Don't spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on telepresence systems until you've heard the facts and learned what mistakes not to make!
It's a one day intensive program of presentations, demonstrations, Q&A, refreshments, valuable prize giveaways and networking. In this all new, one-of-a-kind event, leading telepresence manufacturers (including Cisco, Polycom, Tandberg, TelePresence Tech, Telanetix and Teliris) will discuss the present and future applications of telepresence technologies and services. Current telepresence users will also share their case studies. Attendees will be able to learn from experts how to capitalize on the latest high-end audio and visual communications that make "being there" a reality.
To attend the event, go to infocommshow.org and register for InfoComm 08, then select the IMCCA educational event "Telepresence@InfoComm."
For more information about the event and sponsorship opportunities contact IMCCA Executive Director Carol Zelkin at czelkin@imcca.org . IMCCA end user members can also email Carol to arrange for attendance at a 50% discount.
June 1, 2008
We've always associated the phrase "Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?" with the fears shudders panic trepidation anxiety options of marriage and cohabitation. Yet now the shortened "Why Buy the Cow?" has been working its way around as the title of a book co-authored by WebEx founder Subrah Iyer in the burgeoning software-as-a-service sector. "Free" may be an exaggeration to make a point, but let's face it: You need to get your head in the clouds - as in cloud computing - to understand the new generation of software application companies and how they're changing the worldwide economic landscape. Pioneers like WebEx and Salesforce.com and a new generation of on-demand upstarts like Upswing CRM are transforming the business landscape.
For a good review of Why Buy the Cow?, read Paula Thornton's post in Fastforward.
January 29, 2008
Tune in to "Best Practice Videos," a series on the use of multimedia communications in the business enterprise. Produced by Interactive Media Strategies, these short videos are chock full of useful data nuggets and they showcase the industry's colorful characters. See the latest video featuring Gary Anderson of Netbriefings. Proclaim is Netbriefings latest product and it's tricked out.
January 9, 2008
We're not sure what's in the water in Portland but we do know that the colorful kids at Corvent are an interesting bunch. In the world of bland corporate marketing with everyone proclaiming they're the "leading solution" blah blah blah, the folks at Corvent are doing the right thing and telling their customers and prospective partners who they are as people. Real people, with solid educational backgrounds, great work experiences, and personal interests that other people can relate to. Corvent is doing this via Conferencing News' Key People Directory and they've been signing up en masse in the last week.
In that it's Friday and we're still a little tipsy from last night, we figure we'd key in on the personal interests of team Corvent. We find an extreme ice cream eater, a spear fisherman, a Johnny Cash fan, a live mannequin specialist, a musician, a cookie monster, and our favorite, a unicyclist. (Note to Jessica B: anytime you want to race down 5th Avenue, bring it on. Oh, and another thing. We dare you to upload to YouTube a video of you riding your unicycle and proclaiming your company's slogan "Corvent has proven methodologies and personalized solutions for utilizing today’s Web conferencing and collaborative technologies.") Now that will get the message out to the thousands of readers of Conferencing News!
Check out more of the professionals at Corvent on the Key People Directory.
December 3, 2007
Interactive Media Strategies and Aperio Networks (publisher of Conferencing News) have formed a strategic partnership to develop and promote an online video portal that provides executives advice and best practices on how to evaluate and implement advanced Web Communications technologies for business use. The new series - called Best Practice Videos - features video clips of executives discussing lessons learned during the deployment of online video, webcasting and conferencing technologies in their own organization.
The Best Practice Videos series is produced and hosted by the smart folks at Interactive Media Strategies.
We'll also be launching EnterpriseVideo.com soon and you'll be able to access Best Practice Videos from there, too.
Watch some Best Practice Videos now.
November 28, 2007
As we embark upon stressful travel and uniting with crazy in-laws we wonder about the viability of turkey dinner served through telepresence we're thankful that...
Conferencing News is the go-to daily publication for buyers, sellers, and partners in the conferencing industry.
The Key People Directory gets visibility and biz dev leads for professionals in conferencing.
EventSpan is the largest search database and syndication network for webcasts and webinars.
The Webinar Wire is providing marketers with tips and techniques for web-based events.
Enterprise Video will soon provide a news and views forum for video applications in business.
