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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An Industry in Flux - hotels, airlines & airports

Denise Bedell from Intercall, one of Whygos partners, provides a great insight into the changing travel industry. Who would have thought, business class only airlines sprouting up due to the drop in coach/economy sales.

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Article of the week - Why Google Sought Out GIPS

We have been a little slack on the blog front in the last two weeks. Hopefully this gem will make up for it.

Allot of us are very curious about what Google are doing in the video space and why they have been purchasing video technology based companies in the last few years.

Well Rich Tehrani from TMCnet has written a great article one of these Google acquisitions which lends some great insight into the possible whys.

Click here - Why Google Sought Out GIPS

World Wildlife White Paper: The Potential Gloabl CO2 Reductions from ICT Use

Here is a in depth white paper by WWF on "Idendtifying and assessing the opportunities to reduce the first billion tonnes of CO2".

Big read, but some interesting stuff on Virtual Meetings.

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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.

Click this link to see full press release.

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.