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Cisco Telepresence

By Michael Brook. Cisco Telepresence. What is Telepresence?. Cisco Telepresence is an advanced video conferencing system Advantages over normal video conferencing: Very low latency Crisp video and audio quality Directional sound People appear life size Allows for direct eye contact.

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Cisco Telepresence

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  1. By Michael Brook Cisco Telepresence

  2. What is Telepresence? • Cisco Telepresence is an advanced video conferencing system • Advantages over normal video conferencing: • Very low latency • Crisp video and audio quality • Directional sound • People appear life size • Allows for direct eye contact

  3. The Technology • 1080p High Definition plasma screens (variations in size and price) • Each screen requires 2 to 3Mbps of bandwidth • Two 1Gb Ethernet ports must be in the room • Requires low latency network with QoS for voice • Call setup and connection is managed by the Cisco Call Manager backend (installed locally) • Uses HD cameras, many microphones and speakers, and special lighting arrays

  4. The Technology

  5. What it Means for Business • Businesses with Cisco Telepresence can have live conferences with contacts all over the globe as if they were literally in the same room • Time-sensitive issues can be resolved quickly and easily with effective collaboration • High return on investment for the future • Lower travel expenses • Helps businesses to ”Go Green” due to reduction in travel, therefore cutting carbon pollution

  6. What it Means for Cisco • Cisco is working on installing 100 Telepresence suites at their offices around the world • They expect to save $100 Million in travel expenses during the first year of deployment • Video conferencing equipment sales are expected to reach $1 Billion by 2011 • An increase in router and switch sales and network upgrades are also expected

  7. How Much Does it Cost? • Currently, the cost for a single Telepresence suite is about $300,000 • The cost for a ”small” Telepresence system (which is a single 65” plasma screen) is about $79,000 • Cisco plans to bring Telepresence into homes within 2-3 years for about $1,000 • With high prices, Telepresence is expected to be used only by very large companies

  8. Other Uses • Even though Telepresence is primarily meant to improve the quality and effectiveness of remote collaboration within a business, it can also be used to interact directly with customers

  9. Conclusion • Cisco Telepresence takes video conferencing to a whole new level, allowing for unparalleled realism, which in turn makes remote collaboration more comfortable and effective • Despite high costs, the ROI of Telepresence is very high, most notably reducing travel costs • For businesses, Telepresence can both improve efficiency and dramatically lower costs, as Cisco has clearly demonstrated themselves

  10. Sources • http://www.petri.co.il/cisco-telepresence-what-is-it-what-does-it-take-video-conferencing-hdtv.htm • http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/tata-communications-to-set20-public-telepresence-rooms/92341/on • http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns669/networking_solutions_solution_segment_home.html • http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/090607-cisco-conferencing-coming-to.html • http://www.bradreese.com/cisco-it-telepresence-case-study.pdf

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