Wednesday 23 February 2011
Dear Reader,
News for the week to 21 February 2011 is published at www.tpandvcinsight.com. The next News Summary will be published on Wednesday 2 March 2011.
There are 4 Telepresence user application stories: Christie®, a global leader in video projection systems and digital display solutions, has selected the Magor TeleCollaboration HDWorkPlace family for its internal visual collaboration; Media Network Services of Norway established a Video Conferencing Cloud that enabled 2000 Executive Telepresence Meetings from the Norway Pavilion at Expo 2010 in Shanghai, China; The Eura Technologies business park in Lille, France has selected Tata Communications to install, manage and maintain a public Telepresence facility for its technology business cluster; The Financial Times continues its longstanding bias against videoconferencing and Telepresence with an article misleadingly entitled "Despite innovations, Telepresence is no match for face-to-face".
There are 3 HD Videoconferencing stories: In Australia, ONCALL Interpreters and Translators Agency provides high quality interpreting and translating services worldwide; now it uses LifeSize HD videoconferencing for remote services; Huashan Hospital in China conducts training on gastrointestinal surgery by video linking two operating theatres to a room of trainees using a QTCT managed videoconferencing and wireless telecom network solution; In Ohio, Law Court rooms are increasingly using videoconferencing - mainly for arraignment of suspects who are in custody awaiting their initial appearance in a municipal law court.
The New Equipment news is: Magor Communications has launched its 'Any Device, Any Browser' capability that enables Mobile Workers to participate fully in HD Video Collaboration Sessions and enhance decision making
The Industry News this week is: Cyviz and VideoCentric bring 3D Visualisation with Cisco Telepresence C90 and C60 codecs to the UK market; the Cyviz 2D-Bizwall and its one-channel C1 offerings are already available
There are 8 regular features of News in Brief about: The Channel and Systems Integrators; Managed Conferencing Service Providers; Telecom Infrastructure Developments; Video on mobile phones, smart phones and tablets: Telemedicine and Remote Health Care; Web Casts and Video Streaming; Market Metrics and Industry Reports; and Videoconferencing Peripherals and Components.
The List of Industry Events looks 6 months ahead. Next week is CeBIT 2011 from 1 to 5 March 2011 at Hannover Messe, Hannover, Germany.
Enjoy your reading
Richard Line
Editor
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