IVCi Ranks #9 on SCN Magazine's 2007 Top 50 Systems Integrators List

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Telepresence and Holography / Holograms - November 2008

Editor’s viewpoint on their differences, likenesses and future...

We all just recently viewed an historic CNN holographic interview on an historic Election Night. CNN stated this type of imaging has never been done before on National TV and I believe that. I haven’t seen anything like it. The live interview caught me by surprise and sure had the “wow” factor attached to it didn’t it? Here’s a link to the actual interview.

CNN Hologram Video

The question now has to be asked. Is it Telepresence?

I’m no expert on the subject but I’m going to throw my hat into the ring, go out on a limb and say yes, I believe it is. Although I know many video conferencing purists are rolling their eyes and grabbing their guns right about now with my statement.

While I do know that Telepresence still hasn’t been universally defined (Houston, we have a problem), here’s how I see it…. Broken down to its simplest form - “tele” (through electronic means) and “presence” (present). This is how I’m justifying my opinion by lumping holography and Telepresence together. Just as Telepresence is surely an offshoot of video conferencing, holographic imaging (like we viewed on CNN) surely has to be considered an offshoot of Telepresence. The interviewer was “telepresent” from Chicago and beamed into the CNN Election Headquarters. She was most assuredly - “telepresent”. There was negligible latency, the imaging was fantastic and both interviewers were rehearsed on what they would say. I’ve just recently read that CNN actually “downgraded” the experience to make it “movie” quality and not as good as it could have been. Maybe they thought us mere mortals would be shocked if they showed their complete hand. I have a feeling it was so big to them, they didn’t want it to get upstaged by the historic election. I’m willing to bet we’ll see the “true” power of this technology in the upcoming weeks and months when they can put the pedal to the medal and show it off without having it sidetracked.

What an amazing time for this technology (all differences and opinions aside). Telepresence Doctors, nurses, teachers, schools and healthcare (healthpresence) will benefit from the recent gains in this state-of-the-art industry whether holograms, Telepresence or holography. Airlines also have to see the threat to a portion of their business travel. Hell, who wants go through security and fly to Miami for a two-hour conference when you can look them in the eye via Telepresence?

Beam me up Scotty! Simply amazing…!

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Your Editor and Administrator - L II
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Hauppauge, NY (PRWEB) December 21, 2007 -- IVCi, LLC ( www.ivci.com ), a leading audio visual integration company with extensive experience in video conferencing and managed conferencing services, announced today that it has ranked #9 on SCN magazine's list of the 2007 top 50 systems integrators in North America.

According to System Contractor News, the Top 50 list represents the leading audio visual systems integrators in North America, as rated by projected systems integration revenue for 2007. The Top 50 also reflects a company's growth by comparing 2007 revenue to 2006.

"This year IVCi has continued to see phenomenal growth in our AV division," said IVCi President and Founder Bob Swing. "This top ten ranking reflects our success as an audio visual integrator with expertise in designing, installing, and control system programming; a combination that makes the solutions we provide easy to use and easy to manage. We are leaders in the field because we have all of the necessary expertise available to us in-house. This advantage allows us to deliver complete AV solutions to our customers, and then support these installations with a suite of services including help desk assistance, onsite service, and outsourced staffing."

The IVCi audio visual integration team has completed thousands of projects for companies of all sizes across the country and internationally. The team has demonstrated a core competency in three of the most important technical areas: conferencing, user interfaces, and controls.

"The AV team's extensive expertise, unparalleled professionalism, and genuine enthusiasm for each of our integrated projects makes me extremely proud to lead this talented group," said IVCi Senior Vice President of Audio Visual Integration Tim Hennen. "Our high placement on the SCN list demonstrates our success at meeting the increasing demand for IVCi's custom integrated solutions."

"The SCN Top 50 Systems Integrators list is the industry's only benchmark for commercial AV installation business growth," states Kirsten Nelson, editor of Systems Contractor News. "Being on the list -- let alone in the top 10 as IVCi is -- is truly a great accomplishment. We congratulate them on their achievement and continued growth, and look forward to including them in next year's listing."

About IVCi

IVCi, LLC (http://www.ivci.com | http://audiovisual.ivci.com) is a leading integrator of managed enterprise collaboration solutions, including video conferencing, audio visual and managed conference services. From our headquarters in Long Island, New York, and branch offices throughout the country, IVCi makes conferencing and audio visual solutions easy to use, easy to manage, and easy to afford.

About SCN

Systems Contractor News ( http://www.systemscontractor.com/ ) provides audio and video systems integrators and consultants with the business technology and trend information they need to improve their bottom line. Providing industry news, product announcements, project profiles, and feature articles on how all of these elements affect the business as a whole, Systems Contractor News is the magazine most in touch with the day-to-day needs of its readers.

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