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Telecom industry leaders join forces to form Global Meeting Alliance

[31 January 2012] Tata Communications, together with nine global service providers, today announces the launch of the Global Meeting Alliance™, an open ecosystem of leading telecom providers that have aligned to interconnect their respective business video communities.

IDC Announces the Launch of Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Videoconferencing and Telepresence QView - Market Is Expected to React

[12 December 2011] The third quarter of 2011 (3Q11) delivered strong results for the enterprise videoconferencing and telepresence market with revenue growing 24.3% year over year to $680.4 million. The single-codec telepresence segment of the market grew 36.6% year over year to $379.7 million and now accounts for 55.8% of the total market.

ATIS Launches Telepresence Interoperability Initiative

[06 December 2011] ATIS recently launched an initiative to validate the concept of inter-provider, multi-platform telepresence services and develop use-case studies surrounding the technology that encompasses high-quality videoconferencing.

Cisco TelePresence Synch Integrates With SMART Solutions for Data, Audio and Visual Collaboration

[29 November 2011] SMART Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq:SMT) (TSX:SMA), a leading provider of collaboration solutions, announces that its SMART Board® 600 and 800 series interactive whiteboards and SMART Board interactive displays can now be combined with the Cisco TelePresence® systems to deliver enhanced interactive collaboration.

World Video Conferencing Market to Reach US$14 Billion by 2017, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

[09 November 2011] GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on Video Conferencing market.

Cisco Redefines TelePresence: Delivers In-Person Experiences to All

[26 October 2011] On 5th anniversary of Cisco TelePresence, company showcases how the technology is enabling companies of all sizes to benefit from the power of in-person collaboration.

80% of Enterprises Plan to Use Video as Part of UC Strategy by 2012

[12 October 2011] 80% of enterprises plan to use video as part of UC strategy by 2012. Infonetics Research's unified communications survey shows Microsoft and Cisco lead, mobility key, video growing.

Cisco Introduces Integrated Strategy to Make It Easier for Customers to Capture, Transform, and Share Video Content Across the Enterprise

[29 September 2011] Cisco today announced an innovative strategy and new product developments across its entire enterprise video portfolio to allow customers to unlock the power of video throughout their organizations.

Forrester: Half Of US Information Workers Split Time Between Office And Remote Locations

[22 September 2011] Half of US information workers now split their time between the office, home, and other remote locations, according to Forrester\'s Q2 2011 US Workforce Technology And Engagement Online Survey of 4,985 US information workers. The study, which sheds new light on today\'s increasingly mobile and distributed workforce, was published today in conjunction with the first day of Forrester\'s Content & Collaboration Forum.

Frost & Sullivan: Collaboration in the Enterprise is Transforming from a Communication Tool to a Core Component of Business Strategy

[15 September 2011] Moving beyond the traditional, standalone technologies of conferencing, a new wave of collaboration products and services is starting to redefine notions and experiences of the office as a physical 'container' of work. Social networking entering the workplace is becoming 'industrialised' in process, and integrated into the collaboration mix, what increases the potential for productive creativity and accelerates business decision-making and responsiveness.

Here's Looking at You – and Forget Business Class Flights

[28 August 2011] Video-conferencing technology has come a long way and is now providing a genuine substitute for many face-to-face meetings.

Videoconferencing Market is Entering a Period of Consolidation: companiesandmarkets.com

[26 August 2011] Videoconferencing market increased by 28% in 2010 to total US$578 million; driven by the provision of cloud-based solutions enabling end-to-end multitenant opex-based services.

Buenos Aires Provincial Judiciary Uses Cisco TelePresence to Speed Criminal Processes

[4 August 2011] The Buenos Aires Provincial Judiciary has chosen Cisco TelePresence™ technology to optimize legal services by facilitating the delivery of statements by experts in criminal processes.

Consumer Demand for Online Innovation on the Rise in Banking Sector

[13 July 2011] Cable&Wireless Worldwide, the mission critical communications provider, today releases a consumer study that finds banks are not taking full advantage of their online banking platforms, despite increasing customer engagement in the channel.

