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Integrated Telepresence and Data Collaboration Gets Job Done at Home States BrightCom CEO
In spite of Forrester Research stating lack of comfort on camera, US Ice Storm and other challenges give good reason for people at home to use video conferencing with data collaboration for real-time work, states BrightCom CEO, Bob McCandless. - February 10, 2011 - BrightCom, Inc.
BrightCom CEO Foresees 3D Video Conferencing to Power New Depth in Telepresence Suites
Innovation in 3D TV and HD video conferencing will mean more than just seeing your boss in 3D projections from cell phones, TVs or laptops. BrightCom CEO, Bob McCandless explains that immersive telepresence environments will ultimately benefit from the improved 3D technology. - February 03, 2011 - BrightCom, Inc.
BrightCom Reduces Entry Point for HD Telepresence
BrightCom announces a reduction in entry price to the ClearView HD Desktop Video Conferencing offering. The HD video solution provides users HD clarity and on-board H.264 video encoding, offloading the amount of processing power a PC needs to provide a clear connection. - January 20, 2011 - BrightCom, Inc.
Preferred Communications Provides Army Post with End-to-End Vehicle Tracking Solution
Preferred Communications, Inc. recently completed a year-long project in providing an end-to-end vehicle tracking solution for all emergency management vehicles for the United States Army at Fort Polk, Louisiana. This solution consisted of GPS tracking units provided by Trimble, antennas from... - January 16, 2011 - Preferred Communications, Inc
BrightCom Publishes 2010: Telepresence in Review Video Series
BrightCom CEO Bob McCandless discusses his views on the telepresence and video conferencing industry in 2010, details how major vendors including Cisco, Polycom, Vidyo and Skype impacted the year and makes predictions for the industry in 2011. - January 05, 2011 - BrightCom, Inc.
Peak IP Solutions Offers LifeSize Bridge, Ushering in Modular Video Conferencing at Highest HD Quality Available
Peak IP Solutions, Northern California’s leading provider of Unified business communication and networking solutions today announced a new, more flexible way to deploy HD video communications in the LifeSize® Bridge™ 2200, announced today by LifeSize, a division of Logitech (Nasdaq:... - December 14, 2010 - Peak IP Solutions, LLC
BrightCom Customers Gain Greater Telepresence Value from New Aberdeen Research
New Aberdeen Group survey research includes BrightCom and other video conferencing vendors, reporting on how businesses gain value from their telepresence deployments and not just save money from travel costs. - December 08, 2010 - BrightCom, Inc.
BrightCom Calls for Revolution in Video for Telepresence Communications
BrightCom CEO speaks out on video industry, identifying a significant need for new and innovative technology as consumer demand increases and conferencing networks prove interoperable. - December 01, 2010 - BrightCom, Inc.
Retail and Wholesale Financier Selects BrightCom Telepresence for an Instant Global Presence
e-tail network, Inc. leverages BrightCom ClearView Video Conferencing to provide effortless and effective face to face video conferencing for affiliates, partners and customers around the world. - November 23, 2010 - BrightCom, Inc.
BrightCom Breaks Telepresence Price Point, Introduces New Desktop HD Video
BrightCom announces the new ClearView Desktop/PC HD Video Conferencing solution offering onboard H.264 video encoding, 720p video quality and beating Cisco and LifeSize in price. - November 16, 2010 - BrightCom, Inc.
BrightCom Telepresence, WebConference.com Partners to Create New Global Conferencing Offering
BrightCom and WebConference.com announces partnership to offer a wide range of high end telepresence and video conferencing solutions with a 24/7 distributed conferencing network. - October 14, 2010 - BrightCom, Inc.
BrightCom Displays Telepresence and Video Conferencing Solutions at LA IT and Education Summit
BrightCom (Booth 313) will display integrated video, audio and data conferencing solutions at the City of Los Angeles Technology and Education summit on October 20th, 2010. - October 12, 2010 - BrightCom, Inc.
New Release from Nomado: Telephone Software for Mac
The new macPhone transforms your Mac into a telephone. - October 09, 2010 - Nomado Telecom S.p.r.l.
