Gartner is Recommending HD Video Only

Gartner Says Enterprises Should Purchase High-Definition Videoconferencing Instead of Standard Definition From Now On

Worldwide Videoconferencing Market Set for 20 to 30 Percent Growth As a Result of HDSTAMFORD, Conn., March 27, 2008 —
Organizations considering a refresh of traditional, standard-definition (SD) video systems should purchase high-definition (HD) video systems from now on, according to Gartner, Inc. Gartner said that some HD videoconferencing solutions have reached a price point that’s low enough (less than $10,000 per endpoint) to appeal to most businesses that are considering updating their videoconferencing technology.

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http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=632907

Video Conferencing - An Introduction

Video Conferencing Tutorial at a high level. Nice and easy read...

Video Conferencing - An Introduction

Great article on getting introduced to the technology. By far the LifeSize Video solution and MCU addition is one of the most powerful combinations available for the price. The real fun is integrating Microsoft OCS, Presence, Cisco MeetingPlace conferencing and WebEx into a single point solution. I would be happy to give a demo of it sometime.

Cheers!

Doug
www.peakipsolutions.com
Peak IP Solutions
Livermore, CA

Microsoft Direct Access in Windows 7

Have you heard about Direct Access? It is the next big thing from Microsoft. It will allow users to access resources internal to a business network over any public IP network. This is a new feature in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 working in conjunction with IPv6 to enable a whole new paradigm in the Windows Domain (no pun intended).

Here is a nice link to a blog on the solution details;

http://www.microsoftpartnernetwork.com/groups/windows_7/blog/archive/2009/02/24/windows-7-direct-access.aspx

Enjoy,

Doug

Cornerstone Fellowship is now on Twitter...

Take a look at my church now on Twitter. Everyone is going social now even my Church.

http://twitter.com/cornerstoneweb

Cornerstone is also a good customer of ours. We have worked with them on their Microsoft, VMware, Cisco Voice, Wireless and LAN/WAN. Most of all we are blessed to share our talents to help make them more efficient and extend the reach of God's message.