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In pictures: Cisco Live in Melbourne

Cisco's three day conference, Cisco Live, is taking place in Melbourne and began with a song and dance act involving the Queen song `Don't Stop Me Now.' Reported attendance numbers are at 2800.

By Hamish Barwick | 22 March, 2012 12:48

Tags: Cisco Live, video telepresence

NBN trial sites to roll out e-health, education projects

National Broadband Network (NBN) trial sites in Townsville, Queensland and Armidale, New South Wales are in the process of rolling out separate trials over the NBN designed to help Townsville type two diabetes sufferers and, in Armidale, offer remote access to TAFE courses.

By Hamish Barwick | 22 March, 2012 12:28

Tags: Department of Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy, education, e-health, National Broadband Network (NBN), NBN trial sites

ANZ Private Wealth uses telepresence to improve customer service

ANZ Bank investment services division, ANZ Private Wealth, has implemented a telepresence offering called Wealth Presence to allow customers easier access to its staff following a four-month trial which began in September 2011.

By Hamish Barwick | 21 March, 2012 16:51

Tags: ANZ Private Wealth, Cisco Live, collaboration, video telepresence

AARNet video exchange kick starts academic research projects

Swinburne, Monash and Victoria Universities are amongst the first academic centres in Australia making use of a new video exchange service provided by Australia’s Academic and Research Network (AARNet) and Cisco which promises speeds of up to 10 gigabits per second. The video exchange has been in trial by the three universities since October ahead of its official launch this Monday.

By Hamish Barwick | 21 March, 2012 14:01

Tags: Australian Academic Research Network (AARNet), Cisco, collaboration, video telepresence

Government kicks off NBN video conferencing pilot

The Federal Government has kicked off a video conferencing pilot over the National Broadband Network (NBN) which aims to give regional Australians increased access to services such as Medicare and Centrelink.

By Chloe Herrick | 19 March, 2012 12:04

Tags: centrelink, Department of Human Services (DHS), Kim Carr, medicare

Cisco pays $5 billion for video company buy

Cisco this week said it will acquire NDS Group Ltd., a provider of video software and content security systems for service providers and media companies, for $5 billion.

By Jim Duffy | 16 March, 2012 02:32

Tags: acquisitions, applications, business issues, Cisco, corporate issues, internet tv, LAN & WAN, mergers, mergers and acquisitions, NDS, networking, Photo / video, software, tandberg, unified communications, video, videoconferencing

CBA trialling video conferencing in regional Australia

The Commonwealth Bank has commenced ‘in-branch’ trials of video conferencing in for customers in regional Australia.

By Chloe Herrick | 08 March, 2012 16:06

Tags: Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Michael Harte, videoconferencing

Cisco buys optical company for $271 million

Cisco this week said it intends to acquire privately held Lightwire, a developer of optical interconnect technology for high-speed networking applications, for $271 million.

By Jim Duffy | 25 February, 2012 06:26

Tags: acquisitions, business issues, Cisco, Configuration / maintenance, core and edge routers, corporate issues, Data Center, hardware systems, LAN & WAN, mergers, mergers and acquisitions, optical, router

Telstra, Tata join Global Meeting Alliance

Telecommunication companies, Telstra and Tata Communications, have signed up to the Global Meeting Alliance, a network which will allow its customers to hold international video meetings, irrespective of participating service providers.

By Hamish Barwick | 01 February, 2012 09:59

Tags: Global Meeting Alliance, Tata Communications, Telstra, video telepresence

AARNet spruiks open standards for video conferencing

In a bid to support open standards for video conferencing, the Australian Academic Research Network (AARNet) has joined the Open Visual Communication Consortium (OVCC).

By Hamish Barwick | 19 January, 2012 14:10

Tags: aarnet, HD video conferencing, OVCC, polycom

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

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. 

By Jim Duffy | 05 January, 2012 04:28

Tags: Cisco, consumer, networking, Skype, telepresence, Umi, unified communications, videoconferencing, webcam

Aviation authority overhauls "unreliable" comms system

The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has flagged plans to replace its existing “unreliable” PABX-based systems with an internet protocol (IP) based voice communication system.

By Chloe Herrick | 14 December, 2011 11:34

Tags: Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), ip-pabx, pabx

Comcast's Skype TV calling could be a hit

Comcast subscribers will soon have the option to place video calls through their television, thanks to a partnership with VoIP provider Skype announced on Tuesday. Customers will need additional equipment to use the new feature.

By Ed Oswald | 15 June, 2011 08:16

Tags: comcast, internet, Internet-based applications and services, Productivity Apps, Skype, Telephony/conferencing

3D conferencing hits the enterprise

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.

By Maria Korolov | 13 June, 2011 20:45

Tags: networking, unified communications, videoconferencing, video conferencing

Vidyo telepresence will let more sites join in

Videoconferencing underdog Vidyo says it will outshine and undercut its bigger rivals with VidyoPanorama, a high-definition telepresence system that eventually will be able to run on 20 screens in one location.

By Stephen Lawson | 09 June, 2011 05:32

Tags: internet, Internet-based applications and services, Telephony/conferencing, Vidyo

Outback towns will benefit most from NBN

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

By AAP | 07 June, 2011 07:40

Tags: broadband, e-health, internet, National Broadband Network (NBN), NBN, outback, videoconferencing

Video conferencing set to soar: Ovum

The adoption of video conferencing is on the rise and according to analyst firm Ovum, large enterprises are driving this trend.

By Lisa Banks | 30 May, 2011 14:13

Tags: networking, ovum, telcos, unified communications, video conferencing

Microsoft buys Skype for $US8.5 billion

Microsoft has agreed to buy Skype for $8.5 billion, the companies announced Tuesday.

By Georgina Swan | 10 May, 2011 22:30

Tags: Microsoft, Skype, unified communications, video conferencing, voice conferencing

Cisco cuts costs of Umi home videoconferencing

Cisco Systems acted to make its Umi home videoconferencing platform more affordable on Monday, slashing the service cost to $US99 per year and announcing a $399 product for slower Internet connections as well as free Mac and PC clients.

By Stephen Lawson | 08 March, 2011 07:25

Tags: Cisco Systems, consumer electronics, internet, Internet-based applications and services, video

Cisco releases video collaboration tools

With an eye on business collaboration and communication, Cisco has released a range of new video production products aimed at enterprise customers.

By Georgina Swan | 25 February, 2011 10:02

Tags: Bruce Callow, Cisco, Griffith University, video conferencing, video telepresence

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