RADvision and Samsung VC240 Now in Stock at VideoCentric
Six months after its manufacturer launch, VideoCentric have announced that it considers VC240 software to be sufficiently stable for its shipping of the 24” HD videoconferencing system to commence. - October 07, 2010 - VideoCentric Ltd
VideoCentric Offers Free Touch Control Software with Every Polycom, Tandberg and Lifesize Group Video Conferencing System
Two years on from its initial launch, VC Commander software is to be given away free to end users purchasing videoconferencing codec hardware from VideoCentric - October 07, 2010 - VideoCentric Ltd
Future of Telepresence Session at TMC ITEXPO West 2010 to Feature BrightCom CEO
BrightCom CEO Bob McCandless will discuss telepresence beyond the business application and the future of a specialized telepresence industry at TMCnet’s ITEXPO West 2010 in Los Angeles, CA. - September 16, 2010 - BrightCom, Inc.
BrightCom Integrated Telepresence Dives Deeper for Underwater Research and Communication from the Seas
BrightCom launches an undersea exploration and research vessel with integrated telepresence providing the ultimate in immersive collaboration on the open seas and enhancing underwater research and education. - July 15, 2010 - BrightCom, Inc.
Software Driven Telepresence on the Rise: BrightCom Extends Offer for Free HD Mobile Video Conferencing to July
Based on the success of the June promotion, BrightCom is extending their offer of a free ClearView HD Mobile Video Conferencing Cart solution to businesses in July. - June 30, 2010 - BrightCom, Inc.
New Report Shows BrightCom Telepresence Produces Half of Carbon Emissions of Air and Auto Travel
BrightCom releases new data demonstrating the carbon offset of its telepresence and video conferencing systems in comparison to air and automotive travel. - June 25, 2010 - BrightCom, Inc.
Telepresence Booming: BrightCom Sees Overwhelming Response for June Free High Definition Video Conferencing Cart Offer
Telepresence vendor BrightCom continues to offer Free and complete HD Mobile Video Conferencing Cart solutions due to increase in customer response. - June 17, 2010 - BrightCom, Inc.
Telepresence Options Highlights ClearView HD Mobile Cart Conferencing in Solution Snapshot
Telepresence Options, an online multimedia survey of telepresence and visual collaboration, featured a Solution Snapshot on BrightCom’s ClearView HD Mobile Video Conferencing Cart solutions. BrightCom is offering free and complete HD video conferencing carts in the month of June. - June 10, 2010 - BrightCom, Inc.
Librestream Integrates Its Onsight Mobile Collaboration System with Cisco Unified Communications to Streamline Access to Experts
Librestream releases Onsight Version 4.1 to provide customers with the ability to quickly identify subject matter experts who can join a live Onsight video collaboration session using Cisco’s UC products. - June 10, 2010 - Librestream
IP Video Systems’ Latest Ultra HD Encoder/Decoder– the V2D XP 100 –a Small Form Factor Model Enables Remote Collaboration and Video Conferencing Over IP Networks
IP Video Systems Inc, the leader in real-time Ultra HD video and desktop graphics streaming and collaboration, announced the debut of its latest product– the V2D XP 100 –a single channel, small form factor hardware encoder/decoder designed for video/desktop graphics streaming and remote... - June 07, 2010 - IP Video Systems, Inc.
BrightCom Telepresence Supports Multiple Audio Options for Diverse Conference Experiences
BrightCom Lumina Telepresence and ClearView Video Conferencing now supports multiple audio options including ‘audio only’ for a wider variety of conferencing environments. - June 04, 2010 - BrightCom, Inc.
Telepresence Vendor BrightCom to Give Away Complete HD Mobile VideoConferencing Cart Solution in June
For the month of June, BrightCom is offering a free ClearView HD Mobile Video Conferencing Cart solution to customers to demonstrate its flexible infrastructure and other features for clear business communication and collaboration. - May 26, 2010 - BrightCom, Inc.
BrightCom Enables Mobile Telepresence with Sprint 4G
BrightCom offers Lumina Telepresence and ClearView Video Conferencing solutions with Sprint 4G for faster communication. - May 25, 2010 - BrightCom, Inc.
