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32, No. 04 dated January 30, 2012: |
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AVI-SPL acquires Iformata Communications, bringing VNOC inside
ClearOne to acquire VCON's video assets
Logitech reports LifeSize financials for Q3 2012; says, "LifeSize isn't yet profitable"
InterCall/West announces second and third quarters
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32, No. 03 dated January 23, 2012: |
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TeleSpan’s 2012 predictions
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32, No. 02 dated January 16, 2012: |
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Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2012
Logitech builds H.264 HD 1080p codec into $99.99 Webcam
Skype expands presence in living rooms: Now six consumer TV makers have Skype
Vidyo, Alcatel and Verizon take us Back to the Future -- Mixing videoconferencing with avatars and .... CES rocks!
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32, No. 01 dated January 09, 2012: |
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Cisco ends uni
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31, No. 37 dated December 26, 2011: |
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Arkadin to buy ConferencePlus
Videoconferencing--Two markets and two opportunities?
TeleSpan's Annual Predictions Event scheduled for January 20th
TeleSpan's 7th Annual Future of Conferencing Workshop
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31, No. 36 dated December 19, 2011: |
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TeleSpan’s 2011 Pace Award Winners – The greatest team ever assembled in the industry
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31, No. 35 dated December 12, 2011: |
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Interesting "free conference" initiatives overseas: Launch of FreeConferenceCall.com International
USF goes up AGAIN!
Real Immersive-Real Inexpensive-Array Telepresence
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31, No. 34 dated December 05, 2011: |
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Update from Logitech: Revue may be dead, but videoconferencing isn’t!
Vcopious: virtual environments and events…one more uncommon opportunity
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31, No. 33 dated November 21, 2011: |
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Adobe to disconnect Adobe Connect? False
Logitech to disconnect Revue? True
ClearOne reports strong quarter; expanded profit due to prior legal settlement
Connexus
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31, No. 32 dated November 14, 2011: |
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FCC issues revision of USF and access charges: What will the impact be on the CSPs?
Vidyo to move multipoint videoconferencing into the cloud through "Virtualization"
Cisco reports first-quarter results, forecasting a $4.3 billion run rate for collaboration and telepresence sales for the fiscal year
Any to Any: Vidtel
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31, No. 31 dated November 07, 2011: |
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Polycom releases third-quarter unit shipments: Group units fell sequentially, but ASPs rose
SMART Technologies reports weakened sales
Is There a Future in Conferencing?
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31, No. 30 dated October 31, 2011: |
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Care to Tango? It's a mobile video app adding 70,000 to 80,000 new customers each day
A glance at Glance shows how far you go if you focus on applications and not technology
J D Vaughn responds to readers, critics, skeptics and others
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31, No. 29 dated October 24, 2011: |
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Polycom reports third-quarter results: Is something wrong?
The Transition by J D Vaughn
PGi (Premiere) reports third-quarter jump in profits against flat revenues
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31, No. 28 dated October 17, 2011: |
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A Report from the Second Annual VCI-Group Conference, New Orleans
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31, No. 27 dated September 26, 2011: |
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Practice what you preach: Company focused on sustainability holds a 36-hour global virtual event on four continents using Webcasting and conferencing
Google+ is real and is really making inroads in our space
Sunil Bhalla agrees to pay $85,000 in insider trading case
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31, No. 26 dated September 19, 2011: |
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PalTalk update: It's got folks chatting over video all over the world now
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31, No. 25 dated September 12, 2011: |
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Are you ready for the future of conferencing? Then you should be looking at ReadyTalk
TeleSpan's 7th annual Future of Conferencing Workshop -- March 15, 16, 2012 Las Vegas: You won't want to miss it!
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31, No. 24 dated August 15, 2011: |
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MeetingZone Sold for $62.7 million, a multiple of 3.7: WOW!
PGi GlobalMeet update: You can use it on your iPhone now, and...
Vidyo gets ex-Polycom execs
AFT update: It is mobile...but there were layoffs
Polycom releases unit shipments and ASPs
SMART first fiscal quarter results show drop in shipments and revenues, but not profits
ClearOne reports second-quarter results; wins appeal of previous judgment
It's summertime, summertime, when the livin' is ...
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31, No. 23 dated July 25, 2011: |
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Polycom reports second quarter: telepresence sales still slim or none, though HP Halo will double that -- double "slim," that is
Avistar reports improved quarter, and even a profit, after four sequential losses
West InterCall files first-quarter results; releases total call volume for 2010
PGI-Premiere reports second-quarter results
It's summertime, summertime, when the livin' is easy!
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31, No. 22 dated June 27, 2011: |
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The future of conferencing: no more hardware (dedicated hardware, that is) -- Vidyo goes VidyoPanorama
Logitech joint venture with GN Netcom may sound like Jabra headsets, but it sounds to me like Polycom speakerphones
Can't complete that video call? NP! -- X Connect has operators standing by
We didn’t make it to Infocomm but JoBeth and Jules did!
It's summertime, summertime, when the livin' is easy!
