by Mariette Johnson Wharton, VP of Marketing ~ If you thought 2011 was the year of mobility, get ready for 2012. IDC predicts more than 1.2 billion people will be mobile workers by the end of the year. And if “bring your own device” (BYOD) was buzzworthy last year, brace yourself for this year. Already [...]
by Mariette Johnson Wharton, VP of Marketing ~ Patients in remote areas are often unable to easily reach medical specialists, relying instead on primary care physicians for treatment. What happens when video conferencing brings patients to specialists? A staggering 98% of dermatology video consultations in a University of California study of 1500 patients resulted in [...]
by Scott Wharton, CEO of Vidtel ~ Polycom launched its new cloud offering, RealPresence Cloud, yesterday with great fanfare. This is significant as Polycom became the last of the 3 major video conferencing vendors to throw their full support behind a cloud offering of their own. The RealPresence Cloud offer provides Polycom-based services without the [...]
by Mariette Johnson Wharton, VP of Marketing ~ Just back from CES this year. I spent time in meetings rather than on the floor but the buzz seems be, well, no buzz…CES often generates buzz about the latest and greatest TVs. This year, the best I heard was Samsung’s “video conferencing” on smart TVs.
by Mariette Johnson Wharton, VP of Marketing Just recently a research study reported that 50% of all mobile bandwidth is consumed by a measly 1% of mobile users, evidently with unlimited or very generous mobile data plans. Wireless operators will need to step their game as more bandwidth consumption from mobile applications will be hitting [...]
by Mariette Johnson Wharton, VP of Marketing The video conferencing industry is undergoing dramatic changes and more than a few trends are at play. Here’s my top 10 list: 10. People are working from home more than ever (and still need to connect). 9. Companies continue to tighten travel budgets but expectations remain for high-quality [...]
By Mariette Johnson Wharton, VP of Marketing With the accessibility of video conferencing and video chat at the desktop level, more and more business people are experimenting and gaining comfort with the technology. With this experience comes greater demand for ease of use, performance and interoperability. No longer are small-medium sized enterprises willing to let [...]
by Mariette Johnson Wharton, VP of Marketing Telepresence, video conferencing, video chat…many different terms are floating around and as the technology is moving from the boardroom and consumer environment into the massive mainstream, more people are asking questions about what the different categories mean. Here’s an overview of video conferencing categories. Overview Telepresence, video telepresence, [...]
by Mariette Johnson Wharton, VP of Marketing Today, Vidtel and InFocus publicly announced our strategic partnership and distribution agreement. Our partnership breaks ground in the middle market for business-grade video conferencing with a killer solution: The combination of InFocus’ 55-inch collaborative wall tablet (the Mondopad) and Vidtel’s price-disruptive any-to-any video conferencing service. The Mondopad was [...]