Conferencing & Collaboration

Desktop video conferencing is on a collision course with other types of communications in the enterprise. New stand-alone desktop video conferencing solutions are arriving on the market almost daily — some as services, others as PC-based products and some running on proprietary devices. While each of those types of deployments offers pros and cons, they all affect how today’s desktop ...

Copper Conferencing announced Tuesday the launch of Copper Mobile, a free audio conferencing application for the Apple iPhone and the first of several mobile apps the company plans to offer. Available as a free download from www.copperconferencing.com and the iTunes store, Copper Mobile gives iPhone users instant connections to conference calls, a way to locate Copper's nationwide local dial-in numbers, ...

WorldGate unveiled this week the Ojo Vision digital video phone for consumer and small and medium business use. The company previewed the unit at the Channel Partners Conference & Expo in MarchThe new Ojo Vision features plug-and-play installation, a high-resolution seven-inch screen with high-fidelity audio and high-quality video performance. It connects to an LCD/TV/projector for expanded viewing. A bonus screen ...

MASERGY this week launched its new Limited Plane as its sixth class of service (CoS). MASERGY says the Limited Plane is serviced at a lower priority than Normal Data and is ideal for data backup or packet-loss-tolerant applications, such as Scalable Video Coding (SVC) desktop video implementation. By delivering a new Limited Plane CoS that is deliberately de-prioritized below best ...

Hosted unified communications service provider CallTower Inc. announced a partnership with conferencing services provider InterCall to create a solution combining UC and audio conferencing. Under the agreement, both companies will offer the new solution will make it available through their respective indirect sales channels.CallTower has integrated InterCall’s offering into its hosted UC suite, according to a spokesperson. The audio is ...