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Topic: HP’s Halo Collaboration Studio
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AndyN
Wainhouse Research Posts: 345
From: Sarasota FL USA
Since: Jul 2000
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posted 19 December 2005 11:10 PM
   
In WRB V6 #42 Andrew writes his thoughts on HP’s Halo Collaboration Studio.What do you think? Click on 'reply' to share your thoughts ... IP: Logged |
ritzlch1
Member Posts: 1
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Since: Dec 2005
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posted 20 December 2005 06:11 AM
For sure HP did not invent anything... They just applied best practices like others did before to leverage the VC room environment to what it should be. No new technology, nothing fancy, no "sexy" design... just efficiency and servcies driven.
So even if at a first look this does not seem to be the perfect solution to all points, when looking behind the sceens and as mentionned in the WR Bulletin it offers an all in one bundle all around the globe. As HP has offices all around the world, no doubt that they will be able to provide support in any country...
For lareg entreprises, implementing such complete managed solutions will just avoid any finger pointing between vendors and the typical ping-pong... VC vendors pointing to network providers, network providers pointing to VC vendors. End users pointing to room architects, room architects pointing to building architects, ...
At least this is solved by HP Halo and if the quality and servcies are as good as advertised, costs should not be a road blocker!
I know no other company providing such services from end-to-end and taking care of the whole service... but this will probably (let's say hopefully) open a new era in VC services.IP: Logged |
djhorn
Member Posts: 1
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Since: Dec 2005
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posted 20 December 2005 08:01 AM
This is not new. Telanetix exhibited their system at Infocomm '05. It is essentially the same thing including the proprietary networks. The Telanetix system did/does include an 8 site mcu. I think that their pricing model was in the order of $50K per end point, not including network. They coined the phrase "digital presence". There product had some innovations, but I am not sure where the market was. Last time I heard they were looking for investors.
The Telanetix system was designed to provide eye contact (you are across the table". It look like Halo copies that design. In the photos, it looks like they are looking at the graphics, not at each other.IP: Logged |
Narayanan
Sr. Member Posts: 32
From: India
Since: Jan 2003
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posted 20 December 2005 08:45 AM
I agree with Andrew. Can't understand who would want a solution at that price if no inter operability with other products is provided. IP: Logged |
Keisuke Hashimoto
Sr. Member Posts: 377
From: Funabashi Japan
Since: Aug 2000
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posted 20 December 2005 08:51 AM
I simply can not figure out why they developed this super expensive thing from business perspective.Yes, it is like HP is going back to two decades ago. In 1984, when NTT first started videoconferencing service in Japan using dedicated line and specialized videoconferencing equipment, they charged 10,000USD to 20,000USD per month.
Only a handful of large companies were using the services.
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vidfrank
Member Posts: 1
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Since: Dec 2005
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posted 21 December 2005 12:06 AM
Nothing new but who has had teh Halo experience? are we tryign to compare a standard VTC H323 system with a true collaboration experience?Room for improvement? sure. Expensive? maybe but it looks like big and succesful companies have done the maths and decide that it is worth teh investment. Would anyone compare desktop soft VTC with an 8000MXP? no! IP: Logged |
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