Former BCD Travel Exec Developing 'Global Videoconferencing Network'

Global Videoconferencing Network (GVN) is aiming to implement the world's largest publicly available video conferencing and Telepresence network. 20,000 location within 5 years.

Click Here to read a great write up on Business Travel News.

Whygos Take: We are working closely with GVN to integrate video conferencing into the travel booking process. This is a market that is reluctant to move to new technologies as they are eroding their current bottom line. However we firmly believe that with some guidance and the right tools, video conferencing will be a viable travel alternative offered to all business travelers in near the future.

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Thirty-two Screen Telepresence Interop Call Successful

As the heading suggests, we are getting VERY close now to easy interoperability of videoconferencing technologies...if Ben Fineman and Internet 2's tests have anything to say about it.
In brief, 32 screens connected with a mix of Cisco Telepresence single and multi screen, legacy HD Tandberg, HD and SD Polycom, Lifesize and even desktop clients like Movi and Vidyo...and the feedback was positive.


Whygos Take: Great test and very good result. The next big question for us is how long will it take for MSP's to automate that for everyone? 

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Conferencing as business travel alternative?

Interesting stats on conferencing and more so external meetings.

http://www.businesstravelnews.com/Business-Travel/Business-Meetings/Articles/BTN-Research--Remote-Possibilities/

Where does Google fit in the UC&C Continuum?

Now this is a very interesting read, supported by a research firms annual benchmark findings about how Google's latest line up of products stack up against their competitors in the Unified Communications space.

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Tata Communications and BT Join Forces to Extend Telepresence Connectivity

Tata Communications and BT today announced an agreement today to allow customers on either of their existing video exchanges to establish conferences with customers on the other's video exchange.

This represents a major step towards open, ubiquitous connectivity between Telepresence endpoints, regardless of their parent network.

Using the intercompany service that both organizations are launching, any Cisco TelePresence customer of BT's Global Video Exchange or Tata Communications' Global Meeting Exchange can invite clients of the other service provider to join them in multipoint Telepresence meetings. The meetings can be hosted on either the Tata Communications or the BT Telepresence Exchange.

Both companies are going to be offering trials to current customers across both exchanges.

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Whygos Take: It had to start somewhere and who better than TATA & BT. They both have CISCO driven exchanges, and like most carriers Telepresence customers, they want access to public rooms so they don't have to pay the price tag of buying more Telepresence equipment. The big positive is this is the first foot foward from the carriers to interconnect which is great news.

Vidyo First to Achieve 1440p/60fps Multiparty Video Conference

Groundbreaking VidyoConferencing to be Demonstrated at InfoComm

Vidyo Inc., the first company to deliver personal telepresence, announced today that it has set a new benchmark in videoconferencing with the first system to attain 1440p (decode) in an HD multiparty video conference via general purpose IP networks. Vidyo is able to deliver unprecedented video fidelity at 2560 x 1440p resolution (77% more pixels than 1080p) via a standard Internet connection due to its unique patented architecture and videorouter technology. Because Vidyo uses Intel architecture-based platforms, it is able to take advantage of Intel’s fastest, intelligent multi-core technology, achieving milestones in videoconferencing price and performance.

VidyoConferencing supporting 1440p requires at least 4Mbps and will be available in July of this year.

The Vidyo architecture offers the only multipoint videoconferencing that does not transcode, yet delivers rate matching without adding latency. This capability is key to mixing devices and networks that can support 1440p with ones that do not. With VidyoTechnology, 1440p can be enjoyed on some devices, while other smaller devices connected to networks such as the public Internet, as well as 3G, 4G, WiMAX and LTE, can participate in the call, still maintaining a low latency personal telepresence experience.

Whygos take - Great 1st to market. Even better that it easily mixes with lower bandwidth networks and devices. The only issue we see, is the ever growing remote worker market and do many of them have access to 2Meg let alone 4Meg?

Still, great breakthrough to the Vidyo team.