Monday 23 May 2011.
Dear Reader,
News for the two weeks to to 23 May 2011 is published at www.tpandvcinsight.com. The next News Summary will be published after 2 weeks on Thursday 9 June 2011.
The lead story is an application story for Wageningen University and Research Centre, the Netherlands from Vision Connected a Dutch system integrator submitted as an application story for one of our Awards for the Best User Application projects of Telepresence and HD Videoconferencing completed in the period 1 January 2010 to 31 March 2011.
The Editor plans to select and publish as award-winning the Best User Application Stories from each of the 8 major regions of the world. An outline for stories of 500-600 words is given after this case study. The deadline for receiving submissions is extended to 30 June 2011. Clearance for publication can follow later with a picture.
USDLA awards have been announced. Polycom won the 21st Century Best Practice Award for Excellence in Distance Learning in 2011 for its work in the field of distance learning, especially the Polycom Special Events program for schools.
There are 3 Telepresence User stories: Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, Maryland uses Vidyo's Telemedicine platform to deliver HD Videoconferencing and Collaboration between hospitals, community clinics, patients and families; The Atlanta Airport Marriott Gateway Hotel has installed a public-access Cisco Telepresence studio; the hotel is connected to Georgia International Convention Center and Atlanta International Airport; Yuri Gagarin``s Secondary School gifted a Cisco Telepresence solution to provides video communications for Distance Learning with Moscow Aviation Institute and Tsiolkovsky University
Equipment news is: The Internet Engineering Task Force RFC 6190 is a stepping stone towards interoperability of H.264 SVC standard-based VC systems; it was co-authored by two eminent Vidyo Scientists
Industry News is: CEO Balmer explains why Microsoft will acquire Skype; commentators identify big opportunities are seen in using Skype``s directory, its experience in building a telecom network and pushing Windows Phone
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 up is infoComm 2011 (The A/V industry's largest event including TP and VC vendors) from 15 to 17 June 2011 at Orange County Convention Centre, Orlando, Florida, USA.
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Editor
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