberg and competes directly with Polycom.
Enterprise video gains usage but must be used wisely to be effective
Enterprise video is seeing wider use in more interactive and practical applications, such as video conferencing systems, telepresence and corporate training videos.
Which videoconferencing codec is for you?
Video and voice codecs are essential to video conferencing equipment; they allow participants to see and hear those on the other end in real time. Learn the details of codecs for video conferencing, especially the popular H.264 or MPEG-4, to help you select the best system for your UC environment.
Austrade stages "virtual" trade mission
The Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) has used videoconferencing to stage a virtual trade mission for wine exporters.
Transforming healthcare with video conferencing
Video services like video conferencing have taken healthcare to a whole new level. With the ability to confer and train with doctors anywhere in the world, many hospitals and healthcare institutions have changed for the better. Learn about a few examples in this chapter excerpt.
Cultural, network changes needed to derive ROI from videoconferencing
Your network and your culture need to be reviewed to make videoconferencing a hit for your business.
Cisco brings UC, collaboration, to the cloud
Cisco has revamped its WebEx collaboration service.
Telepresence reaches down to smaller businesses
Telepresence vendors are scaling down their wares to reach smaller businesses.
Four factors driving the rise of videoconferencing
Analyst Zeus Kerravala explains why videoconferencing is finally taking off.
Videoconferencing is finally ready to show itself off
Analysts Forrester and Gartner believe videoconferencing is really ready for business - this time!
Book Extract
This chapter download from Video Communications - The Whole Picture explains mobile interactive voice and mobile videoconferencing.
New network may help boost mental health
A new videoconferencing network is hoped to improve delivery of mental health services in regional New South Wales.
Yahoo! Live has potential for quick conferences
Simon Sharwood reviews Yahoo!'s new "Live" video streaming service and finds it imperfect, but compellingly priced for casual conferences.
Ultra-high resolution video link wows researchers, politicians
Researchers launched a massive-scale videoconferencing system for scientific research today at the University of Melbourne.
Cisco's VoiceCon keynote: A vision of the future with TelePresence
Watch our video of former US vice president Al Gore endorsing Cisco's TelePresence as a key tool for reducing carbon emissions.
Voice and Video Conferencing Fundamentals
In this chapter download, three leading experts discuss the principles, technologies, and protocols underlying today's state-of-the-art conferencing systems.
Cisco's new collaboration tools key to green strategy
Cisco's green guru Paul Marcoux explains how TelePresence and unified communications can cut costs while helping the environment.
10 Ways to Determine if Video Conferencing Can Up Your Productivity and Reduce Your Costs
Video conferencing technologies are the most in-demand applications of the information age. Learn how it can help you boost productivity and reduce costs.
Review: Cisco's TelePresence is as good as being there
Cisco's TelePresence is not just a more expensive version of videoconferencing. Experiencing Cisco's TelePresence live is an experience totally unlike anything videoconferencing has delivered before.
Cisco brings video to the enterprise
With the success of YouTube and other consumer on-demand video offerings, Cisco plans to bring on-demand video to the enterprise.
What is real-time collaboration?
Collaboration is using the Internet to communicate with co-workers as if they were in the same room, even if they are located on the other side of the world.
What is videoconference?
A videoconference is a live video connection between people in separate locations for the purpose of communication, often involving audio and often text.

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AT&T offers TelePresence as a service
AT&T is planning to offer Cisco’s TelePresence solution as a managed service.

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Web conferencing Part 2: Infrastructure
Learn how Web conferencing systems are designed, how they work and whether they will work for your organisation.
Web conferencing Part 1: Service selection criteria
We review the features required and recommended for prospect education events, product demonstrations and web collaboration applications of web conferencing.
Video over IP: What the voice manager needs to know
Video over IP lets users stream video and videoconference, but when implementing it, voice managers must consider VoIP integration and traffic concerns.
Mobile video conferencing and interactive multimedia
This chapter excerpt provides an understanding of mobile video conferencing technology, standards and applications.

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