Download Meetings Around the World II: Charting the Course of Advanced Collaboration from Webtorials

A recent study, "Meetings Around the World II: Charting the Course of Advanced Collaboration" conducted by Frost & Sullivan and sponsored by Verizon and Cisco, provides a wealth of insight into how organizations of all sizes can incorporate advanced collaboration tools into their business processes. 

The study found organizations that deploy the most advanced collaboration technologies see a higher return on their collaboration investment and perform better than their less collaborative peers.

Proprietary Application by Glowpoint Enables Scheduled or On Demand Remote Diagnostics of Video Rooms for VNOC Managed Service Customers

Glowpoint announced the unveiling of an automated diagnostic application called Video Room Sweep ("VRS") that automatically performs comprehensive "sweeps" and emulations of video sessions for all components of telepresence and video conferencing rooms. Designed to offer a more automated and scalable proactive level of managed service, VRS can ensure higher in-use rates of video technology, resulting in predictable performance and a higher return on investment.

As with our prior post concernign the Interop Exposition, we're also offering this series of updates in order for those chairing, speaking at, and attending conference sessions to share their experiences and for those who arenot able to attend to get the inside scoop.

There's never a question as to whether a virtual experience can come close to being at a conference in person.

Nevertheless, with corporate budgets as they are, we found in our 2009 Network Plans and Priorities Mid-year Update that "conferences requiring travel" had the most severe cutbacks.  Consequently, we're offering this series of updates in order for those attending to share their experiences and for those who arenot able to attend to get the inside scoop.

To address evolving information technology (IT) needs around increasingly distributed and collaborative workforces, Cisco has introduced its Borderless Networks architecture and a five-phase plan designed to help deliver services and applications to anyone, anywhere, on any device, at anytime - seamlessly, reliably, and securely. As the first proof point of its Borderless Networks architecture, Cisco announced the second generation of its Integrated Services Router, the ISR G2.

Exclusive podcast interview with  Joanie Wexler and Aerohive

Aerohive Networks introduced HiveManager Online, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) enterprise Wi-Fi management solution that provides all the features and functionality of a behind-the-firewall wireless network management system (WNMS) without the installation, operation, and maintenance associated with a dedicated management server and at dramatically lower cost. The company also introduced the HiveAP 120, a cost-effective dual-radio 802.11n access point that provides a comprehensive enterprise feature set.  Together, the new products establish a new enterprise-class 802.11n benchmark, providing a Wi-Fi solution that is the simplest, most reliable, most flexible, most scalable, and most cost-effective in the industry.