Businesses to Gain a Larger ROI with BrightCom Telepresence Support of Digital Signage
BrightCom telepresence and video conferencing solutions now offer digital signage functionality for businesses to advertise promotions or public offerings while conferences are not in session. - May 22, 2010 - BrightCom, Inc.
BrightCom Telepresence for Business Travel at 2010 Hospitality Design Expo and Conference
BrightCom telepresence and video conferencing solutions partners with Vaughan Benz hospitality furniture manufactures for display at 2010 HD Expo and Conference. Display will show how hotels can benefit from services allowing travelers to work and socialize from the comfort of their own room. - May 14, 2010 - BrightCom, Inc.
Brightcom Sponsored USC Research Surveys Teleconferencing Adoption via Business Travel and Employee Utilization
USC Research conducts survey sponsored by BrightCom to understand corporate adoption of telepresence and video conferencing for business travel and individual perceptions of technology utilization. - May 12, 2010 - BrightCom, Inc.
Businesses Around the Globe Promote Earth Day with BrightCom Telepresence and Video Conferencing
The 40th anniversary of Earth Day is another reminder of the need for businesses to leverage telepresence and videoconferencing to minimize high carbon emission activities including not only travel costs, but a reduction in paper waste from business materials. - April 24, 2010 - BrightCom, Inc.
BrightCom Telepresence and Video Conferencing ROI Emphasized by Icelandic Volcano Ash Cloud
BrightCom officials agree disruptions in air travel from the Icelandic volcano ash cloud are one of the many reasons telepresence and video conferencing can help businesses and organizations with consistent productivity in times of emergency. - April 21, 2010 - BrightCom, Inc.
Senior Enrichment Network Has on Line Interactive Activities for Independent Thinking Senior Citizens Living in ALF’s, CCRC’s or at Home
SEN programs understand that every senior has a personal identity and history. And the significance of FTag 248 guidlines. SEN is designed for alert and curious seniors who want more flexibility and who prefer inter-active non credit classes, lively group discussions based upon webcast they’ve seen and who are will to volunteer in virtual classrooms. The network offers these opportunities and more for seniors without them having to leave the comfort and safety of their residences. - April 20, 2010 - Senior Enrichment Network
Telepresence and Video Conferencing Codecs Enhanced by BrightCom VCS 2.6
BrightCom’s Visual Collaboration System 2.6 improves Lumina Telepresence and ClearView Video Conferencing codecs for a more collaborative conferencing experience. - April 16, 2010 - BrightCom, Inc.
Future of Telepresence Revolutionized by the BrightCom Media Framework
BrightCom’s underlying architecture for the new Visual Collaboration System 2.6 drives future applications of real-time video editing and augmented reality for telepresence and video conferencing. - April 08, 2010 - BrightCom, Inc.
CTS Receives the 2009 Polycom Canadian Reseller of the Year Award
In February 2010, Polycom hosted its Global Partner Conference, “Team Polycom”, in San Diego, California. At the excellence recognition event, Corporate Telecom Services Inc. was presented with the 2009 Polycom Canadian Reseller of the Year Award. It is the second time in four years... - April 08, 2010 - Corporate Telecom Services
New Telepresence Infrastructure Widens Support for Multimedia Data Collaboration
BrightCom releases Visual Collaboration System 2.6 with new media framework to enhance support for a wider range of business data enabling businesses to accomplish more in the telepresence and video conferencing meetings. - April 01, 2010 - BrightCom, Inc.
Pentegra Systems is Pleased to Announce and Welcome David Injeski to The Team
Pentegra Systems LLC has hired David Injeski, CTS to the position of Design Engineer. Injeski brings with him over 17 years of AV design experience and will be an integral part of the Pentegra design and engineering team. He comes to Pentegra from The Talaske Group where he functioned as a Senior... - April 01, 2010 - Pentegra Systems LLC
Corporate Telecom Services Launches Its Online Store
Corporate Telecom Services Inc. launches its Online Headset Store. Businesses and individuals alike can now benefit from the same quality of service and expertise that lead to CTS’ status of industry leader through the past twenty years. Specializing in corded, wireless, multiuse and... - March 11, 2010 - Corporate Telecom Services
New BrightCom Desktop Bundle Interoperates with Telepresence, Video Conferencing and Desktop Systems
BrightCom releases new ClearView Desktop Video Conferencing solution providing video conferencing for the personal desktop with integration for telepresence, room video conferencing, and mobile cart video conferencing systems. - February 24, 2010 - BrightCom, Inc.
