Web Conferencing and Collaboration

Thursday, December 21, 2006

Telepresence - High Definition, High Price

Vendors such as Polycom, HP, and Cisco are rolling out point-to-point video conferencing systems that offer real life video so participants feel like they are all in the same room. The Cisco solution starts off at US$191,000 for two locations and the HP solution will set you back US$425,000 plus a US$18,000 per month, per studio for maintenance.

These solution are the the exact opposite of low bandwidth, multi-point, web conferencing solutions that allow you to deploy conferencing via a software client (and web cam) to any pc. If you have just a couple of locations and a fairly hefty budget, Telepresence solutions may be for you.

To read more on these high definition video conferencing solutions, please click here: http://telecomasia.net/article.php?id_article=2974

3 Comments:

  • Hi there. These "Telepresence" units are slick and examples of "very neat" technology, however they are very expensive. Personally, I think that the typical business client is much better served by desktop web camera units through a service provider.

    Reno Provine
    President
    www.ganconference.com

    By Blogger Unknown, at 1:35 AM  

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