BrightCom to Present Telepresence and Web 2.0 Technology at Enterprise 2.0

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What’s the difference between Video Conferencing and Telepresence?

Telepresence picks up where video conferencing left off. Telepresence IS real time, full-high-definition, immersible sound and vision. Telepresence IS most importantly: the feeling of being “there” when you’re “here”. Telepresence is lifelike, video conferencing is not. Telepresence is that hi-line Mercedes AMG, video conferencing is a Ford Escort - Period.

Why Telepresence now?

Video conferencing has been around a while now but has always lacked the feeling we spoke about above. Jumpy computer screens, broken audio and poor lighting add to the impersonal touches of video conferencing (ie slow motion camcorder on top of your computer monitor). Finally, technology, bandwidth, vision and sound have all converged on video conferencing to create the telepresence experience. It’s about time! Crystal clear surround sound and real-time full-high-definition visual effects enhance the feeling of being there – thus telepresence. That nervous twitch, roll of the eyes, sniffle, tap of the foot – things you see when you’re present and sitting across a conference room table – things you don’t see or feel from video conferencing, but do with telepresence.

Today, what “real” uses are there for Telepresence?

There is no short answer even possible here. We’ll name a few, more like we’ll put your imagination to work. Imagine a single specialist doctor in Canada treating patients in Haiti via telepresence. Robots in space doing the actual work while the telepresence operator dons his telepresence helmet and gloves at his workstation in Texas. Meeting your Russian company vice president while you’re in the executive telepresence room at the office in Denver. Just a few…

What are “real” savings of Telepresence?

Your imagination still working on the last answer? Don’t let up yet! What carbon footprint? Don’t need that airplane ticket to go check on your staff in Russia now do you? What lost life in the Iraqi war? Unmanned drones and soldiers via telepresence. Military and combat cost savings? Immeasurable. Less travel costs, airline frustration, fuel, lost time, carbon emissions, etc. Those are tangible, real savings to name just a very limited few.

You starting to see what telepresence can do that video conferencing can’t? We hope you see what we’re seeing! Telepresence – its time has arrived!

Check out the video thread in Section 8 of the Telepresence Forum where you can watch some Telepresence YouTube videos! If a picture is worth a thousand words, a video must be worth a million!

Ride on the "Next Plane of Existence" TM

Orange County, CA (PRWEB) June 15, 2007 -- BrightCom, a leading enterprise telepresence and web conferencing solution provider, will be pushing the boundaries of Web 2.0 Technology at Enterprise 2.0, The Collaborative Technologies Conference June 18-20 in Boston, MA.

BrightCom will demonstrate its latest version of ClearView Session Manager 1.4.6 with enhanced 16 person multiway video conferencing solution with no multipoint control unit necessary. BrightCom will also be displaying its high end web conferencing solution Visual Collaboration System (VCS) as well as its telepresence suite solutions. ClearView Conferencing and VCS are fully integrated video, audio and web conferencing systems allowing enterprise business to move beyond out-dated e-mail file sharing of today.

According to Steve Wylie, General Manager of Enterprise 2.0, "Enterprise 2.0 tools offer a chance to break our e-mail addiction and our reliance on other Enterprise 1.0 applications. These tools unlock new value in the form of transparent, contextual communication; ease of access to information; and more effective use of data trapped inside applications, on desktops, or embedded in e-mail attachments. They allow us to capture the knowledge and opinions trapped in the minds of our knowledge workers through simple participation."

BrightCom allows this simple participation with VCS and ClearView conferencing solutions. As team members and co-workers not only experience each other through telepresence, or high quality video and audio communication, they can also share documents, images, video clip content, live computer screens, and a whole host of other data in real time meeting conditions. Full integration of high quality video and audio broadcasting gives users the chance to share in the meeting experience, allowing them to make eye contact and show human emotion. Real life telepresence coupled with information sharing capabilities takes businesses beyond the often misleading sentiment of e-mail collaboration.

"The ability to connect with others through multiple levels of communication is something many businesses come to us with as a challenge," said Ed Taton, of Prevail Performance, a National Certified Integrated Partner for BrightCom. "With BrightCom's leading telepresence solutions and their added value of document and application sharing, our customers can truly reach out to their partners, customers and associates adding a personal presence in remote locations."

Another feature that BrightCom' VCS and ClearView Conferencing offers is the ability to transcend conference room walls, permitting organizations to connect and collaborate whether they are using conference room technology, desktop PCs or mobile lap top clients. This allows participants in have real time meetings, any time and any where.

Bob McCandless, CEO of BrightCom will also be presenting in several sessions at Enterprise 2.0 on such topics as the emerging high definition and telepresence video platforms and the future of telepresence in virtual immersive environments as well as video conferencing.

BrightCom will be exhibiting and presenting VCS and ClearView Conferencing solutions along with other vendors such as Cisco, IBM, SAP, Polycom, Life Size and others at Enterprise 2.0, the Collaborative Technologies Conference June 18-21 in Boston, MA. The Enterprise 2.0 Conference provides thought leadership and instruction for forward-thinking IT and business professionals on the new Web 2.0 tools for the enterprise, the infrastructure required to support them and the cultural changes that must accompany them. Visit BrightCom at booth #16.

About BrightCom:
BrightCom specializes in creating advanced collaboration and communication products and solutions for business customers. Their products break down the walls of conference room technology connecting remote corporate users, suppliers, and customers together with easy to use, simple to deploy, cost effective solutions. They empower businesses to leverage the power of telepresence and collaboration across the enterprise.

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