Frost & Sullivan Telepresence Challenge Replay
November 20, 2008
If you didnt get a chance to dial in for the Frost & Sullivan Telepresence Challenge, we recorded it here. All the major players participated, with the exception of Cisco, so we heard from Joe Sigrist from Polycom, Hakon Dahle from Tandberg, Aaron McCormack from BT, and Ken Krangle from HP and obviously myself representing Teliris.
Frost & Sullivan Telepresence Challenge
November 18, 2008
I cant lie, I am really looking forward to an all out telepresence sparring match this Wed. Analyst firm Frost & Sullivan is hosting a webinar for all us fellow telepresence vendors to talk shop and though I’m sure this does not come as a shock for all of you that have been reading my blog, but I love nothing better than a good argument! In fact I think I thrive on it, so log onto www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp?id=52387&pc=FSBT this Wed at noon and listen in. Although its interesting that Cisco conveniently declined to participate…what are they so afraid of if they are so sure they are leading the telepresence market???
The Next Big Leap
October 15, 2008
So here it is, the next big technology leap for telepresence - the world’s first multi-touch surface computing environment for telepresence that has real business applications (and real business value!). Yes, I know you probably already saw that this entry is over eight minutes long - what can I say, I can talk faster than any motor-mouthed New Yorker and this time I didnt even come up for air until minute eight. But I digress…I promised I would talk futures so let’s dive in. I am and have always been a technology dreamer. My bookcase is filled with titles like ‘Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach’ and ‘Society of the Mind’ - yup, I know that most people would consider this B-O-R-I-N-G. But to me, titles such as these are the basis for a long string of ideas (some more successful than others) that I run through at marathon pace and hope that my Teliris Telepresence Research Labs team can keep up and help me mature my thoughts into fully formed reality. One particular member of my team, interestingly enough the one who has been with me the longest, said ‘your dreams become my nightmares’ and after I laughed hard for a few minutes I realized its TRUE!
Teliris TouchTable on BMighty.com
October 9, 2008
Check out what Fredric Paul wrote about our TouchTable technology over at BMighty.com.
Tandberg T3 Reaction
September 19, 2008
As you get to know me, you will find there is NOTHING that excites me more than poking my competitors. Call it competitive, slightly biased and certainly not playing by the corporate rules, but why have a blog if you can’t say what you’re thinking? So today, I cannot keep quiet for one more second on an announcement that Tandberg will apparently make on Monday on their latest and greatest telepresence product. It’s not that I am intent on preempting their announcement or ruining their PR plans for Monday, its that this newest release is one more example of the ongoing problem for the telepresence industry today - ITS NOT TRUE TELEPRESENCE. Yes, it has the life-size images, HD video, the same look and feel in all the rooms, but they have constructed an artificial environment. Don’t get me wrong, the Tandberg Experia T3 has a sleek and cool physique - meaning the tables and chairs are stylish in the truest Euro sense of the word, the table is connected to the screens, there is apparently a blue light both in front and in back that give that 3D feel (kind of makes me think of the 60’s…) and when you first look at it you cant help but think wow!
Podcast - Where does telepresence fit?
August 28, 2008
Listen here to learn more about how to implement telepresence. When it’s done right, it can change the way a company does business.
Forbes.com - Future of Virtual Meetings
August 25, 2008
To see telepresence in action, click here. Yes, it is the Teliris solution, but I’m not sharing this as shameless self-promotion - it really is worth watching.
Why Telepresence?
August 25, 2008
They say Rome was not built in a day, so bear with me here. If you’re following my entries, we went through the ‘what is telepresence’ and before we can get to the really good stuff (like all those futuristic technologies swirling around in my head, scribbled on stickies all over my office and being tested in the Teliris R&D lab) I would be remiss to skip over the ‘why’ behind the jump in telepresence deployments all over the world in the last few years. Obviously, we all know about the fuel price hikes and the economic slowdown that has every company large and small scrambling for ways to cut costs etc, but adopting telepresence is a different way of doing business over distance, a more effective way (not just in my esteemed opinion, but talk to any analyst out there today and they are all in agreement). Most importantly, its critical in a world where you can no longer count on air travel as a ‘for sure’ option. Maybe you will eventually get there, but judging from my last experience, the only way to alleviate the frustration of delays and cancellations is to 1) drink heavily 2) freak out on the airline attendant who keeps smiling brightly as he tells you your flight is cancelled, all the hotels are booked and that you will certainly enjoy walking around the city all night or 3) AVOID IT COMPLETELY!!! I know, I know, you don’t even have to click on my newest video entry, I’ve already convinced you of the value of telepresence, but if you have any doubt, any question, listen up because I’m telling you without even a millisecond of hesitation, telepresence is here to stay…
Telepresence Defined
August 13, 2008
Meet & Greet
August 13, 2008
For my first entry, let’s start at the beginning and define what this thing called telepresence really is. There are so many interpretations of what constitutes telepresence and what differentiates it from videoconferencing. Before I can ramble about all the newest innovations in the space, how its changing business cultures around the world and certainly before I can convert all of you non-believers out there, we have to start with the basics. Check it out and stay tuned for much much more…
Marc Trachtenberg
