Video Conferencing
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Indian SMBs to spend US$6.4B on telecoms
News Small and midsize businesses continue investment in equipment and services, to better manage customers and rising costs, finds new study.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Mobile applications, Network infrastructure, Communications, India, Telecommunications, Video Conferencing, Small And Medium Business, phone, 3G
Give workers a say in corporate IT
Insight perspective Don't fear employees' involvement in workplace tech, according to an analyst. Just learn to manage it appropriately.
Tags: IT Management, Handhelds, Personal Computers, Security, Mobile Device, research director, workplace, online application, Web, PC
Mobile conferences must be secured, too
News Smartphone videoconferencing opens up new security holes and must be prioritized at same security level as other network endpoints, say experts.
Tags: Policy and management, Security implementation/standards, Security, Mobile, Smart Phone, Web Conferencing, Video Conferencing, Tool, Mobile Device, mobile security
Cisco ruffles feathers with new collaboration tools
News Networking giant turns up the heat on partner Microsoft as it expands and enhances its suite of collaboration tools.
Tags: Business applications, Web 2.0, Social Networking, Microsoft Corp., Business applications, Web 2.0, Cisco Systems Inc., Video Conferencing, Tool, Video
HP plans electronic whiteboarding tool
News Hewlett-Packard PC-to-PC conferencing solution will allow people to video conference and write on their screens, according to CEO Mark Hurd.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Video, Hewlett-Packard Co., Conference, Video Conferencing, Tool, collaboration tool, Mark Hurd, CEO, collaboration
M'sian, Philippine firms sign wireless broadband deal
News Malaysia's Allied Digital Infonet and Philippine-based SkyTel form partnership to deploy wireless broadband service, based on digital video broadcast-satellite, in Metro Manila.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, WiMax, IP Television, Wireless Broadband, Video Conferencing, Wireless, Broadband, phone, VoIP, Kuala Lumpur
Virtual meetings to ground 2 million airline seats
News Videoconferencing tech, and online worlds such as Second Life, will increase in usage as organizations reconsider whether face-to-face meetings are essential, says Gartner.
Tags: Video, VoIP/IP telephony, Forecasting, Airline, Hewlett-Packard Co., Cisco Systems Inc., Video Conferencing, Gartner Inc., Forecasting, Worker
Videoconferencing: Cisco, Logitech target mainstream
News Logitech's acquisition of LifeSize and Cisco's bid for Tandberg are aimed at grabbing market share and expanding sales to more businesses--and even consumers.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Logitech, Vidyo Inc., LifeSize Communications, CEO, software, Business Strategies & Functions, Conference, Cisco Systems Inc., Video Conferencing
Next-gen network small threat to incumbents
News Allowing new service providers to offer high-availability broadband will not pose significant threat to existing operators in Singapore, according to analysts.
Tags: Business broadband, Bandwidth, Starhub, Mobile Broadband, SingTel, Video Conferencing, Polycom Inc., Singapore, Broadband, network
IDC: UC moving mainstream in Asia
News The next year or two will see unified communications adoption among mainstream enterprise users outpace today's adoption by cutting-edge users.
Tags: Remote management, VoIP/IP telephony, Customer support, Telecommuting, Asia, International Data Corp., Video Conferencing, Survey, Asia-Pacific, Tool
Apple patent filings hint at iPhone evolution
News MacRumors uncovers two new patent applications from Apple that detail some new features that could be added to its marquee smartphone.
Tags: Patents, Development/design, Next-generation technology/networks, Apple Inc., Mobile, Video Conferencing, Mobile Device, Video, Apple iPhone, blog
Cisco opens pay-as-you-go TelePresence rooms
News The company has opened several videoconferencing rooms for public and business use in cities across the globe.
Tags: Networking technology, VoIP/IP telephony, Video, Suite, Cisco Systems Inc., Video Conferencing, Santa Clara, Boston, London, New York
HSBC begins global TelePresence rollout
News The bank expects Cisco's videoconferencing system to save money and cut air travel by millions of miles.
Tags: Banking, Next-generation technology/networks, Cisco Systems Inc., Video Conferencing, Hong Kong, Environment, Dubai, Silicon.com, Cisco TelePresence, bank
BT to offer inter-company TelePresence
News The IT and communications giant will extend its TelePresence offering to allow customers to use the expensive videoconferencing technology outside their own organizations.
Tags: Next-generation technology/networks, Hewlett-Packard Co., British Telecommunications, Video Conferencing, Silicon.com, Cisco TelePresence, Andy McCue, U.S., barrier, banking
Tech visionary foresees mobile-phone revolution
News At a RIM conference, inventor Ray Kurzweil predicted the changes coming to mobile phones, from speech-translation engines to hovering virtual displays.
Tags: Development/design, Innovation, RIM BlackBerry, Mobile, Research In Motion Ltd., Video Conferencing, Cell Phone, 3D, phone, Silicon.com
