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whitepaper StrandVision: A New Approach to Digital Signage2006-04-27 08:35:17
  StrandVision LLC is a Digital Signage company based in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. It uses a network of registered affiliates, installers and resellers to deliver low-cost, high-availability hosted digital signage services directly over the Internet to televisions and computer displays in subscribers' offices and businesses. StrandVision's easy-to-setup and easy-to-update Web-based patent-pending service enables administrators and authorized users to use standard Internet-connected personal computers with Windows, Mac or Unix/Linux-based operating systems to maintain and quickly distribute text messages and graphics, including advertisements and video content, national and local weather and news, and other information of interest.   
whitepaper FACTS Deploys WebEx Enterprise-Wide and Improves Customer Support, Increases Market Reach, and Generates New Business2006-04-01
  Relying on in-person meetings for sales, training and support purposes was preventing FACTS Management from effectively expanding market reach and improving customer support. FACTS now uses WebEx Support Center to easily solve customer support issues remotely and WebEx Training Center to provide frequent technical trainings and marketing presentations. As a result, WebEx has streamlined FACTS operations, dramatically increasing customer reach and sales while making the organization more nimble.

Tags: Learning Management Systems, Customer Support Services		   
whitepaper PING: A Group-to-Individual Distributed Meeting System2006-03-27 Microsoft
  Group-to-individual (G2I) distributed meeting is an important but understudied area. Because of the asymmetry between different parties in G2I meetings, it has two unique challenges: the remote participant tends to be ignored by the local participants; and the remote participant has inferior audio, video, and data experience than the local participants. To address these issues, this paper presents PING, a system explicitly designed for G2I distributed meetings that combines recent advances in both hardware, e.g., microphone arrays, remote person stand-in devices, and software, e.g., audio-video processing, to improve users' G2I meeting experience.

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whitepaper BUCA, Inc. Uses WebEx Training Center to Dramatically Improve Information Delivery Processes and Standardize Quality of Service2006-03-01 WebEx Communications
  BUCA, Inc. is one of the premiere restaurant companies in the US. The company needed an effective training method to ensure its new programs and services would be rolled out quickly and accurately by staff in 104 restaurants located throughout the U.S. BUCA, Inc. deployed WebEx Training Center which accelerated their information delivery processes, saving $30,000 and weeks of in-person training in its first online food rollout.

Tags: Streaming Media, Learning Management Systems		   
whitepaper Cisco - Implementing QoS Solutions for H.323 Video Conferencing Over IP2006-05-04 05:25:04 Cisco Systems
  H.323 is the standard with global acceptance for multimedia conferences in an IP network. Many IP video conference applications use the H.323 suite of protocols. The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) H.323 defines an international standard for multimedia over IP. ITU approved the first version of the H.323 standard in 1996. The current version is 4. Many applications now commonly deploy LAN-based H.323 video systems. An example application is Microsoft NetMeeting, which utilizes H.323 for video conference and shared collaboration. This paper discusses tools to implement Quality of Service (QoS) for H.323 video conferences over an enterprise WAN with relatively low-speed links.   
whitepaper High-Bandwidth Video Conferencing Systems: When Is the Quality Worth the Cost?2006-01-29 University of Michigan
  The marketing literature for videoconferencing products often makes recommendations for settings that will yield acceptable subjective video quality; however, these recommendations have not been empirically validated. Additionally, a number of high bandwidth conferencing systems have been created that promise high video quality, but with extremely high bandwidth costs. An experiment was conducted investigating the subjective perception of video quality under the following conditions: 384 kbps, 1920 kbps, DVTS, and plain video. Four test scenes were used that differed in the amount and type of motion present in the video. Participants viewed sequences of reference and test scenes on a Samsung 42-inch plasma display, and made subjective ratings of all scenes using a discrete, 5-point scale.

Tags: Bandwidth Issues, Streaming Media		   
whitepaper Sprint Global MPLS VPN IP white paper2006-12-11 12:53:30 Sprint
  If you're looking for a simple, flexible, and standards-compliant VPN solution with security equivalent to or better than frame relay or ATM (asynchronous transfer mode) alternatives, consider Sprint's Global MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) VPN. It offers any-to-any connectivity, securely segments network traffic, and provides excellent quality of service. What's more, Sprint Global MPLS VPN users enjoy the benefits of:
  • Wireless access
  • Class of Service traffic control
  • Multicasting
  • Performance reporting
  • Industry-leading SLAs
Download this white paper to learn more about the Cisco-powered Sprint Global MPLS VPN and how it can meet your organization's secure connectivity needs.

  
whitepaper Santa Goes Hi-Tech: Cisco's Video IP Phone Connects Kids With Santa2005-12-21 Cisco Systems
  Cisco IP technology brings Santa Claus to Children's Hospitals via video conference from the North Pole.

Tags: TCP - IP		   
whitepaper Enterprise Video Conferencing: Ready for Prime Time2006-08-30 01:00:13 GreenSpring Partners
  With the potential for significant reductions in travel expenses, as well as conducting more productive meetings leading to more efficient and effective decision making, video conferencing has always held out tremendous promise within the enterprise environment. A major development recently has occurred in the communications environment that is likely to break down the limitations that have suppressed the growth of video conferencing. The migration to converged IP networks and the spread of IP Telephony has provided a receptive platform infrastructure that can enable video to become a fully integrated element within the telephony environment. This platform, combined with the technological advancements in video and collaboration tools are ushering in a new era of video telephony.   
whitepaper California High School Uses Video to Improve Campus Security2005-12-01 Cisco Systems
  The Garden Grove Unified School District (USD) in California has found one way to improve campus safety. Garden Grove Unified School District wanted to increase safety for students and staff. The challenge was to help administrators and the school security officer respond effectively to incidents and reduce graffiti, vandalism, and theft on the school campus. As a solution Network switch provides power and connects the IP cameras and video servers to the school LAN. Security appliance helps to protect the school network from unauthorized external access. Wireless access points, used for classroom instruction, can also support access to the video system.

Tags: TCP - IP, Mobile - Wireless Communications