Vidyo® Inc. Introduces VidyoCampus™ Program for Large Scale University Deployments
Northwestern University First to Deploy VidyoConferencing to its Academic Community for "Telepresence–Quality" Video Communications over the Internet - February 17, 2010 - Vidyo
The TANDBERG Fieldview™ Product Line Will be Transitioned to the Librestream Onsight Mobile Collaboration System
Librestream, the leader in Mobile Collaboration and manufacturer of the TANDBERG FieldView product line, is pleased to announce that its Onsight branded mobile collaboration system will be provided to TANDBERG’s customers to replace the FieldView branded system as of July 1, 2010. The Onsight... - January 30, 2010 - Librestream
BrightCom L37 Awarded Best Telepresence Solution Launched in 2009 by Industry Publication
BrightCom, honored with one of the awards for Best Telepresence Solutions of 2009 by Telepresence and Video Conferencing Insight Newsletter for its launch of the Lumina Telepresence L37 in September of 2009. - January 28, 2010 - BrightCom, Inc.
Inter-Company Telepresence and Video Conferencing Handbook Sponsored by BrightCom
BrightCom is sponsoring the first comprehensive handbook on inter-company telepresence and video conferencing implementations. - December 24, 2009 - BrightCom, Inc.
BrightCom CEO Talks Innovative Telepresence at TMC ITEXPO East 2010
Bob McCandless, CEO of BrightCom, speaks on Technology Innovations in Video Conferencing panel at TMC ITEXPO East on Friday, January 22, 2010 at the Miami Beach Convention Center. - December 23, 2009 - BrightCom, Inc.
Become a Fan Today: Pentegra Systems LLC Joins Facebook
Pentegra Systems LLC is pleased to announce that the new official Pentegra Systems Fan Page is now available on the popular social networking service Facebook. Aimed as an additional medium that Pentegra can use to keep in touch with its clientele and partners, the Facebook page will act as a... - December 23, 2009 - Pentegra Systems LLC
Award Winning Professional IT Staffing Company Chooses BrightCom Telepresence
Crescent Solutions chooses BrightCom’s Telepresence and Video Conferencing infrastructure to enhance face to face communications for customer project management. - December 17, 2009 - BrightCom, Inc.
Global Leader in ENIG Chemistry Chooses BrightCom Telepresence for Competitive Edge
Uyemura International Corp. selects BrightCom’s Telepresence and Video Conferencing infrastructure for real-time communication and collaboration between technicians, sales representatives and customers. - November 18, 2009 - BrightCom, Inc.
BCS Global and Corporate Telecom Services Inc. Announce Strategic Partnership to Provide Their Customers with Complete and Cost Effective Videoconferencing Solutions
BCS Global, a leading managed service provider for videoconferencing and telepresence services, and Corporate Telecom Services Inc. (CTS), one of Canada’s largest direct resellers of Polycom Video Conferencing equipment, today announced the signing of a strategic partnership. - November 18, 2009 - Corporate Telecom Services
Logitech Acquisition of LifeSize Bodes Well for Telepresence Industry Reports BrightCom
BrightCom, manufacturer of integrated video, audio and data for telepresence and video conferencing asserts Logitech’s acquisition of LifeSize Communications will open up more interoperability in telepresence industry. - November 13, 2009 - BrightCom, Inc.
Telepresence Solutions by BrightCom Demonstrated at Presence 2009
BrightCom will showcase integrated video, audio and data telepresence solutions including the L37, first of their new line of Lumina Telepresence at Presence 2009, November 11th-13th. - November 06, 2009 - BrightCom, Inc.