Archive for 'Video conferencing'
New, affordable whiteboard changes video conferencing
Share Want to take a video conference from interesting to effective? Few things can drive home the important points brought up in a meeting than a whiteboard. But how can the whiteboard experience of the conference room be expanded to the virtual meeting? Until now, creating a whiteboard in a video conferencing setting required an [...]
Full StoryGovernment goes to video … shouldn’t you?
Share The federal government is embracing video conferencing in lieu of travel by government employees. Wouldn’t the same strategy work in your business? Check out this recent LifeSize blog post on the latest efforts by President Obama to encourage video conferencing by government workers. I applaud his direction and would certainly hope that he immediately [...]
Full Story5 ways to prepare for live business communications
Share This article first appeared on Best in UC. Live business video is poised to break out of the shackles of the corporate conference room. In recent months, industry giants like Microsoft and Google have taken their first steps into strategies that ultimately will make live video at the corporate desktop an everyday reality. Google [...]
Full StoryThe green case for video conferencing
Share This article first appeared on Best in UC. You may have a commitment to environmental stewardship. You might want to show your clients, employees and other stakeholders that your company is “green.” Or, you simply might be looking for ways to save a buck. No matter your reason, the case for video conferencing offers [...]
Full StoryVideo conferencing market continues double-digit growth
Share This article first appeared on Best in UC. Double-digit growth is becoming the norm for the video conferencing market, according to Infonetics Research. A report the firm issues this week revealed that the global enterprise video conferencing and telepresence equipment market jumped 21 percent to $683 million between the first and second quarters of [...]
Full StoryRace is on for HD video on-the-go
Share This article first appeared on Best in UC. With the sales of video conference equipment increasing by double digits, companies in the unified communications (UC) and video conferencing spaces are hustling to put their best new offerings forward. This has generated a race to great technology, with vendors attempting to impress the fertile business [...]
Full StoryIntegration helps LifeSize take HD quality to Microsoft
Share LifeSize has brought HD video to the Microsoft unified communications (UC) platform. And in the coming months, the ties between Microsoft and LifeSize technologies are expected to grow even stronger. This summer, LifeSize earned full qualification with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2. The company is now working to achieve full qualification with Microsoft [...]
Full StoryLifeSize winning battle to grow video conference market share
Share This article first appeared on Best in UC. It was November 2009, less than two years ago. Headlines proclaimed that Logitech was purchasing HD pioneer LifeSize in a quest to take on Cisco, challenging the giant in the burgeoning video conferencing market. Today, LifeSize and its parent company have made good on that challenge. [...]
Full StoryVideo conferences going mobile?
Share Is video conferencing coming to a mobile phone near you? Jupiter Research thinks so. According to the analyst firm’s Mobile Voice & Video Calling report, the market is rapidly changing in ways that improve the prospects of mobile video calling in the near future. The company points to three particular advancements, including: The launch [...]
Full StoryVideo conferencing goes mobile, with LifeSize
Share This article first appeared on Best in UC. LifeSize has launched new tools to allow its customers to go mobile. In July, Logitech, the parent company of LifeSize, acquired Mirial. This small Italian firm developed software to expand video conferencing to smartphones and tablets. Now, following close on the heels of the acquisition, LifeSize [...]
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