Study: Audio, Web, Video Conferencing Looms Large in Finance, Banking, Legal, Insurance and Real Estate Markets
Video Conferencing vs. Telepresence
Telepresence picks up where video conferencing left off. Telepresence IS real time, full-high-definition, immersible sound and vision. Telepresence IS most importantly: the feeling of being “there” when you’re “here”. Telepresence is lifelike, video conferencing is not. Telepresence is that hi-line Mercedes AMG, video conferencing is a Ford Escort - Period.
Why Telepresence now?Video conferencing has been around a while now but has always lacked the feeling we spoke about above. Jumpy computer screens, broken audio and poor lighting add to the impersonal touches of video conferencing (ie slow motion camcorder on top of your computer monitor). Finally, technology, bandwidth, vision and sound have all converged on video conferencing to create the telepresence experience. It’s about time! Crystal clear surround sound and real-time full-high-definition visual effects enhance the feeling of being there – thus telepresence. That nervous twitch, roll of the eyes, sniffle, tap of the foot – things you see when you’re present and sitting across a conference room table – things you don’t see or feel from video conferencing, but do with telepresence.
Today, what “real” uses are there for Telepresence?
There is no short answer even possible here. We’ll name a few, more like we’ll put your imagination to work. Imagine a single specialist doctor in Canada treating patients in Haiti via telepresence. Robots in space doing the actual work while the telepresence operator dons his telepresence helmet and gloves at his workstation in Texas. Meeting your Russian company vice president while you’re in the executive telepresence room at the office in Denver. Just a few…
What are “real” savings of Telepresence?
Your imagination still working on the last answer? Don’t let up yet! What carbon footprint? Don’t need that airplane ticket to go check on your staff in Russia now do you? What lost life in the Iraqi war? Unmanned drones and soldiers via telepresence. Military and combat cost savings? Immeasurable. Less travel costs, airline frustration, fuel, lost time, carbon emissions, etc. Those are tangible, real savings to name just a very limited few.
You starting to see what telepresence can do that video conferencing can’t? We hope you see what we’re seeing! Telepresence – its time has arrived!
Check out the video thread in Section 8 of the Telepresence Forum where you can watch some Telepresence YouTube videos! If a picture is worth a thousand words, a video must be worth a million!
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Telepresence Forum
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Northborough, MA (PRWEB) September 4, 2007 -- Brockmann & Company (http://www.brockmann.com) has released its latest independent, self-funded report on the role of face-to-face meetings and audio, web and video conferencing in the conduct of business in the finance, banking, legal, insurance and real estate industries. The report, entitled "Conferencing in Finance, Banking, Legal, Insurance and Real Estate Industries (http://www.brockmann.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=951&Itemid=1)" is available for a limited time for free download on http://www.brockmann.com
Peter Brockmann, President and Research Director of Brockmann & Company said, "Conferencing is important to business success. Users invest 25% of the time attending face-to-face meetings or using audio conferencing, web conferencing and video conferencing technologies and services. This report is the first in a series to be published in the coming months on the practices and insights within various industry groupings."
Unified communications is an important part of every business workflow so providing insight on how conferencing products, services and features fit is a useful consideration for both vendors and users alike, as they contemplate their unified communications strategies. Some of the report findings include:
- Audio conferencing is the most important conferencing service, even more important than face-to-face meetings
- Half of the respondents would rather pay $83.33 to attend a video conference than drive 40 miles to a face-to-face meeting
- Better video conferencing quality is the most important factor in decision about video conferencing
Brockmann added, "Despite being less important to job performance, the most frequent conferencing capability used in terms of total minutes for the finance, banking, legal, insurance and real estate markets was face-to-face meetings representing half of all time spent conferencing with more than two persons."
About Brockmann & Company
Brockmann & Company is a consulting & advisory firm serving high tech equipment & application vendors and service providers. Clients accelerate growth through customer research & thought leadership. Our motto: "In God we trust, all others bring data." Learn more at http://www.brockmann.com
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Telepresence Today - Telepresence information and editor qualified headline news
Telepresence Forum - Free user discussion forum
Telepresence Report - 24/7 breaking Telepresence related news and information
BrightCom to Present Telepresence and Web 2.0 Technology at Enterprise 2.0
BrightCom, a leading enterprise telepresence and web conferencing solution provider, will be pushing the boundaries of Web 2.0 Technology at Enterprise 2.0, The Collaborative Technologies Conference June 18-20 in Boston, Massachusetts. BrightCom will demonstrate its latest version of ClearView Session Manager 1.4.6 with enhanced 16 person multiway video conferencing solution with no multipoint control unit necessary. BrightCom will also be displaying its high end web conferencing solution Visual Collaboration System (VCS) as well as its telepresence suite solutions. ClearView Conferencing and VCS are fully integrated video, audio and web conferencing systems allowing enterprise business to move beyond out-dated email file sharing of today.
Glowpoint and HaiVision deliver Telepresence and Interactive Broadcast High Definition Video
HaiVision Systems Inc. (Montreal, Canada), the world's leading vendor of performance H.264 network video codecs, announces collaboration with Glowpoint (OTC: GLOW), a premiere broadcast-quality, IP-based managed video service provider, to deliver telepresence and interactive broadcast network video services. Telepresence integrators and broadcasters can now source HD network video solution packages validated specifically for the performance and operational characteristics necessary within these segments such as video quality, video latency, system manageability, reliability, and on-line customer service.
HaiVision's TelePresence Codec Technology Helps Church for All Nations Unite Campuses
HaiVision Systems Inc. (Montreal, Canada), the world's leading vendor of performance H.264 network video codecs, announces that Church For All Nations, Colorado Springs, has installed hai1000 telepresence codec technology to join their 3 remote congregations with the central facility during worship.
Planning Your Video Conferencing Solutions
A video conference is a way for you to telecommunicate with other branches in your business. It is a two-way interaction with video and audio communications. This means you will be able to see the people you are speaking with rather than staring at a phone. You have to perform these conferences simultaneously. In other words, you are preparing to go online at the exact same time as your counterparts. Video conferencing solutions to business matters are important for you to get your work done without having to fly every time you need to speak with another coworker.
PangeAir, the Digital Airline Company, Announces Launch of Their Dayton Telepresence Gateway
First PangeAir franchise opens in Dayton Convention Center in Ohio.
Video Conferencing Makes Doing Business Easier
Twenty years ago no one would have ever dreamt of something as sophisticated as video conferencing, but today this is a really convenient way to do business. More and more businesses are taking advantage of this high tech ability to do business even if they are half a world away from one another. When you have the need to speak with people from other offices, even if they are in different parts of the world, video conferencing makes it simple and straightforward.
Video Conferencing Basics
This article will provide you a brief introduction about what actually video conferencing is. By video conferecing we can connect with some other identity and also can see the video online in real time.
Glowpoint Certifies HaiVision Telepresence Equipment
Glowpoint Inc., a premiere broadcast-quality, IP-based managed video service provider, and HaiVision, a leading provider of network video equipment used in broadcast video distribution and telepresence suites by some of the key providers of telepresence rooms, today announced the certification of the HaiVision line of products for use on the Glowpoint network.
GlobalMedia Group Joins the Polycom ARENA Program
Combined CapSure and Polycom solution connects Surgeons and Pathologists with remote hospital labs and classrooms around the world using video collaboration.
