The Value of Video in Collaboration
[ Source: Interop ]
May 2012-
This presentation will look at video as a collaboration medium: Is it hype? Does anyone need to see the faces of colleagues that they know well and collaborate with regularly, often in person? How much does the quality of the video matter when considering video?s importance as a collaboration medium? In this session, experts will debate and dissect the factors that make video either succeed or fall short within enterprises. We?ll consider both ...
Network Test Tools for Unified Communications
[ Source: Interop ]
May 2011-
Real-time traffic (voice and video) demands a network that delivers low latency, low packet loss and low jitter. And that?s not easy to accomplish. The dynamic character of modern networks, and the growing requirement for highly distributed configurations can lead to errors in design or implementation that cause quality problems for voice and video apps. And so, a new breed of testing methodologies and tools is required to test or monitor converged networks and ...
The New Competitive Landscape For Unified Communications
[ Source: Interop ]
May 2009-
According to UniComm’s Van Doren, Unified Communications is “communications integrated to optimize business processes.” Naturally, this means different things to different businesses and the appropriate UC solution will be the one that most effectively addresses the specific processes a given enterprise wishes to optimize. Van Doren presents the two major use cases of UC: Improving user productivity and enhancing business processes. He presents the characteristics of each use case, the total value and ROI, ...
Why Use Desktop Videoconferencing?
[ Source: Interop ]
May 2009-
Desktop videoconferencing has traditionally consumed the PC, by using up screen real estate and providing poor images. Has this technology evolved into a useful tool? What are the enterprise applications when desktop video can provide productivity enhancements? Or do better customer interactions justify its deployment? In this session, we will quiz desktop video vendors to see if we can rationalize deploying yet another complex application on the desktop.
Telepresence Or High-Definition Videoconferencing
[ Source: Interop ]
May 2009-
Vendor hype and product placement have given telepresence unprecedented visibility in the boardroom, but the IT team and the blogosphere think HD videoconferencing can provide the same experience at a dramatically lower cost. In this session, we will quiz a panel of vendors on the differences between HD videoconferencing and telepresence. Later, we will attempt to determine when each solution should be considered and why.
Choosing A Videoconferencing Solution
[ Source: Interop ]
May 2009-
Traditional videoconferencing vendors, as well as a set of recent market entries, are pushing a wide variety of videoconferencing solutions. These offerings run the gamut from high-end telepresence suites to software solutions running on the PC desktop. Which technologies will provide the right communications solution for your enterprise’s needs? This session will propose a decision tree for sorting through the vendor offerings and hype, while focusing on the right size, right bandwidth, and right ...
Unified Communications Applications With A Payoff Today
[ Source: Interop ]
May 2009-
There are only two reasons to adopt Unified Communications: to save your enterprise money, or to enable new revenue growth. In this session with Karen Bailey, you'll hear from technologists with experience in accomplishing both of these objectives via Unified Communications technology.
Unified Communications In Two Easy Steps
[ Source: Interop ]
May 2009-
According to Jeff Ridley, director of product management at ShoreTel, approaching Unified Communications as a single deployment limits flexibility, and “my-way-or-the-highway” solutions add cost and complexity. Successful deployments require two steps: deploying an IP telephony system that satisfies your requirements, and integrating UC applications that increase capabilities. Learn more, and receive a network assessment guide.
Four Flavors of Fixed Mobile Convergence
[ Source: VoiceCon Orlando 2009 ]
April 2009-
Fixed mobile convergence is coming, but different implementations are being proposed. Some combine Wi-Fi and cellular and transparently hand off calls between the two environments, while others depend solely on cellular service. Most implementations have employed servers that are under the control of the enterprise, but some cellular carriers are introducing network-based FMC services. In the current economic environment, any investment is subject to close scrutiny, but an FMC deployment has the potential to pay ...
Four Flavors Of Fixed-Mobile Convergence: OpenScape Mobility
[ Source: VoiceCon Orlando 2009 ]
April 2009-
Fixed mobile convergence is coming, but different implementations are being proposed. Some combine Wi-Fi and cellular and transparently hand off calls between the two environments, while others depend solely on cellular service. Most implementations have employed servers that are under the control of the enterprise, but some cellular carriers are introducing network-based FMC services. In the current economic environment, any investment is subject to close scrutiny, but an FMC deployment has the potential to pay ...