SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire - March 31, 2009) - Cisco (
NASDAQ:
CSCO) today introduced a new
suite of
Cisco
TelePresence™ products and applications that brings the power of
in-person collaboration to more users in more locations, and provides
businesses with a way to do more with existing video investments. Global
organizations of all sizes, regional branch offices and remote workers will
now be able to experience Cisco TelePresence from any conference room
environment, standards-based video conferencing session or Web-based video
session, including
Cisco WebEx™
online meetings. Supporting this market expansion, Cisco is also delivering
Cisco TelePresence for lower bandwidth connections without compromising the
high-quality experience.
Cisco TelePresence was initially delivered as an immersive virtual meeting
experience to improve collaboration, accelerate decision making, implement
green strategies, and reduce travel expenses. Today, Cisco introduced two
new applications that take Cisco TelePresence far beyond meetings. The
first application transforms rooms into high-definition recording studios
with simple one-button-to-push controls to create and publish content. The
second application makes it easier for event managers to produce via Cisco
TelePresence large-scale events, such as company meetings, seminars or
keynote addresses. This new suite of Cisco TelePresence products and
applications broadens video capabilities across the
Cisco
collaboration portfolio.
In a new study conducted by Crimson Consulting Group, global companies
reported fast
return on investment
(ROI) times and transformed business processes from Cisco TelePresence.
Participants in the Cisco-commissioned study reported achieving breakeven
in an average of 14 months, with some companies achieving breakeven within
six months -- enabling one company to fund additional units solely from
travel budget savings without tapping the IT budget. The ability to conduct
real-time, face-to-face meetings over the network is changing the way
companies do business across many industries, helping them streamline
processes, make decisions faster, and conduct more business without leaving
the office.
Facts/Highlights:
- Cisco is delivering Cisco TelePresence technology to more users and
organizations with:
- Cisco
TelePresence System 1300 Series: The first Cisco TelePresence system
designed for up to six people in a shared-use meeting room uses one screen
and three cameras. The Cisco TelePresence system 1300-65 uses a 65-inch
plasma screen and is the first in a new series of products that takes
advantage of existing conference room tables, providing more flexible
deployment options for branch offices and businesses of all sizes.
- Cisco TelePresence
Extended Reach: Cisco TelePresence can now run over bandwidth
connections as low as 1.5 megabits per second (T1) in 720p resolution with
quality of service (QoS) while preserving the Cisco TelePresence
experience. Extended Reach also supports Cisco TelePresence over open
Internet connections, such as high-speed FIOS or DOCSIS connections. This
capability adds to the existing immersive experience of Cisco TelePresence
at 1080p or 720p resolutions.
- Cisco is expanding the application of Cisco TelePresence beyond
meetings with:
- Cisco TelePresence Recording Studio: Cisco
TelePresence customers now have a quick and easy way to create high-quality
video messages or record presentations for instant, highly secure playback
on Cisco TelePresence units in 1080p HD quality. In conjunction with
Cisco's recently announced Media Experience Engine, users can also view
Cisco TelePresence recordings at standard resolution on many other
video-enabled devices, such as a PC, mobile phone or digital sign.
- Cisco TelePresence Event Controls: This new application
provides event managers with new tools they can use to produce internal and
external Cisco TelePresence events. With a set of simple and powerful
controls, event managers can create and host high-quality and
cost-effective internal or external events in standard Cisco TelePresence
rooms including presentations, keynotes, lectures and
seminars.
- Cisco is helping enable seamless "any to any" video collaboration
with:
- High definition interoperability: Cisco
TelePresence meetings can include video from any standards-based
high-definition videoconferencing system as well as standard-definition
video conferencing, WebEx and other desktop video applications like
Microsoft Office Communicator. This provides organizations with the ability
to scale collaboration, take advantage of existing resources, and continue
to provide a simple, immersive experience to Cisco TelePresence users.
