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The Telepresence Options Telegraph is the leading newsletter covering telepresence technologies and the telepresence industry and represents the largest identifiable audience in the world interested in telepresence conferencing, telepresence managed services, and telepresence inter-networking. 



Telepresence Options Telegraph Archives


The May 2010 Issue of the Telepresence Options Telegraph
 
The May issue featured:

 The Inter-Company Telepresence and Videoconferencing Conference Now Available on DVD!

  • Tony Robbins and Sergy Bren Become Robots - Telepresence Robotics
  • Sneak Peak for Telepresence Telegraph Subscribers- The NEW Telepresence &  Videoconferencing Catalog
  • Winscape Offers a Glimpse of the Future of Situational Telepresence
  • Telepresence Managed Service Provider AT&T & Telepresence and Videoconferencing Integrator AVI-SPL Join Telepresence Options
  • Polycom Names Andy Miller CEO, Bob Hagerty to Step Down
  • Omni-Focus Camra could Revolutionize Telepresence and Video
  • Telepresence Race Car at a British Demolition Derby
  • New Telepresence Options Company Profiles - Magor Communications, Verizon Business, and BrightCom
  • New Telepresence Options Solution Snapshots - Magor's Advanced Data Collaboration
  • Telepresence New Articles and Stories

  • Telepresence New Articles and Stories

Businesses to Gain a Larger ROI with BrightCom Telepresence Support of Digital Signage * Childrens' dental practice deploys Appia Video Communications to improve collaboration and training opportunities * York Telecom launches WAVE Business-to-Business Exchange Service * Cisco testing consumer TelePresence, launch soon * tw Telecom Introduces TelePresence Conferencing Solutions in Collaboration With Cisco, BT * The telepresence robots are coming * Glass Telepresence - Student Entrepreneurs Take on the Industry * Vidyo Launches Healthcare Telepresence * York Telecom-Savvis Team Up To Provide Managed Cisco Telepresence Service on the Savvis Global Network * Actis Announces 3D Telepresence Solution with Low Capex and Opex * Beaming Into the Big Meeting * LifeSize Shapes Up for Managed Video Services * Yahoo Exploring Virtual Reality?  * New Mexico firm thinking beyond military applications for surround-imagery Multifunction Dome technology * New Technology Claims to Correct Fundamental Problem in Audio * Cisco and Tandberg Prepare to Dominate Business Video Market in Cisco * Augmented-Reality Floor Tiling.

  • Telepresence Press Releases

ESPN to Bring Cisco TelePresence to 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa * Worktopia Partners With Whygo for Video * Telepresence Provisioning * AT&T Telepresence Solution Adds More Countries to Its Global Footprint * Global Communications Leaders Form Industry Alliance To Deliver Unified Communications Interoperability * Fortune 1000 and MidSize Enterprise Organizations Say Immediate Spending Will Include Telepresence and Unified Communications *  Glowpoint Reports First Quarter 2010 Results * MASERGY Launches Limited Plane as Sixth Class of Service * Skype to roll out five-way video calling next week, remote partying to surge.

  • Telepresence People
  • Telepresence Industry Professionals (TIP) over 1350+ members
  • Telepresence Industry Jobs from the TIP Job Board
  • On The Bench - A Breakdown of Industry Talent in the Market for their Next Opportunity and More!



The May Edition of the Telepresence Telegraph was sponsored by: Magor Communications

TPO-Magor-Ad-1.jpg The March Edition of the Telepresence Options Telegraph Newsletter- March 3rd 2010

This edition was sponsored by Digital Video Enterprises

The March Issue featured:

 Digital Video Enterprises Launches Immersion Room
           - Seamless Panoramic Telepresence and 3D Visualization

  • The Inter-Company Telepresence and Videoconferencing Conference and Working Group
           - April 22nd, 2010 in Reston, Virignia
          
  • Show Me the Users! Super Cool Things that Real Companies are doing with Telepresence and Visual Collaboration
  • The Telepresence and Videoconferencing Exchange Review
           - Review of Telepresence and Videoconferencing Exchange Services that connect disparate networks for inter-company conferencing.  The review survey's 10 different providers looking at 30 different features of their exchange and managed service offerings. Providers reviewed include: AT&T Business Exchange, BCS Global's Global Video Exchange, BTConferencing Global Video Exchange, Easynet Managed Virtual Meeting, Glowpoint Telepresence interExchange Network, MASERGY, Telemerge, Teliris B2B On-Demand Gateway, Verizon Business Immersive Video Exchange (VIVE)
  • Cisco Launches Updated TelePresence Systems and Telepresence Interoperability Protocol - What Does it Mean? Howard Lichtman's Thoughts and Analysis
  • NLR, Internet2 on TelePresence at Joint Techs
  • Hotel Guests Checking Into Public Cisco TelePresence Rooms
     
  • New Telepresence Options Company Profile - MASERGY

  • Telepresence News Articles and Stories
    -TANDBERG announces 3 screen interoperability with Cisco, RadVision acquires select assets of Aethra, Augmented Reality: The Next Generation.   