Happy Thanksgiving!
November 21, 2007
Meet James Powers. He's the Chairman, President & CEO of publicly-traded iLinc Communications, Inc. Yesterday, James wrote his first blog post on iLinc's new blog on their corporate website. It's great to see a few audio/video/web conferencing vendors blogging about their company/products/markets instead of simply hosting brochure-like websites with stock photo images of business professionals. Blogging can add a level of authenticity to a company, its people, and products.
As anyone who writes a blog, or has thought about starting a blog knows, it's hard to constantly come up with stuff to write about. That's why Aperio Networks developed a new blogging platform to easily launch community/market blogs where anyone can easily submit a single blog post, or submit multiple posts. You can see two of these community blogs at WebinarWire.com and soon, EnterpriseVideo.com.
Everyone has a blog post in them, but few have the time to write posts everyday. We encourage you to submit your blog post that relate to web events (via the WebinarWire.com) or soon, video commmunications (via EnterpriseVideo.com).
And now a note to iLinc: Congratulations on launching your blog! Now we'd like to hear more about EventPlus and your or your customers' thoughts about the web event space by contributing to the industry dialog at the Webinar Wire.
November 15, 2007
Question: How can you tell when a product is getting commoditized in a market?
Answer: When new entrants run out of good product names.
Introducing OrcaMeeting from Whaleback Systems. It's a basic audio and web conferencing service. What the connection is between conferencing and killer whales is beyond us. Killer whales remind us of three things:
1) The dirty, smelly water that splashes all over families at SeaWorld in our most unfavorite city in the world: Orlando.
2) Cute cuddly seals.
3) Great white sharks. (Or "shocks" as they say in Boston.)
...But conferencing? Can you imagine hearing at the office, "Oh yeah, let's discuss that in an Orca meeting." Maybe when you dial into the OrcaMeeting bridging service the music-on-hold plays eerie whale calls.
Who knows? Maybe we're wrong and animal-branded conferencing is going to be the new trend. It's well known that affixing a critter to the labels of wine increases sales dramatically. Attention conferencing vendors: quick, go get those web domain names with animals! MonkeyConferencing.com is available!!! And we all know how social and collaborative apes are so the metaphor branding will really resonate, and promo deals like offering a free bunch of bananas at sign-up will yield high conversion rates.
November 13, 2007
From InterCall: "global-conferencing leader InterCall has created a new online community, GreenConferencing.com, to serve as a guide and forum for workers who want to cut back on environmental impacts, waste and expense. The Website offers a more rational approach to how professionals can cut back on common work practices that contribute more carbon than necessary."
We like this very well designed site. InterCall is on a roll with good corporate branding. But we're surprised that "Green Conferencing" isn't an actual branded audio/web conferencing service. Audio and web conferencing companies are in an extraordinary position to exploit "viral" marketing because their customers invite non-customers to attend their conferences. But what's odd is that most audio conferencing services greet meeting participants with a generic "Welcome to the conferencing center, please enter your passcode..."
Green Conferencing is a memorable brand name that's in tune with our warming earth. As an enviro-branded service, we envision, in just one example, that it could be co-sponsored and promoted by an airline which allows an airline to become a "meeting brand" (virtual or real) and not a C02 emitter with a fleet of jets. And there are other marketing opportunities and innovative partnerships with Green Conferencing. "Green Points" anyone? Awards or recognition programs or carbon offsets for companies or individuals who rack up green points? ...But hey, what do we know? (Well, we must know something: we purchased GreenConferencing.com three years ago and put it up for sale a few months ago; InterCall bought it.)
Anyway, maybe we'll ask the Wise Man about this and more in the forthcoming CN Interview with him. Until then, learn more about carbon-cutting resources you need to green your business at GreenConferencing.com
November 9, 2007
Ken Molay has joined forces with Aperio Networks, publishers of Conferencing News, and will be the editor of Aperio's Webinar Wire, a new blog covering the web event services market. This online publication will publish blog post contributions from marketers, event producers, analysts, and tech service provider professionals that pertain to the production, promotion, and powering of web events. Ken will remain a consultant with his company, Webinar Success. We're happy to have Ken Molay as editor and contributor to the Webinar Wire, as his independent views and deep knowledge in the web event space will serve our readers well.
