The Evolution of Video Conferencing

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The Evolution of Video Conferencing
COMING UP NEXT

• Presented By
• S. Ann Earon, Ph.D.
• TRI Inc.
• 609-597-6334, annearon_at_aol.com
• December, 2006

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Sponsored By
www.polycom.com
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The Evolution of Video Conferencing

• Presented By
• S. Ann Earon, Ph.D.
• TRI Inc.
• 609-597-6334, annearon_at_aol.com
• December, 2006

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Agenda

• History Lesson
• Definitions
• Collaboration Trends
• Video Conferencing Today
• Critical Success Factors
• Growth of Video Drive By
• Productivity Enhancing Reasons

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Agenda

• HD Telepresence
• The Value of IP
• User Case Studies
• UltimateHD
• Steps To Successful Adoption
• Next In Line For Video Conferencing

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History Lesson

• 1982 Can people communicate at a distance and
  both see and talk with one another?
• 1984 Can moving video be sent over telephone
  lines?
• 1994 With PCs now on every desk, can a system
  be built that fits inside?

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History Lesson

• 1996 Can a system be built that is completely
  integrated and sits on top of the monitor?
• 1997 Can a system be built that operates over
  IP?
• 2000 Can a system be built that truly
  integrates the value of the PC and
  videoconferencing?
• 2005 2021 What does the future hold for
  collaborative communications?

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Definitions

• Conferencing
• Electronic communications between groups of
  people separated by distance and/or time that
  combines audio, data and video technologies
• Collaboration
• Integration of electronic communications
  technologies to allow people to interactively
  share information at a distance (i.e. messaging,
  conferencing, shared work spaces)

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Collaboration Trends

• Collaborative Convergence melding of
  audio/data/video and asynchronous/synchronous
  technologies
• Industry Consolidation market cant support 100
  vendors
• On-demand work events
• Majority buyers early adopters to mainstream
  buyers
• Emergence of vertical market offerings
• Movement to mobile market

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Video Conferencing Today

• ISDN Group Systems Are Not Dead
• Growth in Set Top Boxes and Small Group Systems
• Desktop Video Is Used By Some and Will Be Used By
  Many, but also as a Group System
• HD Telepresence becoming more attractive
• Collaboration, streaming remote presentations
  will become dominant applications, with
  videoconferencing included in the mix

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Critical Success Factors

• Simple/fast/reliable connections
• Easy extension of users applications
• Readily deployable over accessible communications
• Adapts to common meeting styles
• Cost effective

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Growth Of Video Driven By

• Mergers Acquisitions
• Corporate Downsizing
• Drive to Control Costs
• Need to Reduce Response Times
• Negative Events (war, weather, illness)
• Decreased Costs Increased Functionality

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Productivity Enhancing Reasons

• Reduce the need for people or work teams to
  physically reside in the same place.
• Enhance teamwork collaboration within
  organizations by offering a high level of
  intimacy interactivity.
• Collaborate on a document or graphic creation
  with insertions, deletions or alterations made to
  the document by any participant in real time.

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HD Telepresence

• HD high definition idea came from film
  producers 16 x 9 aspect ratio 3 times better
  than TV, 9 times better than standard video
  conferencing
• Telepresence share everything at a distance as
  if you are there address multiple cameras,
  control systems, room environment, transport 4 x
  3 aspect ratio
• Look at resolution, frame rate format, display
  systems, bandwidth, audio quality, and camera
  designs

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Dramatically Changed Environments

• Psychological organizational barriers to
  adoption are falling.
• Video conferencing can help organizations address
  issues
• Dispersion of global teams
• Need to make decisions implement them in
  shorter time frames
• Need to respond more quickly to intense
  competitive pressure

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The Value of IP

• Converged IP networks are becoming the norm for
  voice, data and video communications.
• IP has become the network layer protocol that is
  often deployed for broadband access services
  using DSL, broadband wireless, or optical fiber

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IP Advantages

• Continued network development with increased
  functionality
• Proliferated globally
• No toll charges with IP calls
• Development of add-ons like chat, directory
  services, etc.

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IP Disadvantages

• IP end-to-end networks do not extend outside
  private networks
• Bandwidth not always sufficient
• IP not designed for video packets dropped
• Solution
• Quality of Service (QoS)
• Sufficient Bandwidth

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User Case Studies

• Mansfield Health Education Center
• Waterloo University, Canada
• Virginia Supreme Court
• Barrow Neurological Institute
• Manhattan School of Music

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UltimateHD

• Enhances productivity, effectiveness efficiency
• Facilitates a new class of Unified Collaboration
  Applications
• Ensures a lifelike user experience everywhere
• Enables the next generation of unified
  collaboration
• Becomes the collaboration core of any unified
  communications strategy
• Provides unmatched flexibility
• Delivered without compromise

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Next In Line For Video Conferencing

• On Demand Collaborative Solutions
• Ridicules the idea of scheduling as the majority
  of interactions are not scheduled
• Meet when and where you need to meet
• On demand is as effective as being co-located

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Steps To Successful Adoption

• VIDEOCONFERENCING
• Make it easy to use
• Provide open house demonstrations
• Quantify cost savings
• Provide training
• Provide a user competency test
• Pick up charges under general overhead to promote
  usage
• Get senior management endorsement
• Make it part of the corporate culture that
  everyone be trained and required to use the
  technology
• Promote, promote, promote
• Hire a consultant

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QUESTIONS

• AnnEaron_at_aol.com, 609-597-6334
• www.TRIInc.com

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Sponsored By
www.polycom.com