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- TechNet Webcast: Video Conferencing and Interoperability With Existing Systems (Level 300)
- This webcast discusses the current video conferencing solutions and describe how to deploy them. In addition, it explores High-Definition HD video and the partner interoperability road map.
- Tags: Interoperability, Webcast, Video Conferencing, Microsoft TechNet
- Webcasts 2008-06-23
- Here comes the video conferencing boom
- Gas is high. Airlines are nickel and diming you to death. And your employees are getting squeezed. This state of travel could put video conferencing over the top. We've all heard this video conferencing rap before. It goes like this. Video conferencing is like a real-life meeting...
- Tags: Video Conferencing, Surcharge, Video, US Airways Group Inc., Definition Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-13
- iConf SDK (ActiveX) (zip)
- Create video conferencing applications easily, or add video/audio/text conferencing features to the application that you are developing, with this easy to use SDK.Whether you use Visual Studio .NET, Delphi or another IDE which allows the use of ActiveX components , iConf is the best tool that will allow you to...
- Tags: Video Conferencing, ActiveX, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Microsoft Development Tools, Middleware, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software
- Software downloads 2007-12-13
- Gallery: Polycom's video conferencing
- Gallery: Polycom's new HD 720p video conferencing and presence solutions. by George Ou
- Tags: Polycom Inc., George Ou, product photos, video conferencing, presence, polycom
- Image galleries 2007-10-24
- Master the fundamentals of audio and video conferencing over IP networks
- As voice over IP VoIP technology becomes mainstream, the conferencing and collaboration markets are following its lead. Enterprise networks are deploying new conferencing technology using IP networks, and Internet service providers ISP are hosting new services.Receive an overview of the various types of voice and video conferences along with the...
- Tags: Audio, Network, Video Conferencing, IP, Cisco Systems Inc., IP Network, Chapter Coverage, Telecommunications, Networking
- Book chapters 2007-10-24
- Secure your video conferencing system
- To be effective, a video deployment requires multiple layers of security to protect against internal and external threats. However, some layers of the security infrastructure can interfere with video conferencing protocols and prevent those protocols from establishing a connection to endpoints in other enterprises over the public Internet. Identify security...
- Tags: Video Conferencing, Video, Cisco Systems Inc., Corporate Communications, Security, Marketing
- Book chapters 2007-10-24
- LifeSize rocks the HD conferencing world with affordable 720p solutions
- LifeSize Communications was the first company to release an HD conferencing solution which I covered at Interop Las Vegas spring 2005. Now at Interop fall 2007 in New York, it appears that LifeSize has again rocked the video conferencing world by releasing 720p HD products at half the price of...
- Tags: Solution, Microphone, Video Conferencing, Furniture, Video, HD, LifeSize Express, Corporate Communications, Marketing, George Ou
- Blog posts 2007-10-22
- Video conferencing solutions urged to adapt to mobile-centric world
- My friend and colleague Andy Abramson sounds some insightful and original riffs off a piece by Steve Adubato that appeared in the Newark, N.J. Star-Ledger this weekend. The premise of the piece is that video conference platforms such as Cisco's Telepresence (shown at...
- Tags: Mobile, Video Conferencing, Video-conferencing, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-10-14
- Evaluation of the Direct Packet STNS Firewall Traversal Solution
- Traditionally, the majority of videoconferencing sessions were conducted internally, involving primarily internally-deployed conferencing systems. However, the enhanced reliability and performance of IP-based videoconferencing has generated newfound trust for videoconferencing within the enterprise, and has fueled increased interest in videoconferencing with external entities (clients, prospects, partners, affiliates, etc.). Unfortunately, the systems...
- Tags: Video Conferencing, Corporate Communications, Performance Management, Networking, Marketing, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2007-10-01
- DigitalLife 2007 a playland for tech lovers
- CNET's Rich DeMuro walks around the show floor at DigitalLife 2007 at New York's Jacob Javits Convention Center, where new tech for the digital lifestyle was on display at every corner.
- Tags: CNET Networks Inc., digitallife, lifestyle, tech, technology, nyc, new york, rich demuro, gaming, dell, video conferencing, video game
- Videos 2007-09-28
- Manufacturer's IT Staff Uses Collaborative Tools to Reach Across Four Continents
- Husky Injection Molding Systems, a leading manufacturer of injection molding equipment for the plastics industry, has offices spread across four continents, making collaboration difficult and expensive for its IT staff. Staff members experienced delays in resolving issues if they needed help from colleagues in different time zones. Video conferencing was...
