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• Cisco back to pre-slump growth in Q3

  By Stephen Lawson | 13 May, 2010 10:15

  Cisco Systems emerged from the effects of the global economic downturn in its fiscal third quarter ended May 1, posting what Chairman and CEO John Chambers said was probably the company's best quarter ever.

• DVE brings 3D look to meeting system

  By Stephen Lawson | 02 March, 2010 11:28

  A telepresence system that uses a transparent screen can make meeting participants appear as if they are in the same room, without the need for 3-D glasses, vendor Digital Video Enterprises says.

• Cisco's Chambers demonstrates home TelePresence

  By Sumner Lemon | 07 January, 2010 10:12

  Cisco Systems Chairman and CEO John Chambers demonstrated on Wednesday how the company's TelePresence videoconferencing technology could be developed into a consumer product, showing off the long-awaited system at a press conference ahead of the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

• CES: Cisco readying home telepresence trials in US

  By Jim Duffy | 07 January, 2010 06:35

  Cisco this week said it will trial a home telepresence service in the United States this spring with Verizon, and in France later this year with France Telecom.

• Microsoft, HP follow UC deal with cross-patent agreement

  By John Fontana | 21 May, 2009 08:20

  Microsoft and HP Wednesday followed up their UC partnership news with an announcement that the two have signed yet another cross-patent licensing deal.

• Microsoft, Cisco, IBM the preferred unified communications vendors

  By Matthew Sainsbury | 06 May, 2009 10:35

  Just under 50 per cent of Australian organisations will deploy a videoconferencing or telepresence solution by the end of 2010, according to a report by research group, Frost & Sullivan.

• Regus picks Polycom for telepresence after Cisco deal fails

  By Stephen Lawson | 06 May, 2009 04:41

  Regus, a provider of rented space and service for business, is getting set to deploy Polycom telepresence suites in at least 30 locations worldwide after a similar 2007 arrangement with Cisco Systems fell through.

• Cisco rolls out low-end ($US89K) telepresence system

  By Tim Greene | 01 April, 2009 08:41

  Cisco is announcing at VoiceCon Orlando a lower cost telepresence system designed for deployment in existing teleconference rooms without upgrading them to accommodate top-of-the-line telepresence gear.

• Tandberg announces high-quality videoconference system

  By Tim Greene | 29 January, 2009 05:22

  Tandberg is introducing a high-definition videoconferencing system that falls short of the total-immersion telepresence experience provided by some of its other products, but it also costs significantly less.

• Cisco plans TelePresence translation next year

  By Stephen Lawson | 10 December, 2008 10:21

  Cisco will add real-time translation to its TelePresence high-definition conference technology next year, enabling people in several different countries to meet virtually and each hear the other participants' comments in their own languages.

• Former NBA star views telepresence as magic

  By Matt Hamblen | 18 November, 2008 08:09

  Former pro basketball superstar Earvin "Magic" Johnson recently gave a ringing testimonial on the value of high-definition videoconferencing technology to his business and charitable work.

• Recording raises issues for telepresence

  By Stephen Lawson | 14 November, 2008 09:14

  Telepresence, the high-end form of videoconferencing now coming from several vendors, is the first technology that might let enterprises easily record high-quality versions of all their meetings, essentially with the press of a button.

• Cisco demos public rooms for TelePresence

  By Matt Hamblen | 16 October, 2008 08:48

  Cisco Systems Wednesday announced the first TelePresence videoconferencing rooms available for public use, demonstrating the technology simultaneously for reporters in four locations in India, the US and the UK.

• HP, Tandberg team for soup-to-nuts telepresence

  By Tim Greene | 08 October, 2008 09:20

  HP and Tandberg are uniting to provide a single source for telepresence gear as well as installation and monitoring.

• Report: Cloud computing poised for enterprise adoption

  By Elizabeth Montalbano | 12 August, 2008 08:32

  Gartner has named cloud computing, green IT and social-computing platforms among technologies that are poised to reach broad enterprise adoption in the next two to five years.