Bob McCandless, CEO of BrightCom, Presents the Future of Telepresence Technology at Enterprise 2.0 June 20th in Boston, Massachusetts
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WOW! What an amazing month for the Telepresence Industry! First off, did anyone see the Cisco TelePresence Human Network commercials that are airing during this seasons NFL Football games? A great sign that public adoption of Telepresence is near.
In other news from the 24/7 Telepresence Breaking News reel at the Telepresence Forum, BT announced that they’ve launched their inter-company Telepresence solution, Proctor & Gamble implemented new Telepresence rooms, Polycom received a “Rising Star” for their innovations and Verizon Teamed with Cisco to offer new productivity enhancing services using Cisco’s collaboration portfolio. Did I mention this was just a few of the Telepresence highlights from this past week? Hundreds of Telepresence news articles hit the wire this last month, and if the past is any indication of the future, we’ll see those Telepresence news posts double by Spring 2009.
I also noticed that companies like Digital Video Enterprises, Telepresence Options and of course our Telepresence Forum were listed in the Open Directory Project at www.DMOZ.org. Pretty big news considering Telepresence didn’t exist, or even have a category just a month ago or so in the human edited ODP.
Our website traffic amongst our 345+ Telepresence related domains has tripled since early August, another indication that Telepresence is getting ready to explode onto Main Street. People are “hearing” of it, people are “researching” it, and once they’ve performed their due diligence, they’ll “see and feel” what the pioneers of the Telepresence industry have been saying. Telepresence is near; Telepresence is here.
Well that’s it for now Readers. We hope you stop by the Telepresence Forum to learn a little about what the differences between plain old video conferencing and Telepresence are. C'mon by, sign up (free by the way), watch a Telepresence video or two, and drop us a line or comment with your Telepresence thoughts and experiences.
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Orange County (PRWEB) June 15, 2007 -- Bob McCandless, CEO and Chief Technology Visionary of BrightCom, adds to the line up of panelists and sessions at this year's Enterprise 2.0, The Collaboration Technology Conference, June 17th through the 21st at the Westin Boston Waterfront in Boston, Massachusetts. Mr. McCandless will be discussing the latest research and technology from BrightCom in the "From the Labs" session on June 20th. His presentation will include his vision of the future for immersive virtual telepresence and how BrightCom's technology is paving the way for enterprise businesses to achieve this state of collaboration in the next five to 10 years.
Along with other research organizations such as IBM Research and SAP Labs, BrightCom will be presenting research and technology on what Enterprise 2.0 is hoping to display as "the next big thing". Mr. McCandless sees online virtual immersive worlds such as Second Life, as the next step in telepresence collaboration. Features such as photo realistic emulations of people, gaze correction and a combination of on-line virtual presence with video and audio based media solutions will allow businesses to conduct meetings with associates in Japan, customers in Sweden and partners in Canada as if they were in the same virtual room.
Currently telepresence suites solutions are providing this same feeling, however through a virtual world, and with photo realistic representations of people from across the globe, participants can interact with one another beyond the limitations of a room, a screen and a nicely polished round conference table. Virtual worlds such as Second Life and the added telepresence technology that BrightCom is driving telepresence conferencing towards, will transform modern business offices and tools ultimately blurring the current walls of business communication.
The session will be moderated by David Coleman, Managing Director of Collaborative strategies and will also include in the insight of Denis Browne, Vice President of Emerging Solutions Imagineering at SAP Laboratories and Irene Greif, IBM Fellow and Director.
BrightCom will also be exhibiting its integrated video, audio and web conferencing solutions including the latest release of ClearView Session Manager 1.4.6 and Visual Collaboration System (VCS) in the demo pavilion on June 19th and June 20th at booth number 16. The Enterprise 2.0 Conference provides thought leadership and instruction for forward-thinking IT and business professionals on the new Web 2.0 tools for the enterprise, the infrastructure required to support them and the cultural changes that must accompany them.
About Bob McCandless
Mr. McCandless started his career shaping the vision of collaborative computing and technology assisted human interaction. In addition to his wide industry experience, Bob has founded several companies as CEO of the McCandless Group such as BrightCom, Alphalogix and McCandless Research Laboratories to further refine his concepts of the next generation of enterprise wide communication tools. Bob's vision of new ways to share information, ideas and data help drive him to create software technology that allows its enterprise customers to leverage the power of effective corporate communication and collaboration.
About BrightCom:
BrightCom specializes in creating advanced collaboration and communication products and solutions for business customers. Our products break down the walls of conference room technology connecting remote corporate users, suppliers, and customers together with easy to use, simple to deploy, cost effective solutions. We empower businesses to leverage the power of telepresence and collaboration across the enterprise.
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