I suspect it is about time I chimed in on this definition thing on this blog. I had an unfortunate “job” interview yesterday in 2012 (now this is 2020 and we are home riding out the coronavirus) and it got me to re-evaluating a lot of things. The “job” was to install “telepresence”. After a few seconds of questioning I realized
Read moreA Short History Lesson by Mike Back in the old days (1980’s) video conferencing was developed to help people at two locations meet face-to-face without the need to travel. Wow! One day, someone said “Geee, I need THREE locations to meet face-to-face”. And the idea of a multipoint controller (MCU) was born. Now all three locations could dial into a
Read moreLooking at LinkedIn the other day, I ran across a familiar name (I must be getting old, but, I think I remember them from like 1999, 2000?), DVE Telepresence, and decided to take a peek at the videos. NOW…you know me….I think driving to a room to sit in a meeting with a bunch of boring talking heads (all in
Read moreCisco/Tandberg Overarching Philosophy (my take) Corporate, high end, “Telepresence” What I Think of When I Think of Cisco / Tandberg Routers / Reliable Video Conferencing Hardware Product Line Tandberg has been around the video conferencing industry….well, forever. Cisco is a late entry that, in my own very humble opinion, was kinda lost in this industry. Then they bought Tandberg which
Read moreI have been following some (very lively) discussions lately and it occured to me that we might be losing sight of the real value of video, audio, data conferencing in our lives. It is NOT all about super high definition video or audio (although good audio is important), and it is NOT about the most expensive, fanciest, room you can
Read moreSurfing the Internet and I found this interesting article on Bloomberg. A snippet: “LifeSize Communications Inc., a unit of computer-mouse maker Logitech International SA (LOGN), expects revenue to jump as it competes with rivals including Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) to add clients in the videoconference market, set to more than double in the next five years. LifeSize’s sales are forecast to rise two
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