India's Tata Communications has been chosen by German reinsurance company Hannover Re to deploy and run its Telepresence facilities, according to Tata officials.
Hannover Re will have Tata serving the group's internal teams in 18 locations across 16 countries, according to Tata officials, who say they'll roll out the Cisco Telepresence high-definition, immersive video collaboration systems to help employees based in Europe, North America, Asia, Middle East and Africa "collaborate with each other on a daily basis."
Under the terms of the agreement, Tata Communications will provide Hannover Re with deployment and installation of rooms, maintenance, management and
concierge service for scheduling and reservations, the world's first public rooms, the world's first open global Telepresence exchange as well as the Cisco-certified Telepresence network.
Tata Communications' Telepresence services included in the deal have managed private Cisco Telepresence rooms, public Telepresence rooms that can be rented by the hour, and the ability for these private and public rooms to connect with each other.
"We expect that this will allow us to extend Telepresence based communication to business partners in a second phase," says Hartmut Fuchs, Hannover Re, CIO and Managing Director, Information and Technology.
Under the terms of the agreement, Tata Communications will provide Hannover Re with deployment and installation of rooms, maintenance, management and
concierge service for scheduling and reservations, the world's first public rooms, the world's first open global Telepresence exchange as well as the Cisco-certified Telepresence network.
Tata Communications' Telepresence services included in the deal have managed private Cisco Telepresence rooms, public Telepresence rooms that can be rented by the hour, and the ability for these private and public rooms to connect with each other.
"We expect that this will allow us to extend Telepresence based communication to business partners in a second phase," says Hartmut Fuchs, Hannover Re, CIO and Managing Director, Information and Technology.
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Recently CounterPath announced Bria for iPhone, available for $3.99 at the Apple App store. Are you frustrated by SIP-based connectivity yourself? You may have a friend who can help you out.
Industry observer Jim Courtney writes that as far as SIP-based connectivity goes, "my one learning across several attempts over the years to configure SIP-based softphones was that it's not a simple exercise but rather requires a certain level of technical expertise."
Indeed - we haven't even attempted it ourselves, as it appears fairly daunting. But Courtney found that "the team at CounterPath persisted. Much like Global IP Solutions they found a market for their software in the enterprise space as well as an OEM for telecomm carriers, such as Verizon and BT, and telecom hardware vendors, such as Cisco and Mitel.
CounterPath sells desktop and mobile VoIP software products, including SIP-based softphones, server applications and Fixed Mobile Convergence offerings letting service providers, enterprises and Original Equipment Manufacturers "integrate voice, video, presence and Instant Messaging apps into their VoIP offerings."
Indeed - we haven't even attempted it ourselves, as it appears fairly daunting. But Courtney found that "the team at CounterPath persisted. Much like Global IP Solutions they found a market for their software in the enterprise space as well as an OEM for telecomm carriers, such as Verizon and BT, and telecom hardware vendors, such as Cisco and Mitel.
CounterPath sells desktop and mobile VoIP software products, including SIP-based softphones, server applications and Fixed Mobile Convergence offerings letting service providers, enterprises and Original Equipment Manufacturers "integrate voice, video, presence and Instant Messaging apps into their VoIP offerings."
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A recent survey by the Association for Information and Image Management finds that less than half of SharePoint implementations were subject to a formal business case.
And only half of those, about 25 percent overall, required a financial justification.
As a result, AIIM officials say, "most did not have a management plan as to which of SharePoint's many features were to be used, and where." Meanwhile, they note, SharePoint deployment "is proceeding rapidly, with 22 percent of respondents reporting it to be in use by all staff."
And only half of those, about 25 percent overall, required a financial justification.
As a result, AIIM officials say, "most did not have a management plan as to which of SharePoint's many features were to be used, and where." Meanwhile, they note, SharePoint deployment "is proceeding rapidly, with 22 percent of respondents reporting it to be in use by all staff."
his adoption rate is set to double by this time next year.
According to Doug Miles, Director of Market Intelligence for AIIM, "We see that organizations are pushing forward with enterprise-wide rollouts of SharePoint for collaboration and intranet, and are using this universal access to provide single-sign on portals into existing document and records repositories."
Industry observer Paul Korzeniowski notes that Sharepoint's flexibility has been a key attribute, however, "it seems like the product's nebulous characteristics have also meant that its use had not unfolded like typical IT products. Firms first decide to purchase the software and later figure out how it would best function in their organizations."
According to Doug Miles, Director of Market Intelligence for AIIM, "We see that organizations are pushing forward with enterprise-wide rollouts of SharePoint for collaboration and intranet, and are using this universal access to provide single-sign on portals into existing document and records repositories."
Industry observer Paul Korzeniowski notes that Sharepoint's flexibility has been a key attribute, however, "it seems like the product's nebulous characteristics have also meant that its use had not unfolded like typical IT products. Firms first decide to purchase the software and later figure out how it would best function in their organizations."
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"Honey, honest, I was looking up that 'how to shop for your wife's birthday' video on YouTube when this came up, I have no idea what happened..."
Hackers hit YouTube over the weekend, according to industry observer Richard Adhikari, "injecting pop-ups, disabling comments and redirecting viewers to porn sites when they tried to access videos."
Coincidentally, Adhikari reports, the hack "followed the online publication of a YouTube HTML code injection exploit."
"Really, it must be some kind of prank, I don't know. Um... yeah, well, I'm hoping the video I really want to see will come up when this is over..."
The hackers used a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack on YouTube to put code into a user's browser instance, using HTML script on users' comments pages. TMC CEO Rich Tehrani noted early that some sort of hanky-panky was going on, noting that the YouTube hacks seemed to coincide with Wikipedia and iTunes Store attacks as well.
Coincidentally, Adhikari reports, the hack "followed the online publication of a YouTube HTML code injection exploit."
"Really, it must be some kind of prank, I don't know. Um... yeah, well, I'm hoping the video I really want to see will come up when this is over..."
The hackers used a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack on YouTube to put code into a user's browser instance, using HTML script on users' comments pages. TMC CEO Rich Tehrani noted early that some sort of hanky-panky was going on, noting that the YouTube hacks seemed to coincide with Wikipedia and iTunes Store attacks as well.
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