  • Telepresence Press Releases
     - BT offers multiple vendor videoconferencing support, Polycom releases touch control panel, Cisco, Tata, & Starwood roll out public telepresence in Sydney and Chicago, Polycom announces H.264 SVC HiP, AVI-SPL rolls out custom telepresence solution, Duke University unveils Cisco TelePresence lecture hall, Cisco and TANDBERG provide technology roadmap, IPeak optimizes SVC, NLR & Internet2 announce Cisco TelePresence Service.  

  • Telepresence Industry Deals
     - PepsiCo picks BT and Cisco, Financial Firm picks Glowpoint, Dennard Rupp Gray & Easterly picks LifeSize, Siemens & Polycom videoconferencing alliance

  • Odds & Sods
    - Vidtel, VGreen, Verizon named N.A. Service Provider  of the Year by Polycom, RadVision gets a patent, Glowpoint gets a Patent, 

  • Telepresence People, TIP now over 1200+ Members!, Telepresence Industry Jobs, and "On the Bench"- A Breakdown of Industry Talent in the Market for their Next Opportunity.


The January Edition of the Telepresence Options Telegraph Newsletter - January 18th, 2010

This edition was sponsored by Human Productivity Lab

The January issue featured:

  •     "Home Telepresence"/Videoconferencing at CES - The Battle for the Living Room
         - Cisco, Polycom, Skype announce at CES
         - Logitech/LifeSize, ooVoo, Vidyo, Vizio, Microsoft, and/or Apple waiting in the wings?
         - The Inter-Company Telepresence and Videoconferencing Handbook
         - The Inter-Company Telepresence and Videoconferencing Conference and Working Group
         - The Telepresence and Videoconferencing Exchange Review
  •     Cisco has 91% of TANDBERG, Closes Acquisition
  •     TANDBERG Introduces T3 Custom Edition
  •     Telepresence inter-operability - The Fall Internet 2 Trials
  •     Videoconferencing Consolidation Puts All Eyes on Polycom
  •     New Telepresence Options Sponsors - Tata Communications and BrightCom
  •     Telepresence News Articles and Stories

    - Nortel ES to Avaya & TANDBERG to Cisco, Telepresence: Who is Vu Technologies, Why You Should Stop Selling Telepresence, Sony Expands HD Videoconferencing: PCS-XG55, A View from the Road- The IMCCA's David Danto goes to CES, Toshiba unveils TV that converts 2D to 3D, Panasonic enters videoconferencing, Polycom teams up with IBM, AVI-SPL announces Cisco and UC initiative, Movistar eyes telepresence,

  •    Telepresence Press Releases

     - Business Octane, Cisco, Glowpoint, Polycom, Videocentric

  •     Telepresence Industry Deals

     - Cisco & Molina, Forbes joins Glowpoint TEN, BCS Global and Corporate Telecom Services Partnership,

  •   Odds & Sods

    - LifeSize Wins 2010 InfoWorld Technology of the Year Award, Vu Telepresence, Pixavi launches explosive proof collaboration camera, Richard Line's Telepresence and Videoconferencing Insight Newsletter - Editor's Choice Awards, Mingleverse,

  •     Telepresence People, TIP now over 1100+ Members!, Telepresence Industry Jobs, and "On the Bench"- A Breakdown of Industry Talent in the Market for their Next Opportunity.


The November Edition of the Telepresence Options Telegraph Newsletter - November 11th, 2009

The November issue featured:

    *  Logitech Buys LifeSize Communications for $405MM with HSL's Thoughts and Analysis

    * Entrepreneur Magazine covers Telepresence and Powwow Virtual, the HPL's Business Model for Public Telepresence

    * Cisco -TANDBERG Updates

    * David Danto - From Telepresence to the Desktop: Video Comes of Age


    * If Telepresence is the Present then 3D is the Future

    * PRESENCE 2009 Conference and Telepresence Industry Dinner in Marina Del Ray Wed. Nov 11th

    * IPeak Networks IPQ reduces Packet loss for TP and videoconferencing


    * TANDBERG launches T1 Small Group Telepresence System


    * A New Company Profile - BT Conferencing


    * A New Solution Snapshots

- Polycom TPX HD Series

    * New Telepresence Videos from HSL's YouTube Channel

    * Telepresence New Articles and Stories
    * Telepresence Industry Press Releases


    * Telepresence Industry Deals

    * Telepresence People - Case Murphy has been promoted to Principal Engineer for Collaboration Technologies at AOL,  Brett McAteer, George Astacio, Aaron Payne, Joe Vitalone, Chris Otten,  and Mohammed Ghafari

