Telepresence

Article (1)
  • The internet brings changes and benefits
    As the new managing director at Cisco Australia and New Zealand, but an old hand at Cisco, it is Les Williamson’s responsibility to help the local arm of the company capture new and emerging market transitions. In that role, he says he is extremely excited to be leading a business at a time of great change, wrought chiefly by the current wave of internet technologies and the incredible productivity benefits they provide.
Product (7)
  • Huawei Enterprise Telepresence 2.0
    Huawei has launched Telepresence 2.0 in Australia. Three models were launched: TP3106 for between 3-6 users, TP3118S two room-immersive system for 6-14 users and TP3118 two room-immersive system for 6-18 users.
  • Polycom EagleEye Director camera/HDX 4500/m100 software telepresence portfolio
    The EagleEye Director room camera tracking system, the HDX 4500 executive desktop telepresence system and the mobile telepresence m100 solution are suitable for enterprise, SMB and teleworker users.
  • LifeSize Passport HD videoconferencing extended to Skype users
    LifeSize, a division of Logitech, has qualified its Passport HD videoconferencing product to be the first room-based, business-class videoconferencing to be plugged into Skype, adding the ability for Passport users to now conduct video calls with Skype users around the world.
  • Tandberg Telepresence T1
    The immersive Telepresence T1 provides the same experience and intuitive interface as the T3 with a smaller footprint.
  • Telepresence services
    Orange Business Services has introduced two services to extend its telepresence services: Telepresence Community, which enables businesses to open their existing telepresence solution to external participants and a personalised concierge system for a simple customer experience.
  • LifeSize Communications high-definition video communications products
    High-definition video communications products from LifeSize Communications are now available, including Room 200, Conference 200 and Team 200.
  • HD telepresence solution
    Polycom has announced high definition telepresence solutions that enable people working at a distance to communicate as if they were all in the same room.
News (4)
  • Starwood launches telepresence rooms in Sydney and Chicago
    Telepresence sites were launched by Starwood Hotels & Resorts in Chicago and Sydney as a service to its customers.
  • B2B telepresence gaining in presence
    Telstra is offering Cisco's telepresence in its B2B managed services.
  • AT&T will spend a billion dollars
    Last year, AT&T invested US$1 billion in effecting its transition to a network solutions company and this year it will invest the same amount. Telepresence is just one of the areas that the company will focus on.
  • Conferencing in Asia–Pacific
    The 2007 worldwide audio conferencing market has been forecasted to be worth over US$1.8 billion, with a total of 26.7 billion minutes, according to Lucy Hipperson, Ovum research analyst, and Richard Mahony, practice leader for Enterprise services.
Case Study (3)
  • Asia Pac film judges meet via teleconferencing
    To help decide on nominees for this year’s Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA), judges from across the region used teleconferencing technology to undertake their deliberations, without leaving their respective countries.
  • Komatsu leverages telepresence to increase efficiencies
    Komatsu Forklift Australia has chosen Polycom to deliver best-of-breed, high-definition telepresence solutions to reduce travel downtime and lower network bandwidth costs, accelerate decision-making and enhance workflow efficiencies.
  • Optus deploys multi-point TelePresence system
    Optus, an Australian integrated communications company, serves almost six million customers each day. The company provides a broad range of communications services including mobile, national and long distance services, local telephony, business network services, internet and satellite services and subscription television. Since commencing operations in 1992, Optus has invested more than $7 billion in the construction of fixed, mobile and satellite networks, including central business district and suburban local access networks, to create the Optus Evolve network.

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