Cisco brings Telepresence sys with single screen and camera

BANGALORE, INDIA: Cisco today announced major steps in the company's strategy to bring Cisco TelePresence to everyone, everywhere, with continued global momentum for intercompany Cisco TelePresence services and the introduction of a new one-screen, one-camera Cisco TelePresence system for multipurpose conference rooms.

In less than two years, Cisco has enabled eight of the world's top service providers spanning five continents to deliver intercompany Cisco TelePresence services, extending availability of the technology to more than 150 countries and thousands of cities. 

Intercompany Cisco TelePresence gives businesses the ability to use Cisco TelePresence to meet with key suppliers, customers and partners to improve their competitive advantage, speed the time to market, and foster better collaboration in their businesses.

The service providers, AT&T, BT, Orange, NTT, Tata Communications, Telefonica, Telstra, and most recently Telmex, have announced commercial intercompany Cisco TelePresence services, enabling the more than 350 organizations that have already selected Cisco TelePresence to communicate reliably and with high levels of security and across different networks.

Cisco also expanded the Cisco TelePresence product portfolio with a new single-screen, single-camera endpoint for up to two people in a multipurpose conference room.  Whether for one-to-one or one-to-many meetings, the Cisco TelePresence System 1100 uses the standard 65-inch plasma screen and fits in small, general-use meeting rooms. When not being used for virtual meetings, the Cisco TelePresence System 1100 also functions as a high-quality audio conferencing device, as an auxiliary display for presentations, or as a digital sign, utilizing integrated Cisco Digital Media Player functionality.
Facts/Highlights:

·         Together, the eight global carriers that have announced intercompany Cisco TelePresence services cover more than 150 countries in five continents.

·         Approximately 9 million corporate employees have intercompany corporate access to be able to connect across different corporate networks.

·         Intercompany Cisco TelePresence traffic is growing more than 35 percent per month.

·         World-class businesses are using intercompany Cisco TelePresence services today, including more than a quarter of the Fortune 100 businesses.

·         The Cisco TelePresence System 1100 uses the same industrial design as the Cisco TelePresence System 1300 Series, providing a slim, attractive footprint that enables organizations to roll out the benefits of the Cisco TelePresence in-person experience to any conference room.

·         All Cisco TelePresence endpoints, whether single-screen units for individual use or large meeting room environments, are interoperable with all standards-based video conferencing at SD and HD resolutions, and Web-based conferencing applications such as Cisco WebExTM.

·         With Cisco TelePresence Extended Reach, organizations can cost-effectively deploy single-screen Cisco TelePresence endpoints such as the Cisco TelePresence System 1100 to branch offices or other areas where deployment over a T-1/E-1 or broadband Internet connection is suitable.

·         The Cisco TelePresence System 1100 supports all Cisco TelePresence solutions and applications including Recording Studio, Events and Expert on Demand.