For more information about the Webinar Wire, read the press release of the launch, or check out the site here. Ken's welcome message on the Webinar Wire can be found here.
November 5, 2007
Other entries:
- Video Review: Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz – October 22, 2007
- We're Confused – October 15, 2007
- Request for Proposals - Conferencing and Web Event Services – October 10, 2007
- Web Video Killed the Television Star – October 10, 2007
- Corn and Conferencing – October 9, 2007
- From Books to Webcasts – October 9, 2007
- Wise Decision – October 4, 2007
- Bummer – October 1, 2007
- "Our Pets" – September 28, 2007
- Corvent Loves Conferencing News and Unsanctioned Acts After-Hours – September 28, 2007
- Drink Up! – September 27, 2007
- Slow Day at the Office – September 27, 2007
- Wine Tasting Virtual Events – September 26, 2007
- Video Conferencing Survey – September 26, 2007
- One Ringy Dingy – September 25, 2007
- 3 Martini WebEx Lunch – September 20, 2007
- Cut and Run – September 20, 2007
- A Web Event Testimonial – September 13, 2007
- Organic Search Results for "Conferencing" – September 5, 2007
- Boys and Girl of Summer – September 4, 2007
- Touchdown! – August 10, 2007
- Rainy Day at the Beach – July 26, 2007
- The Secret Acquisition – July 20, 2007
- Ruby-on-Rails in AT&T's Yellow Pages and EventSpan – July 18, 2007
- Sneak Peek - EventSpan – July 11, 2007
- Admission Fee Required: Pay-Per-Event – July 3, 2007
- What's the Real Cost of Telepresence? – July 3, 2007
- Supply-Side Awardonomics – June 28, 2007
- iNeedToGetALife – June 26, 2007
- The Tradition Continues – June 21, 2007
- Video Reviews: Why I Like To Work At WebEx – June 20, 2007
- Codian at InfoComm: Geese, Mind Readers. What Next? – June 19, 2007
- IMCCA and infoComm – June 13, 2007
- Audio Bridges Available – June 8, 2007
- Think Webinars – June 8, 2007
- Telepresence TV – May 29, 2007
- Fog and XML in San Francisco – May 24, 2007
- Go ape. – May 11, 2007
- Widget Marketing and Viral Syndication of Webinars & Webcasts – May 10, 2007
- Relevance and Respect in Registration – May 3, 2007
- The People Behind The Logo – April 10, 2007
- CN Welcomes A New Sponsor: Sensorama, Inc. – April 1, 2007
- Muliple Choice Question: The WebEx Van – March 29, 2007
- Videos from The Future ...of Conferencing – March 26, 2007
- Reminder: Vegas Hospitality Suite – March 21, 2007
- Master Plans, Powered by Serendipity – March 19, 2007
- SuperDumbo – March 19, 2007
- Video Review: Cheesy Snack – March 16, 2007
- Here's What We Link – March 15, 2007
- Webinars About Marriage – March 15, 2007
- How Suite It Is – March 15, 2007
- HPL/Cisco Video Review: In Sight But Out Of Mind – March 13, 2007
- Dark Shadows – March 12, 2007
- Video Review: Tandberg's Anticipation – March 9, 2007
- It's Baaaaack – March 8, 2007
- You're Invited! – March 7, 2007
- Job Opening: Product Manager, Telepresence Video Conferencing. ...Not. – March 6, 2007
- US Patent #7,184,559 – March 6, 2007
- The Mighty Conference Call – March 6, 2007
- What Happens In Vegas Is The Future Of Conferencing? – March 3, 2007
- CN welcomes MASERGY – March 2, 2007
- Telepresence & High Definition Smackdown – March 1, 2007
- Video Review: Cisco's How To Get A "Girl" – February 27, 2007
- Peopleclock Poppycock – February 27, 2007
- Drivers Wanted? – February 23, 2007
- London Calling? – February 23, 2007
- The Smell of M&A – February 22, 2007
- Video Fishbowl – February 15, 2007
- Cisco Mystery Customer – February 14, 2007
- A Whisper to Our Sponsors – February 14, 2007
- Dancing Urchin – February 13, 2007
