I was scouring the news today and found some forward thinking companies are using Infocomm as the springboard to launch or help propel their WebRTC efforts. Who did? Well rather than a series of blog posts, here's a quick summary: StarLeaf is promising video calling and conferencing hardware and software solution integration. Vidtel and IntelePeer are … Read more
If there ever was a time when Skype was ripe for being knocked off their throne, it's now. You see, Skype despite all of Steve Ballmer's promises to telecom leaders after the acquisition was first announced, and the claims that Skype will be an independent company, under Tony Bates' leadership, all signs indicate that Skype … Read more
Pal Jon Arnold has written a killer post about cloud based video, citing the rationale of clients Vidtel and Telesphere and why they have invested in the space, but also going more deeply into why, how come and what will make companies with their video calling heads in the clouds worth something. Jon was very thorough … Read more
According to the U.S. Interior Department, their staff can save millions of dollars avoiding flights to places like Denver, Sacramento and other state capitals. That's not telling people like you and I anything new. We've all know that and likely practice it more and more. So lets get a few definitions on the table.. 1. … Read more
Motor Authority is reporting that OnStar will be introducing in car video chat for the back seat of automobiles at CES. While no carrier was mentioned hopefully the concept is a webcam and a 4G LTE modem so the back seat passengers can choose whichever video calling solution, however given that the carrier is Verizon … Read more
Juniper Research is reporting that mobile video calling is expected to grow through 2016 as services like Apple's FaceTime drive interest and demand. The key point here is the need for standardization of mVideo and that is clearly NOT Skype or FaceTime. The one point missed is the need for optimization regardless of whether the … Read more
One of the take-a-ways from the Skype living workplace survey was the point about the communications tool that is expected to have the biggest gain in usage next year will be video calling. This is not a stat to be taken lightly. And it's not all about Skype. Apple's FaceTime, Logitech's SightSpeed (a former client), client … Read more
