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“The Next Communication Revolution” circa 1996

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Mike Pihlman

Way back in the Dark Ages (1996) I wrote about the path I thought video conferencing needed to go to become ubiquitous: Videoconferencing technology needed to be “easy-to-use”….by anyone. This is 2015, err 2021, has my vision come true? You can download the whole, very short, article here (the next revolution) but, I will re-type it below so Google

Zoom, Google Meet, Skype and many more video conferencing apps and companies

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Mike Pihlman

NOTE: I checked the links on 3/31/2020 during the coronavirus / Covid-19 pandemic. They all work! 🙂 Cloud-based video conferencing is a great way for small to medium sized businesses to get involved with multi-point video conferencing. These businesses do not need to purchase expensive infrastructure components, nor do they need the support personnel needed to run that infrastructure. Simply sign up

Video Conferencing As We Know It Is Changing: Ready or Not

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Mike Pihlman

I have been working in the video conferencing industry since hmmmm, about 1988 and have been blogging about it since 2006, or so. Yikes! So many products, so many conferences, so many changes, so much fun…. Anyway, so much for nostalgia….lets roll with the FUTURE…. The title of this blog entry kinda says it all: Video conferencing as WE know

Evaluating Cloud Based Video Conferencing Services

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Mike Pihlman

OK….I am getting ready to evaluate several cloud based video conferencing services. My definition of a decent cloud based video conferencing service is basic and simple (in theory…in practice, it may be a lot harder): A cloud-based video conferencing service provides an easy-to-use, dial-in, ad-hoc, virtual meeting space for anyone, anytime, anywhere using any endpoint. Before I proceed, I want to look

BlueJeans Network: Cloud Video Conferencing

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Mike Pihlman

UPDATED: 5/25/2020 Ah yes, I remember it well. I remember the day when I had to order an ISDN line at home (remember 2B+D?) to attend a videoconference from home (hey…I practice not just preach telecommuting!). Then, what seems like a short time later (and after ATM and Token Ring fell by the wayside…) we set-up pretty close to the

Vidyo on the Apple iPad2

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Mike Pihlman

Damn this is great! Friend Czoli from Vidyo shared this on Google+ today. I have said this a thousand times before: Video conferencing anytime, anyplace, anyone. Vidyo (see my getting old review of Vidyo here). — —