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31, No. 21 dated June 13, 2011: |
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Whoss got "skin" in the game? TeleSpan's annual update on ownership of the companies in our space and executive salaries
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31, No. 20 dated June 06, 2011: |
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Polycom to buy HP's telepresence business; announces interoperability consortium and expanded agreements with Juniper and Microsoft
UCIF vs. OVCC
Logitech ready to escalate its presence in the video industry: Strong growth at LifeSize, but slow growth at Revue
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31, No. 19 dated May 23, 2011: |
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SMART Technologies reports increase in revenues but a 27% drop in net income for quarter
Cisco releases limited Tandberg results and is rumored to be ready to spin off WebEx
ClearOne reports first-quarter results; Tracy Bathurst resigns as head of strategy
BT Conferencing releases app to run video on Apple iPhones, iPads and Android phones and tablets
ConferencePlus reports fourth-quarter and full year results
Sad news--Gavin Thompson of ACT Teleconferencing has passed away
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31, No. 18 dated May 16, 2011: |
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Why did Microsoft buy Skype? It wants to be in the communications business, mobile business, and online advertising business -- and it wants to regain its lost name recognition
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31, No. 17 dated May 09, 2011: |
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Elliot thinks about the future of conferencing -- through a child's eyes (and ears)
Polycom updates video unit sales, revenues and ASPs
fring introduces free 4-way mobile video
And Compunetix moves into India, hires Harshad Contractor
JD Vaughn: The future of conferencing -- uncommon opportunities with common technology
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31, No. 16 dated April 25, 2011: |
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PGi (a.k.a. Premiere Global) reports first-quarter results, breaks out revenues by geographic region
West/Intercall files full-year results
Polycom announces first-quarter revenue growth of nearly 25%; China and India grow to 14% of total sales
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31, No. 15 dated April 18, 2011: |
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Cisco puts umi in the dumpster?
Your next meeting will be in 3D, and your avatar will attend for you
The future of your conferencing: pushing back on commodity price pressure
Case studies on the use of webconferencing
A blast from the past
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31, No. 14 dated April 11, 2011: |
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The Future of Your Conferencing -- JD Vaughn
Case studies on the use of webconferencing
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31, No. 13 dated April 04, 2011: |
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No cuts at Applied Global Technology (AGT) -- New focus on hosted and mobility
TeleSpan's Sixth Annual Future of Conferencing Workshop -- Part III
Next year’s Future of Conferencing Workshop: March 15-March 16, 2012
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31, No. 12 dated March 28, 2011: |
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TeleSpan’s Sixth Annual Future of Conferencing Workshop--Part II
Skype used by Steam for voice "chat" during videogame sessions
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31, No. 11 dated March 21, 2011: |
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TeleSpan's Sixth Annual Future of Conferencing Workshop shows we still are a healthy industry--but for how much longer?
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31, No. 10 dated March 14, 2011: |
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Cisco makes umi interoperable with Cisco telepresence systems and slashes the monthly usage price for you 'n me--and what about the new
"Collaborate" from ClearOne?
ClearOne announces fourth-quarter results
Program for TeleSpan's Sixth Annual Future of Conferencing Workshop
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31, No. 09 dated March 07, 2011: |
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Global Crossing puts conference calls into the cloud: flat rate pricing for unlimited use
Facebook (think Social Networking) about to add videoconferencing via SocialEyes
Skype upgrades its collaboration service, linking up with Citrix GoToMeeting
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31, No. 08 dated February 28, 2011: |
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Don't believe me that 'flat rate' pricing is here to make a dent in CSP sales? What about Premiere's two new services?
PGi announces fourth-quarter results
Case studies on the use of webconferencing:
1) Pfizer has 27,000 webconferencing users, 10,000 of whom are "frequent flyers" using it all the time
2) Even Girl Scouts use webconferencing
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31, No. 07 dated February 21, 2011: |
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Polycom financials update: ASPs did rise!
SMART reacts ... to my newsletter?
Robot in notebook for $500!
CDC to use videoconferencing to save $100 million
Another of my Annual Predictions is coming true! Videoconferencing on tablets!
Case studies on the use of Webconferencing: Research Advocacy Network uses webconferencing to help cancer patients and advocates
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31, No. 06 dated February 14, 2011: |
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He's baaaaaaaaaaak--Kim Niederman lands at 8x8 as Chief Honcho of Sales
SMART reports mixed results; no discussion of pending class action suit
Conference call providers to travelers: "Oh, the weather outside is frightful...sooooooo don’t travel, use conference calls!"
Randy Leigh passes away--The industry loses a diamond
Friends and Colleagues remember Randy
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31, No. 05 dated February 07, 2011: |
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Vyopta: Finally a company is simply focused on applications for video
IBM comes up with new ways to thin a client: New Virtual Desktop for one-hundred and fifty smackeroos a year!
Logitech reveals a little bit about LifeSize sales during quarterly earnings call
Bobbi Heyel, former President of Connex, passes away
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31, No. 04 dated January 31, 2011: |
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BT Conferencing CEO Aaron McCormack leaves: Jeff Prestel of WireOne takes helm
Freeconference.com has new CEO, launches free calls for California state government
West/InterCall reports third-quarter results
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31, No. 03 dated January 24, 2011: |
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ACT is profitable and still a partner of AT&T; Mark Kelly is the new president
Does telepresence introduce more latency than it should? A talk with Howard Wallace
SEC charges Sunil Bhalla, former Polycom exec, in Galleon case
Vidyo raises 'nother $11.5 million -- total so far $74.5 million
Polycom announces fourth quarter results; no longer breaks out video unit sales
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31, No. 02 dated January 17, 2011: |
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TeleSpan's 2011 Predictions
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31, No. 01 dated January 10, 2011: |
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Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2011
Logitech at CES: "We're shipping Revue and brining videoconferencing to everyone"
Skype announces new services and an acquisition at CES: Video is now nearly 40% of all its call minutes!
Creative Labs continues its push: Bringing video to everyone
Vidyo adds mobile app for Android phones, and cuts deal to offer videoconferencing to shoppers
Telikin Touch Screen: Is it just for your parents in long term care facilities? No!
Cisco announces VideoScape
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