- Mobile Telepresence – February 13, 2007
- We Have No Illusions – February 13, 2007
- Office Blues – February 12, 2007
- Which Student Are You? – February 9, 2007
- Which Phone Are You? – February 8, 2007
- And Now A Message From A Sponsor – February 8, 2007
- Who's Who: Aaron McCormack, CEO, BT Conferencing – February 7, 2007
- Family Conference Call – February 7, 2007
- Homes Of The Conferencing Stars! – February 2, 2007
- Death Of Office Space? – January 31, 2007
- GoTo ...The Head Of The Class – January 31, 2007
- Video Review: WebEx Connect Party – January 26, 2007
- Telepresence Off the Shelf - Literally – January 24, 2007
- No Travel! No Swag? C4B in 2007 – January 22, 2007
- It Is Decidedly So: Annual Predictions – January 17, 2007
- Codian in Catalonia. Polycom in Umbrage. – January 16, 2007
- The Future of Conferencing Workshop – January 16, 2007
- Rescued: "Webinar" ...Well, hopefully. – January 10, 2007
- We Oppose A "Webinar" Trademark – January 9, 2007
- Have No Fear, Conferencing News Is Here! – January 9, 2007
- Call for LOGOS! – January 8, 2007
- Prediction: Gold Hits Wall In His Home In Q1 07 – January 5, 2007
- Cisco Plans to Ruin Baseball – January 5, 2007
- One Look and You'll Know – January 4, 2007
- Our Gift to Cisco: Telattepresence – December 18, 2006
- Our Branding Gift to Dimdim – December 18, 2006
- Our $12,000,000 Gift to Premiere Global – December 18, 2006
- Cisco Responds: Telepresence is a "GIANT PHONE" – December 14, 2006
- What Do You Call It? – December 12, 2006
- Nice Robutt – December 12, 2006
- Telepresence. Videoconferencing. Same thing, eh? – December 11, 2006
- Sign On The Dotted Line – December 11, 2006
- Part 3 on Telepresence: We Get Called a Videohead. Ouch. – December 8, 2006
- Men of WebEx – December 5, 2006
- Cars of the Conferencing Stars! – December 5, 2006
- The Fall of Rome Will Be Televised – November 26, 2006
- Everyone's A Comedian – November 15, 2006
- Just Say oN – October 27, 2006
- Fake Outrage from Flacks – October 20, 2006
- Part 2: Differences of Telepresence and Videoconferencing Explained – October 3, 2006
- Seeing is Believing – October 2, 2006
- The Fussy Challenge – September 28, 2006
- Lemonade or Kool-Aid? – September 26, 2006
- "S" for Suckers – September 25, 2006
- Listen to Your Customers – September 22, 2006
- Up, Up, and Away – September 18, 2006
- This Is Probably Our Fault – September 10, 2006
- LifeSize (and CN) in Action – September 7, 2006
- Collusive Collaboration – September 5, 2006
- Science and Religion – September 1, 2006
- Bring Your Chuckie Bag – August 30, 2006
- Billy Carson Responds! – August 29, 2006
- Get Your Own Room! – August 29, 2006
- Not Your Father's Party Line – August 25, 2006
- Who's in Da HOUSE – August 23, 2006
- Puke Noodles – August 23, 2006
- Way Back – August 17, 2006
- WebEx, a CN sponsor – August 15, 2006
- The Jerker – August 11, 2006
- Andrew's Recap, and Who Said HD is Crap? – July 22, 2006
- Divergent Views of Convergent Matters – July 22, 2006
- The Check's in the Mail – July 22, 2006
- Tony the Multi-Tasking Tiger – July 22, 2006
- Abe Zelkin at the Wainhouse Research Summit – July 22, 2006
- Just Do It - Yourself – June 29, 2006
- Let's Get Real for $15,000 – June 20, 2006
- Codian and Cookies – June 13, 2006
- Smart Technologies - Ephemeral Words – June 13, 2006
- LifeSize Johnny Knoxville? – June 13, 2006
- Radvision in Orlando – June 13, 2006
- VBrick at InfoComm – June 13, 2006
- Blowpoint – June 12, 2006
- Gallagher. Disney. McLuhan. – June 11, 2006
- The History of The Future – June 11, 2006
- Back to the Future – June 9, 2006
- Stinking Badges – June 7, 2006