Cisco and New Songdo International City Development Join Forces to Create One of the Most Technologically Advanced Smart+Connected Communities in the World

[4 July 2011] New Songdo International City Development LLC (NSIC) and Cisco today announced agreements that form important milestones in the development of Songdo International Business District, a 1,500-acre new city on the coast of Incheon, South Korea. Songdo IBD is being developed by NSIC, a joint-venture between American developer Gale International and Korean construction firm POSCO E&C, under the governance of the Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority.

Wainhouse Research Annual Summit Focuses on Videoconferencing and Other Cost-Saving Technologies

[29 June 2011] Wainhouse Research, a market analyst firm that specializes in emerging trends and technologies used by global companies to power workplace collaboration, videoconferencing and unified communications, is holding its 11th annual North American Collaboration Summit at Philadelphia city center's Double Tree Hotel from July 19 to 20.

Telepresence No Longer Just for the Board Room – New Cisco Value-Priced Endpoint Makes Widespread Enterprise Adoption More Affordable

[14 June 2011] Cisco today introduced a number of new telepresence products and enhancements as part of its collaboration portfolio designed to give customers new ways to simply, quickly and cost effectively scale telepresence throughout their organizations.

Frost & Sullivan: Videoconferencing Gains Appeal as a Key Enabler for Improving Business Performance

[19 May 2011] New analysis from Frost & Sullivan on European Videoconferencing Endpoints Market, finds that the market reached $518.3 million in 2010, growing at a rate of 20.3 per cent from the previous year.

Frost & Sullivan: Australian Videoconferencing Market Reports Healthy 33% Revenue Growth in 2010

[16 May 2011] Government incentives and pent-up demand following the global financial crisis (GFC) helped the Australian video conferencing market to increase revenues by 33 per cent in 2010.

Business spending on video conferencing to hit $3.8 billion

[5 May 2011] Global business spending on video conferencing will reach $3.8 billion in 2016, driven by an increasing focus on cost-cutting and productivity, according to Ovum.

Converged Solutions Buoy Prospects for the World Videoconferencing Infrastructure Markets, Finds Frost & Sullivan

[28 Apr 2011] The world videoconferencing infrastructure markets are poised to continue on a high-growth trajectory, as organizations are deploying videoconferencing not only as a means to cut travel cost, but also as a personal enabler for team collaboration within an enterprise.

Cisco Restructures Consumer Business

[12 Apr 2011] As part of the company's comprehensive plan to align its operations, Cisco today announced that it will exit aspects of its consumer businesses and realign the remaining consumer business to support four of its five key company priorities – core routing, switching and services; collaboration; architectures; and video.

Enterprise video conferencing and telepresence market more than doubling by 2015

[24 Mar 2011] Market research firm Infonetics Research released its new Enterprise Telepresence and Video Conferencing report, which provides market size, vendor market share, and analysis for PBX-based video phones and software, as well as dedicated video conference infrastructure and endpoints, including immersive telepresence and software.

Brazil and Mexico Are Likely to Become the Key Markets for Videoconferencing in Latin America

[22 Mar 2011] In the last few years, videoconferencing has been adopted increasingly due to globalization, productivity benefits, mobility and the need to save travel costs.

Cisco Announces Results of International Education Survey: World Education Leaders See Increasing Role for Technology to Transform Learning

[9 March 2011] More than three-quarters of top education officials around the world believe technology can play a major role in how students learn and how teachers educate, according to a global survey commissioned by Cisco and conducted by Clarus Research Group, a Washington, D.C.-based research firm.

Cisco Connects Businesses to Consumers via Video; Announces Seamless Connectivity between ūmi and Cisco TelePresence and Expansion of Consumer TelePresence Portfolio

[7 March 2011] Extending the company's success in telepresence, Cisco today announced that it is enabling businesses to connect with consumers via full interoperability between Cisco ūmi and the Cisco TelePresence portfolio for businesses. Cisco is also announcing an expansion of its ūmi product line with a range of options, from free HD desktop video to high-quality immersive telepresence experiences on an HDTV.

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