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The TPO News Enterprise Connect 2014 Wrap Up (Part 2)

March 28, 2014 | David S. Maldow, Esq.

We hope you enjoyed Part 1 of our Enterprise Connect

2014 coverage. Let's continue the booth crawl with the

next wave of vendors. We split up this segment of our

coverage, so let's start with our publisher Howard

Lichtman.

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Sulon Technologies Enters VR Race with New Kind of Immersive Experience

Story and images by VentureBeat

Sulon Technologies is unveiling a new kind virtual

reality platform that will turn any room into a fanciful

virtual space.

Sulon is showing off its demo of The Cortex virtual

reality "spatial gaming" platform at the Game Developers

Conference in San Francisco. In doing so, the company is

trying to win over the hearts of game developers in what

is becoming a fierce competitive battle to define the next

generation of gaming. Competitors include Oculus VR and new entrant Sony, which announced its

Project Morpheus at the GDC on Tuesday evening.

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The TPO News Enterprise Connect 2014 Wrap Up (Part 1)

March 25, 2014 | David S. Maldow, Esq.

We learned way too much at Enterprise Connect 2014 to

possibly cover it in just one take. As you can tell by our preview

article, we were definitely looking forward to this one. We were

not disappointed, as we enjoyed the opportunity to catch the

some great panels, and talk to EVERYONE. Let's get started

with some quick notes on the keynotes and sessions, and then

dig in to round one of our booth crawl.

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iRobot's Cisco-Based Ava 500 Telepresence Robot Now Available

Story and images by Jeffrey Burt / eWeek

iRobot's Ava 500 video collaboration robot, developed in

conjunction with Cisco Systems, is hitting the market. The

Ava 500 is designed to enable remote workers to not only

participate in meetings, but also to move around a building

and collaborate with co-workers in areas that otherwise

would be difficult, such as hallways, manufacturing floors,

data centers and laboratories, according to iRobot officials.

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TPO Catalog Adds 6 New Visual Collaboration Listings

Company Profile: EOS

Company Profile: Teliris

Solution Snapshot: NAB Show

Solution Snapshot: Qumu

Solution Snapshot: ACT Conference Forum

Mark Zuckerberg: Here's Why I Just Spent $2 Billion On A Virtual-Reality Company

Story and images by Kyle Russell / Business Insider

Facebook just announced that it's spending about $2 billion to

buy Oculus VR, the leader in virtual-reality technology.

Now, that might not make a lot of sense at first glance.

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The Pexip Distributed Architecture Explained in Detail by CTO Hakon Dahle

Story and images by Hakon Dahle / Pexip

Here is an excellent whitepaper by Pexip CTO Hakon

Dahle that explains in detail Pexip's distributed

architecture and capabilities.

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Indian Election Commission Bars Certain Elected Officials and Ministers from Videoconferencing

Story and images by The Indian Express

The Election Commission has barred Chief Minister Akhilesh

Yadav and his cabinet colleague from holding discussion with

officials of various departments through video conferencing till the

elections are over.

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Why Likability Matters More at Work and How Videoconferencing is Making it More Important

Likability Is More Important--and Harder to Pull Off--on Video

Story and images by Sue Shellenbarger / The Wall Street Journal

Is the workplace becoming more like high school?

"Likability" is becoming a bigger factor for success at work as social

networks and videoconferencing grow. The impact goes beyond a

high-school popularity contest. The ability to come across as likable

is shaping how people are sized up and treated by bosses and co-

workers.

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Google Glass Spyware Secretly Takes Photos and Uploads Them

Story and images by John Zorabedian / Naked Security

Critics of Google Glass usually remark on how the device allows its owner

to take photos and videos of other people without their knowledge or

consent, which has contributed to some backlash, including bans on Glass

in some establishments and an alleged assault on a Glass user.