    * Telepresence Industry Professionals (TIP) - Marina Del Ray Dinner - Wednesday, Nov 11th,  TIP over 1030+ members


Odds & Sods - RADVISION has reported revenues for Q3 2009, AT&T Telepresence Solution, Conferencing Advisors Inc. Named Partner of the Year by LifeSize Communications, Telepresence interoperability tested at Internet2 Conference, Financial Post predicting that Polycom will be next company to be acquired after Cisco's acquisition of TANDBERG

    * Telepresence Industry Jobs - Telepresence Industry Professional Job Board,
Director of Sales, Eastern US - LifeSize Communications - New York City, Polycom is Hiring over a Dozen Engineers and Account Managers, Polycom is Hiring Major Account Managers in Amsterdam, Netherlands. And Belgium, Brussels


    * On The Bench - A Breakdown of Industry Talent in the Market for their Next Opportunity and More!




Special Edition- Cisco Buys TANDBERG- October 1st, 2009

This edition was sponsored by Human Productivity Lab

This special edition features:

  • Cisco to Buy TANDBERG for $3.0 Billion, What it Means, and Why I Publicly Predicted it 7 1/2 Months Ago
    •  Who Wins? Who Hurts?
  • IBM Launches Managed Services for Cisco TelePresence
  • The PRESENCE 2009 Conference
  • Glowpoint Introduces Telepresence "Interoperability as a Service"
  • Telepresence New Articles and Stories
  • IBM Serves Up Cisco TelePresence Service
  • Telepresence Industry Press Releases
    • Glowpoint Introduces Telepresence "Interoperability as a Service"
    •  Cisco to Buy TANDBERG for $3.0 Billion - Official Press Release
    • IBM Announces New Managed Video Communications Solution New Services Enable Clients to Work Smarter and Save on Travel Costs
    • Intel Technology, Processing Power Key to TV Revolution
  • Telepresence Industry Deals - LifeSize partner, eVideo Communications, has completed a $400,000 deal with energy producer, Stanwell, for the rollout of an enterprise video conferencing system.
  • Odds & Sods -Neotel and Tata Communications launch Africa's first public telepresence facility, Pixavi Launches a HD Video Conferencing Endpoint that Fits in the Palm Of Your Hand
  • Telepresence People
  • Telepresence Industry Professionals (TIP) - Tip over 960+ members
  • Telepresence Industry Jobs - Over a dozen new jobs!
  • On The Bench - A Breakdown of Industry Talent in the Market for their Next Opportunity and More!
 

September 2009 Issue - Published September 28th, 2009
This edition was sponsored by Human Productivity Lab

The September issue featured:

  • Telepresence Options Growth
  • The PRESENCE 2009 Conference
  • Videoworks, Poltrona Frau, and LifeSize Communications Create "Pop Up" Custom Telepresence Solutions
  • Augmented Reality in a Contact Lens
  • BrightCom Launches Lumina line of Telepresence and Webconferencing Solutions
  • Avatar - Biological Alien Telepresence  Headed to the Big-Screen in 3-D
  • Telepresence Robotics Hits the Big Screen - Is the Movie "Surrogates" Getting Closer to Reality?
  • The Reality of Robot Surrogates
  • A New Company Profile - Telx
  • New Solution Snapshots
- Telx Video Exchange
- Polycom RPX HD 400 Series
- Glowpoint - Managed VNOC Services
- Cisco TelePresence System 1300
- Glowpoint - Telepresence interExchange Network (TEN)
- The TelePresence Tech TPT 4000
- Cisco 3200 TelePresence System


  • New Telepresence Videos from HSL's YouTube Channel

  • Telepresence New Articles and Stories
  • Telepresence Industry Press Releases
  • Telepresence Industry Deals - Cisco wins The University of Queensland and Takeda, LifeSize Communications signs AMD, Glowpoint and AVI-SPL win SilverLake,
  • Odds & Sods - Q2 - 09 Videoconferencing Industry Stats from Wainhouse, AT&T expands TelePresence to Mexico, LifeSize signs TT Group Communications, Conferencing Advisors makes the INC. Magazine 500 list of fastest growing companies, Videocall named Polycom Telepresence VNOC Provider, FiberLight takes HSL to lunch, LifeSize and Glowpoint revenue,
  • Telepresence People - Aaron Roe moves to Deloitte, Ron Riesenbach, Mahmoud J. Al-Daccak, Thomas Haider, John Vitale, Stephen Epstein, Yoav Nativ, Christopher Jacobs, Mark J. DeFilippis, Walter Horsting, and HSL as Cagefighting Ringmaster
  • Telepresence Industry Professionals (TIP) - New York City Get Together,  Tip over 945+ members
  • Telepresence Industry Jobs - Over a dozen new jobs!
  • On The Bench - A Breakdown of Industry Talent in the Market for their Next Opportunity




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