- Cisco
WebEx integration: With "any-to-any" video interoperability, Cisco WebEx
Meeting Center meetings with Cisco
Unified Video Conferencing provides advanced video capabilities for
WebEx® that enable more of an in-person experience. Any device that can
connect to a Cisco Unified Video Conferencing multipoint control unit (MCU)
can now be displayed in a Meeting Center meeting, including immersive
experiences such as Cisco TelePresence as well as videoconferencing and
desktop collaboration applications. The solution increases the number of
viewable attendees to 16, lets you display high-definition video and adds
video controls.
All of these new features take advantage of the underlying system
components, the power of the underlying network and intercompany Cisco
TelePresence capabilities, bringing to reality the strategy of creating a
global interconnected Cisco TelePresence network.
Sharing this vision, AT&T recently announced today that BAE Systems, a
leading global defense and aerospace contractor, is enhancing international
collaboration and productivity with the AT&T Telepresence Solution. For
more details on this announcement, go to:
http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=26662
Organizations around the world are increasingly looking to video
applications, such as Cisco TelePresence, desktop video,
digital signage and
video surveillance, to
improve collaboration, safety and security, get closer to customers, and
transfer knowledge. As such video applications emerge as the primary data
type on the network, businesses will need to evolve their infrastructure
into
medianets to optimize
these networks to support and enhance the use of rich media.
In order to continue to broaden the availability of Cisco TelePresence
while enabling companies to conserve capital resources,
Cisco
Capital(SM) offers special financing that allows enterprise and
mid-size customers to acquire Cisco TelePresence with no payments and no
interest up to 120 days, during solution deployment in the United States
and Canada.
Cisco TelePresence is Cisco's fastest-growing new product category, with
more than 300 customers and 2,000 systems deployed worldwide. Cisco has
also installed more than 400 Cisco TelePresence rooms on its own internal
network for greater productivity and effective collaboration.
In a related release, Cisco also unveiled several enhancements to its
Unified Communications system that offer integration with desktop
applications. For more information on this Cisco collaboration portfolio
announcement, go to
http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2009/prod_033109b.html.
Supporting Quotes:
- Michael Keithley, Chief Information Officer, Creative Artists Agency
"One of the best aspects of Cisco TelePresence at Creative Artists Agency
is that the most technologically advanced room is also the easiest to
operate. This ease of use is the key to its rapid adoption and ongoing
use. Agents are able to connect with their colleagues and clients on the
other coast at a moment's notice with a simple touch of a button, to the
tune of almost 100 meetings a month. Cisco TelePresence has revolutionized
the way we communicate between our offices, beginning with New York and Los
Angeles."
- Charles Stucki, vice president and general manager, TelePresence
Systems Business Unit, Cisco
"Cisco is reinventing how users can experience Cisco TelePresence and how
companies can change the way they do business by collaborating in an
entirely new way. From in-person meetings with seamless interoperability,
to high-quality broadcast recording, to sophisticated events, this next
wave of collaborative applications substantially expands what Cisco
TelePresence can enable, making it even more useful and flexible for
everyone in every company."
Upcoming Webcast:
Hear more about new Cisco TelePresence products and applications during a
webcast with Cisco executives.
Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Time: 11:00 a.m. PT / 2:00 p.m. ET
Register: For more information and to register for the event, go
to:
www.cisco.com/offer/telepresence/web/175483_4
Supporting Resources:
Cisco TelePresence ROI
ResearchCisco Web Site
Cisco TelePresence
Cisco TelePresence Public
Suites
Images:
Cisco TelePresence System 500
Cisco
TelePresence System 1000
Cisco TelePresence
System 3000
Cisco TelePresence System 3200
Recent Announcements:
Cisco Puts
Collaboration in Context with New Application and Mobile Device Integration
Capabilities
AT&T Extends Value of its
TelePresence Solution to Companies' Existing Videoconferencing Systems
BAE Systems to enhance global
collaboration with AT&T Telepresence solution
Cisco
Introduces Personal TelePresence
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