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ClassDo is a complete virtual classroom that gets out of the way

TrueConf CEO: Customers gain the upper hand in video conferencing market

Virtual reality made me believe I was someone else

Logitech ConferenceCam CC3000e review: Room-based HD video conferencing

News from Dimension Data, Vidyo, and 8x8

A View From The Road Volume 8, Number 2 -2014 Enterprise Connect

Amazon Smartphone Coming In The Next Six Months, Says Analyst | Digital

Trends

'Cake Boss' adopts Avaya video conferencing for confection consultations

Startups flock to Web RTC for browser-based videoconferencing

Group conferencing with Microsoft Lync room systems

Robot Edward Snowden Was on Stage at TED

Google and Cisco partner to bring WebEx to Chromebooks

Divorce service Wevorce adds video calls to its lineup of mediation tools

(exclusive)

Improving the Retail Banking Experience Through Videoconferencing

Regus Rolls Out Workboxes - Videoconferencing-Equipped Work Pods for Airports & Public Spaces

What I'll Be Looking for at Enterprise Connect Orlando 2014

The military's new Google Glass streams TONS of futuristic battle data

Asus' Chromebox Ships This Friday, Costs $179

Orbis Robotics Inc. to Incorporate IOCOM's Award-Winning Software in Telepresence Robot Line

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Edgewater Networks Signs Multiple International Distributors for Its EdgeProtect Series Enterprise Session Border Controllers

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Edgewater

Networks today announced the latest list of international

distributors for its EdgeProtect Series line of Enterprise

Session Border Controllers (ESBCs). The EdgeProtect

Series is a scalable, single-box solution for small, medium,

and large enterprises who need secure video conferencing that enhances their communication experience

and thereby improves productivity for mobile employees, business partners and customers.

Edgewater's list of new distributors includes: Westcon (Europe, Middle East, and Africa), FVC (Middle

East and Africa), Solutors (Denmark), Supra Net Projekt (Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina,

Serbia, Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro and Albania), Avikom (Scandinavia) and Videnda (Eire and

Northern Ireland).

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Infonetics: Videoconferencing and Telepresence Equipment Market Up 5%

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Market research firm

Infonetics Research released excerpts from its 4th

quarter (4Q13) and year-end Enterprise Telepresence

and Video Conferencing Equipment report, which tracks

dedicated and PBX-based videoconferencing and

telepresence infrastructure and endpoints.

ANALYST NOTE "Demand for video capabilities is at

an all-time high, but businesses' willingness to spend

isn't, causing a shift from high-end telepresence suites

and multipurpose room systems to lower-cost software

and videophones for personal videoconferencing," says Matthias Machowinski, directing analyst for

enterprise networks and video at Infonetics Research. "This, along with lower selling prices due to

competition, is hampering a more robust recovery in the videoconferencing market."

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Augmented Reality: ISMAR 2014, "Augment Everything Everywhere for Everyone"

"Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR) melt

the barriers between virtual media, the physical world

and our imagination by enriching our ability to interact

with all three. New applications in diverse areas such as

Engineering, Entertainment, Arts, Education Media and

Humanities push the boundaries of science and

technology. As the premier conference in the field,

ISMAR is responding to this evolution by expanding the program scope. Two key areas of submissions

are Science & Technology (S&T) covering emerging capabilities of MR/AR and the MASH'D program

covering the human side of technology application, including real world explorations by Media

professionals, Artists, Social Scientists, Humanity scholars and Designers (MASH'D).

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EOS Unified Solutions wins Best Export Business Award

Formed in 1982, local company Eagle Overseas has expanded

to form the EOS Group.

The brand, standing for "Efficient On-Time Solutions",

now promotes four main key areas of business including

Eagle Overseas Logistics and Transportation, EOS

Warehousing, EOS Unified Solutions and EOS IT

Solutions offering IT support services and solutions.

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TelepresenceGear.com, Now an Authorized Arrive FacePoint Business Partner

TelepresenceGear.com - a recognized

leader in providing a full range of visual

collaboration solutions and Microsoft

Lync ready video conference systems -

announces its partnership with Arrive

Systems.

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BT and Dolby Shake Up Enterprise Communications with Conference Calls that Sound like In-Person Meetings

Minrray's USB3.0 HD series cameras keep you a step forward in leading your

enterprise development.

Crestron Demonstrates HD Video Conferencing and Collaboration Solutions at Enterprise Connect

Jabra Launches New MOTION Office Bluetooth Headset System

AVTEQ Launches QuickShip Program for Select TeamFlex™ High-Density Stackable Chairs

And more…

VP Of Technology Position: San Diego, CA

Title: VP Of Technology

Field: Information Technology

Location: San Diego, CA

Status: Full-Time

Clearance: N/A

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Chief Operations Officer: Louisville, KY

Title: Chief Operations Officer

Field: Hosted/Managed Services and Telephony/VOIP

Location: Louisville, KY

Status: Full-Time

Clearance: N/A

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