At InfoComm , ClearOne launched its new line of COLLABORATE video conferencing, including products for desktop video applications, room systems, infrastructure and management solutions.

COLLABORATE Desktop is a 1080p resolution desktop VTC system for video, audio and data transmission and will have the ability to send and receive video and data streams simultaneously.

COLLABORATE Room can be ordered in SD, 720p, 1080/30 and 1080/60 resolutions. Aimed at small and medium businesses, plus corporate meeting rooms, it's a software-based and server-less Read more...

Taiden's newest all-in-one conferencing solution, aimed at executive boardrooms and government meeting facilities, is the Taiden HCS-8328-- what the company calls a Paperless Multimedia Congress Terminal.

The features and capabilities of the Taiden HCS-8328 unit go beyond any other conference system we've seen.

Like standard systems, the unit has a 10” touch screen, a microphone and a built-in speaker, supporting discussion, electronic voting and language interpretation.

Tixeo releases its H323 & SIP Gateway for WorkSpace3D 5.0, the first step toward its "universal" interoperability strategy. From now on, Tixeo's innovative HD videoconferencing solution supports Polycom, Cisco Tandberg and Radvision MCU-based systems.

The world according to Tixeo: “On one hand, well-known manufacturers such as Polycom and Lifesize, sell equipments delivering HD quality but hard to deploy, expansive, and without true collaborative features. On the other hand, web conferencing players such as Cisco WebEx, Adobe and Citrix provide affordable software-based solutions, focused on both on-line collaboration and mobility, but with a limited video quality…

Most of these solutions can't communicate with each other, making customers, suppliers and partners use the same product for their on-line meetings…”

Tixeo now provides a SIP & H323 gateway allowing legacy room-based systems to join HD video conferences over WorkSpace3D. Read more...

AV Telepresence integrators can be guaranteed of telco interest in their category.

Here’s a perfect example of what that telco competition will look like: Orange Business Services enhances its video services portfolio with Telepresence Pass, a new cloud-based offer that delivers a “financially attractive, flexible and scalable solution for its enterprise customers.”

Orange Business Services is the France Telecom-Orange branch dedicated to B2B services. Telepresence Pass is an easy-to-adopt and future-proof solution that allows companies to benefit from:

• a Telepresence infrastructure in the cloud
• a fully managed service with end-to-end quality guarantees
• a monthly subscription fee

Because Telepresence Pass is available as a service, customers do not need significant investments in equipment or in the management of their solution. Read more...