- Busted! – June 5, 2006
- Here's What We See! – June 2, 2006
- Call for Chicken Littles – May 30, 2006
- Kill the Robot – May 19, 2006
- Trendy – May 11, 2006
- Sharing and Collaborating – May 10, 2006
- The Diversity of Beard Colors – May 8, 2006
- The Spirit of Collaboration – April 18, 2006
- About Us – April 3, 2006
- Contact Us – April 3, 2006
- Pity The Fool – April 1, 2006
- Soap on a Fish – March 30, 2006
- Got Green? – March 27, 2006
- Brand Mashup: HP's Halo and Frito-Lay's Tostitos – March 24, 2006
- Where's the Beef? – March 23, 2006
- Doll, Monkey, Fish – March 22, 2006
- English Teachers Wanted? – March 22, 2006
- Karaoke in the Year of Video on the Web – March 21, 2006
- Skype Saves Lives, But Is Not A Replacement for Exercise – March 20, 2006
- Starbucks and Skype – March 18, 2006
- Greetings! – March 17, 2006
- Elliot Gold Responds... – March 17, 2006
- Editor's Note – March 17, 2006
- Conferencing's Carnac the Magnificent – March 16, 2006
- What happens in Vegas... – March 14, 2006
- Birds and Bombs – February 27, 2006
- FEATURED PRESS RELEASE – February 9, 2006
- CN Job Board - Chief Technology Officer Opening – February 7, 2006
- Editor's Note – February 7, 2006
- WebDialogs - A CN SPONSOR – February 1, 2006
- The Friday Digression – January 13, 2006
- Successs. Teamwork. Partners. Committment. Be the Bridge. Dare to Soar. – January 12, 2006
- Guest Article from INTERCALL – January 11, 2006
- Editor's Note – January 3, 2006
- A Tip of the Hat – December 21, 2005
- Super Values – December 21, 2005
- Editor's Note – December 20, 2005
- YOU'RE TIRED! – November 18, 2005
- Publisher's Note – November 16, 2005
- White Paper from RAINDANCE, A CN SPONSOR – November 15, 2005
- A Quote from the Oracle of our Electronic Age – November 11, 2005
- New and Old Terms from the analyst's couch – November 11, 2005
- Editor's Note – November 10, 2005
- An Announcement from the Queen of Conferencing – November 1, 2005
- Bigtime Wellness – October 25, 2005
- FEATURED WEBINAR BY CONFERENCE PLUS – October 19, 2005
- Who's Who – October 11, 2005
- Noted and Quoted – October 6, 2005
- Editor's Note – October 5, 2005
- featured white paper by raindance – September 29, 2005
- cult of pug – September 28, 2005
- GET LISTED IN THE KEY PEOPLE DIRECTORY – September 22, 2005
- Hang ten, Ben. – September 16, 2005
- Dancing in the Rain of Minutes – September 15, 2005
- Calling All Women! – September 14, 2005
- Advertise in this CN Alert email – September 13, 2005
- Publisher's Note: – September 12, 2005
- GREETINGS FROM HAWAII, THE ALOHA STATE – September 1, 2005
- How Business Develops – August 31, 2005
- KEY PEOPLE DIRECTORY – August 30, 2005
- Who's Who? – August 29, 2005
- Publish Your Profile in CN's Key People Directory! – August 26, 2005
- See and Be Seen – August 25, 2005
- Paul Ritter – August 23, 2005
- Citrix – August 22, 2005
- Arel Communications – August 11, 2005
- Citrix and Vapps in the news – August 8, 2005
- Call-for-Contributors! Get Published on CN – April 8, 2005
- Deathgrip on the Obvious – April 6, 2005
- Olympian Brand Marketing in China 2008 – April 1, 2005
- Why Your Broadband Sucks – March 24, 2005
- Conferencing Police - FREEZE! – March 16, 2005
- We Couldn't Have Said It Or Invented It Better Ourselves – March 16, 2005
- Analyze This! – March 9, 2005
- How about a Webinar About Coffee Table Books? – March 8, 2005
- We're Touched by High Touch – March 7, 2005
- Ben, don't forget to bring Jack – February 11, 2005
- Sprint to Sell its Conferencing Business? – February 4, 2005
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