Ext User(thegoons)
14-09-2008, 04:20 PM
Video conferencing is oh so 80's
"Alan Parkington" <patriot@iheartaustralia.com.au> wrote in message
news:RoO1k.7926$IK1.3938@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> Another Australian first was recorded by Telstra today when it announced
> the commercial availability of Australia's first end-to-end Telstra Cisco
> TelePresence Managed Service solution a unique, immersive 'one-click'
> in-person collaboration experience delivered over the Australia-wide
> Telstra Next IP(TM) network.
>
> The Telstra Cisco TelePresence solution gives organisations an alternative
> to travelling long distances for meetings across Australia or overseas as
> it creates an environment for up to 6 people at each end utilising
> immersive, purpose built meeting rooms. This gives the experience of
> feeling you are sitting across the table from participants at other
> locations.
>
> It can therefore deliver significant benefits such as improved time
> management, cost savings and productivity gains, as well as help reduce
> carbon emissions. The new flexibly priced commercial offering announced
> today makes it easier for enterprises to access this significant
> capability, with Telstra packaging all of the necessary arrangements into
> a single managed service agreement.
>
> Mr David Thodey, Group Managing Director, Telstra Enterprise and
> Government made the announcement during a presentation in Brisbane where
> Telstra used hologram technology to beam Telstra's Chief Technology
> Officer, Dr Hugh Bradlow, live into Brisbane from Melbourne to talk at a
> major function for senior business executives.
>
> Mr Thodey said the live hologram demonstrated today is a symbol of what
> will be available in the future - but today we are already creating
> 'virtual meetings' through what we call TelePresence employing
> sophisticated equipment from Cisco, with managed end to end services from
> Telstra and using the high data speed and capacity of the Telstra Next
> IP(TM) network.
>
> "Telstra and Cisco can play an important role in today's fast moving
> business world, where the need to interact and collaborate with
> co-workers, business partners, and customers can be required at a moment's
> notice, by bringing people seamlessly together in face-to-face meetings
> without them having to be physically present.
>
> "This new Telstra Cisco TelePresence solution will open up many
> possibilities as it allows real time and real life interaction between
> people in different locations potentially thousands of kilometres apart,"
> Mr Thodey said.
>
> Mr Les Williamson, Cisco Australia and New Zealand Vice President, said
> Telstra and Cisco continue to expand their long standing relationship with
> the deployment of Cisco TelePresence as a go to market solution for
> Telstra, redefining the way video is used in business to underpin the
> creation of competitive advantage through new collaborative workforce
> models.
>
> The Telstra solution, based on Cisco TelePresence, also has the potential
> to significantly reduce the costs of travel on the bottom line and on the
> environment - a critically important area of business in Australia and
> around the world.
>
> Mr Philip Jones, Executive Director, Telstra Product Management, said
> "Telstra was the first organisation to introduce Cisco TelePresence to
> Australia in 2007 and its internal usage has soared with room occupancy of
> up to six hours a day. Telstra's Cisco TelePresence solution reduces the
> need for customers to travel for meetings, by leveraging one our biggest
> assets our Australia-wide IP network."
>
> Telstra and Cisco are able to design and build customised rooms at each
> end, enabling face-toface high-definition images to be transmitted in
> real-time allowing interaction and collaboration with co-workers, business
> partners or customers, possibly many of thousands of kilometres away.
>
> The Telstra Cisco TelePresence solution combines high definition audio
> quality, interactive technologies and a specially-designed environment to
> approximate the feeling of actually being in the same room as participants
> in separate locations.
>
> The Telstra Cisco TelePresence solution is easy to use, with users able to
> schedule the TelePresence rooms through their Microsoft Outlook calendar.
> They can now launch the meeting with a one-click application on the
> meeting room handset.
** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **
"Alan Parkington" <patriot@iheartaustralia.com.au> wrote in message
news:RoO1k.7926$IK1.3938@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> Another Australian first was recorded by Telstra today when it announced
> the commercial availability of Australia's first end-to-end Telstra Cisco
> TelePresence Managed Service solution a unique, immersive 'one-click'
> in-person collaboration experience delivered over the Australia-wide
> Telstra Next IP(TM) network.
>
> The Telstra Cisco TelePresence solution gives organisations an alternative
> to travelling long distances for meetings across Australia or overseas as
> it creates an environment for up to 6 people at each end utilising
> immersive, purpose built meeting rooms. This gives the experience of
> feeling you are sitting across the table from participants at other
> locations.
>
> It can therefore deliver significant benefits such as improved time
> management, cost savings and productivity gains, as well as help reduce
> carbon emissions. The new flexibly priced commercial offering announced
> today makes it easier for enterprises to access this significant
> capability, with Telstra packaging all of the necessary arrangements into
> a single managed service agreement.
>
> Mr David Thodey, Group Managing Director, Telstra Enterprise and
> Government made the announcement during a presentation in Brisbane where
> Telstra used hologram technology to beam Telstra's Chief Technology
> Officer, Dr Hugh Bradlow, live into Brisbane from Melbourne to talk at a
> major function for senior business executives.
>
> Mr Thodey said the live hologram demonstrated today is a symbol of what
> will be available in the future - but today we are already creating
> 'virtual meetings' through what we call TelePresence employing
> sophisticated equipment from Cisco, with managed end to end services from
> Telstra and using the high data speed and capacity of the Telstra Next
> IP(TM) network.
>
> "Telstra and Cisco can play an important role in today's fast moving
> business world, where the need to interact and collaborate with
> co-workers, business partners, and customers can be required at a moment's
> notice, by bringing people seamlessly together in face-to-face meetings
> without them having to be physically present.
>
> "This new Telstra Cisco TelePresence solution will open up many
> possibilities as it allows real time and real life interaction between
> people in different locations potentially thousands of kilometres apart,"
> Mr Thodey said.
>
> Mr Les Williamson, Cisco Australia and New Zealand Vice President, said
> Telstra and Cisco continue to expand their long standing relationship with
> the deployment of Cisco TelePresence as a go to market solution for
> Telstra, redefining the way video is used in business to underpin the
> creation of competitive advantage through new collaborative workforce
> models.
>
> The Telstra solution, based on Cisco TelePresence, also has the potential
> to significantly reduce the costs of travel on the bottom line and on the
> environment - a critically important area of business in Australia and
> around the world.
>
> Mr Philip Jones, Executive Director, Telstra Product Management, said
> "Telstra was the first organisation to introduce Cisco TelePresence to
> Australia in 2007 and its internal usage has soared with room occupancy of
> up to six hours a day. Telstra's Cisco TelePresence solution reduces the
> need for customers to travel for meetings, by leveraging one our biggest
> assets our Australia-wide IP network."
>
> Telstra and Cisco are able to design and build customised rooms at each
> end, enabling face-toface high-definition images to be transmitted in
> real-time allowing interaction and collaboration with co-workers, business
> partners or customers, possibly many of thousands of kilometres away.
>
> The Telstra Cisco TelePresence solution combines high definition audio
> quality, interactive technologies and a specially-designed environment to
> approximate the feeling of actually being in the same room as participants
> in separate locations.
>
> The Telstra Cisco TelePresence solution is easy to use, with users able to
> schedule the TelePresence rooms through their Microsoft Outlook calendar.
> They can now launch the meeting with a one-click application on the
> meeting room handset.
** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **