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AMI is forecasting significant displacement to free web-conferencing offers

September 1, 2010 misc

Small businesses (SBs, or firms with less than 100 employees) in the U.S. are increasingly using web-conferencing solutions, like GoToMeeting, LiveMeeting and WebEx. According to a recent AMI-Partners report, nearly half of U.S. SBs are using web-conferencing solutions today, with penetration expected to grow to 80% in 2011. However, this trend also brings challenges to [...]

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NATO employs PolyCom TelePresence

October 19, 2009 Polycom News (Nasdaq: PLCM)

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) recently deployed immersive telepresence solutions from Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM) to improve operational efficiency, interagency collaboration and enhance its ability to support out of area operations. “Information flow is vital to fulfilling our goals and mandates, as well as maximizing the productivity and efficiency of personnel and ensuring the [...]

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Former Alcatel-Lucent’s Bell Labs researchers get Nobel price

October 6, 2009 Alcatel-Lucent News ( NYSE: ALU )

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that Dr. Willard Boyle and Dr. George Smith, both former researchers at Bell Labs, the company’s research arm, have been awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics. The two former Bell Labs scientists were awarded the Nobel Prize for their invention and development of the charge-coupled device [...]

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Fighting Swine Flu with Polycom

September 17, 2009 Polycom News (Nasdaq: PLCM)

As the world braces for the coming winter flu season, health officials in Mexico expect to battle an anticipated rise in H1N1 flu cases with interactive visual communication systems from Polycom, (Nasdaq: PLCM), the global leader in telepresence, video and voice communication solutions. During April and May, Mexico’s National Center for Health Technology Excellence (CENETEC) [...]

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Covad Increases Bandwidth Offerings upto DS3

August 4, 2009 Covad News

Covad Communications Company has completed the next phase of its broader network transformation strategy by building out its access portfolio with the introduction of DS3 service for performance-intensive applications and enterprise connectivity, as well as higher-bandwidth bonded T1 offerings up to 12.0 Mbps. Covad has also introduced network-wide Quality of Service (QoS) capabilities to enable [...]

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Cisco’s CEO John Chambers talks with Investors Business Daily

April 16, 2009 Cisco News (NASDAQ: CSCO)
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Investors Business Daily celebrates its 25th anniversary and for that occasion, Cisco’s (CSCO)  CEO John Chambers shared  some of his thoughts about the past quarter-century in technology and its prospects for the decades ahead with IBD. IBD: What thoughts do you have for investors on the current economic mess? Chambers: I spend a lot of [...]

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Covad Bonded T1 – Now upto 6Mbps

April 9, 2009 Covad News
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Covad Communications Group, Inc  announced the availability of higher-bandwidth access services as part of a broader transformation toward offering a full suite of access and network services. The new Covad Bonded T1 services are available to Covad’s wholesale partners. They will provide up to 6.0 Mbps of symmetrical bandwidth with no distance limitations to meet [...]

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Polycom VVX 1500 introduced

March 9, 2009 Polycom News (Nasdaq: PLCM)

The Polycom VVX 1500 is the first of its kind business media phone combining advanced IP telephony with business-class video and the ability to integrate with key business applications PLEASANTON, Calif. – Mar 09, 2009 : Polycom, Inc. [Nasdaq: PLCM], the global leader in telepresence, video, and voice communications solutions, has redefined desktop communications with [...]

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Polycom QDX 6000 Video Conferencing

February 2, 2009 Polycom News (Nasdaq: PLCM)

Polycom introduced a new high-resolution, full-featured video conferencing system with a list price of $3,999. Optimized to deliver high-resolution, DVD-quality video at very low bandwidth, the Polycom QDX 6000™ delivers the best value in its class with a combination of quality, features and performance previously found only in more expensive, enterprise-class video solutions. If you [...]

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