videoconferencing in pictures

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  History of Video Calls: From Fantasy to Flops to Facetime

• Cisco's Umi still dead. As a doornail. Really, really dead

  By Jim Duffy | 05 January, 2012 04:28

  Cisco's Umi consumer TelePresence product really is dead - a fact the company had to reiterate to a disbelieving public this week even though it had telegraphed the move back in April. 

• Why… delays… in… video calls just might be good for you

  By Bob Brown | 13 October, 2011 06:45

  The next time you’re on a Google+ hangout or other video call, relish any computer- or network-based communications delays between you and the other participant. After all, such seemingly awkward and frustrating silences can actually enhance the conversation, according to research out of Ohio State University.

• 3D conferencing hits the enterprise

  By Maria Korolov | 13 June, 2011 20:45

  Immersive virtual environments - such as Second Life and some enterprise-friendly alternatives - have traditionally required users to download special software and learn a difficult user interface.

• Specialists paid to embrace telehealth

  By AAP | 06 June, 2011 14:48

  Medical specialists who provide videolink consultations to patients in remote areas will be paid a 50 per cent bonus in an effort to encourage them to adopt the new technology.

• Outback towns will benefit most from NBN

  By AAP | 07 June, 2011 07:40

  In outback Queensland towns where mail and food supplies take weeks to arrive, fast speed broadband cannot come soon enough.

• Evidence Technology deploys Vidyo for Mortgage Choice

  By Hafizah Osman | 03 June, 2011 15:15

  A/NZ audio visual and videoconferencing reseller, Evidence Technology, recently installed a videoconferencing solution, Vidyo, to connect independently-owned mortgage broker, Mortgage Choice’s five state offices and group office.

• Analyst: Local videoconferencing market shows 33 per cent revenue growth in 2010

  By Hafizah Osman | 18 May, 2011 14:40

  Government incentives and demands following the global financial crisis (GFC) have boosted the Australian videoconferencing market, increasing revenues by 33 per cent in 2010, according to analysts Frost & Sullivan.

• Enterprise note to Microsoft: Please make Skype easier to manage!

  By Ellen Messmer | 14 May, 2011 01:52

  Skype voice and video has tended to trigger IT security angst, and now that Microsoft has bought Skype, some observers are voicing hope that the service will be improved to help it be better managed in an enterprise setting.