- Tags: Information Technology, Video Conferencing, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Continent, Strategy, Manufacturing, Management
- Case studies 2007-09-01
- Global Metals Supplier Links Offices With Video Conferencing and Instant Messaging
- Helsinki-based Rautaruukki Corporation supplies metal-based components and systems to the construction and mechanical-engineering industries. It provides items as various as pipes, beams, rainwater systems, guardrails, and hot-rolled steel for ships. Rautaruukki needed a way to link employees in its globally distributed offices, with the goals of increasing collaboration, improving employees'...
- Tags: Video Conferencing, IM, Decision-making, Supplier, Microsoft Corp., Instant Messaging, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Office, Internet, Online Communications, Management, Office Suites, Software
- Case studies 2007-09-01
- Photos: Keeping tabs on the elderly from miles away
- Videoconferencing is proving an easy means for families to stay in touch with elderly parents and grandparents.
- Tags: video conferencing, photograph
- Image galleries 2007-08-14
- Application-Level QoS: Improving Video Conferencing Quality Through Sending the Best Packet Next
- In a traditional network stack, data from an application is all transmitted in the order that it is received. This paper proposes an algorithm where information about the priority of packets and expiry times is used by the transport layer to reorder or discard packets to optimise the use of...
- Tags: Video Conferencing, Engineering, Tcp/Ip, Networking
- White papers 2007-06-28
- Investigate lip synchronization in video conferencing
- This sample chapter from Voice and Video Conferencing Fundamentals covers several fundamental elements of a system that accurately achieves lip sync. Video conferencing systems can synchronize any type of media to any other type of media, including sequences of still images or 3D animation, but the chapter focuses...
- Tags: Chapter, Video Conferencing, Corporate Communications, Marketing
- Book chapters 2007-04-10
- PlaceCam (exe)
- Welcome to PlaceCam Video Conferencing multi-layer video conferencing. PlaceCam version 2 offers simplicity of operation, seamless and fast collaboration tools, and above all, high quality audio and video available in any video conferencing product. If you are part of a small group or company for whom server-based video conferencing is...
- Tags: Video Conferencing, Cheap Bargains, Groupware, Peer To Peer (P2P), Corporate Communications, Productivity, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Marketing
- Software downloads 2007-03-21
- Improving Usability by Adding Security to Video Conferencing Systems
- Many video conferencing solutions exist in the market nowadays and many new ones are being introduced. In striving to provide an experience to users as close to "Being there" as possible, two major design issues must be considered: security and ease of use. This paper describes a method for designing...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Video Conferencing, Security
- White papers 2007-01-10
- Enriching Audio / Video Conferencing Solutions for Enhanced End User Satisfaction
- A leading manufacturer of IP telephony and audio/video conferencing equipment and provider of Unified Collaborative Communications solutions. The company wanted to correct the display quality, latency, and late display-related problems from the IP phones. The challenge was to make the video conferencing phones compliant with Federal Information Processing Standards FIPS...
- Tags: Audio, Phone, Video Conferencing, IP, Network Technology, Telecom & Utilities, Networking
- Case studies 2006-10-27
- Video call software comes of age: Choose the best commercial video call and videoconferencing solution for your small enterprise
- For years, high-quality, low-cost video calling and videoconferencing have been just out of reach for individual users and small enterprises. But all that has changed. Now that the required Internet bandwidth is affordable, the hardware works, and videoconferencing for the rest of us is finally within reach, it's time to...
- Tags: Software, Video Conferencing, Video, Video Call, Corporate Communications, Marketing
- Book chapters 2006-10-11
- Service-Oriented Architecture for Building a Scalable Videoconferencing System
- The availability of increasing network bandwidth and the computing power provides new opportunities for videoconferencing systems over Internet. On one hand, broadband Internet connections are spreading rapidly. Even cell phones will have broadband internet access in the near future with the implementations of 3G standards. However, developing videoconferencing systems over...
- Tags: Video Conferencing, SOA, Video, Indiana University, Internet, Corporate Communications, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Marketing
- White papers 2006-04-06
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