Market Intelligence

2012 Documents

The Viability of Large-Scale Personal Video Conferencing Deployments

Achieving Critical Mass in Critical Time to Deliver Critical Benefits

After less than two months of planning, Avaya deployed desktop video conferencing to 4,000 employees, including all field sales people as well as division managers and senior executives. Their successful experience highlights the importance of critical mass, the ability to conference with many types of endpoints, and the value of both scheduled and ad-hoc video calling. Benefits after just three months include more successful sales presentations, faster decision making in staff meetings and product development sessions, and increased collaboration with suppliers.
Case Study: Qatar University

How Blended Learning Helped Qatar University in Building its Pharmacy Program from the Ground Up

Building a new College of Pharmacy from the ground up, and needing to identify the best way to deliver pharmacy education while cultivating teaching and learning excellence, Qatar University introduced lecture capture. This technology has helped Qatar University best teach an English-based curriculum - containing 'pharmacy-ese' - to Arabic-speaking students.
Multipoint Videoconferencing Goes Virtual

How a next-generation architecture is changing the rules of multipoint video

This white paper, sponsored by visual collaboration solution provider Vidyo, provides insight into the fundamentals of video bridging, and highlights a next-generation multipoint architecture based on intelligent media switching that eliminates the need for processor-intensive (and expensive) transcoding, increases flexibility in deployment, supports both virtual and non-virtual environments, supports a gradual expansion path, and is less expensive than competing solutions.
Real World Options for Multipoint Videoconferencing

Your next video bridge might be in the cloud!

This white paper, sponsored by hosted video bridging provider Blue Jeans Networks, provides a primer on hosting multipoint videoconference calls. Topics covered include the pros and cons of on-premise bridging solutions, alternative architectures, and hosted video bridging services. A cost comparison of buying a video bridge vs. using the Blue Jeans Network service is also provided, and the results are quite noteworthy.
The Impact of Broadcast and Streaming Video in Education

What the Research Says and How Educators and Decision Makers Can Begin to Prepare for the Future

This meta-study, based on more than 80 sources of research, outlines the advantages of broadcast and streaming video as an effective tool for accelerating learning in the 21st century. Sponsored by Cisco Systems, the paper describes the impact of these video technologies in improving high-quality learning, and shares best practices.
Blended Learning Technology

Navigating the Challenges of Large-Scale Adoption

This white paper, sponsored by Echo360, discusses how to align lecture capture with strategic organizational goals. Based on in-depth interviews with Qatar University, George Washington University, University College London, Monash University, and Wayne State University, the paper offers ten advisory approaches for overcoming the major obstacles to adoption.
Video Collaboration in the Cloud

Taking videoconferencing interoperability and ease-of-use to the next level

This whitepaper, sponsored by Deutsche Telekom, shows how easy-to-use cloud-based services featuring video interoperability between room systems, Skype, Lync, and Google are enabling improved internal business collaboration as well as B2B and B2C communications. A cloud-based deployment model also provides financial flexibility, shorter time to market and can dramatically improve the risk/reward ratio for business managers.
Integration: The “Behind the Scenes” Key Enabler of Blended Learning

Approaches to and Benefits of Integrating Virtual Classrooms and Learning Management Systems

The approaches to integration vary by both real-time collaboration vendors and those who make asynchronous Learning Management Systems. Based on interviews with colleges and universities, this paper –sponsored by Blackboard – explores benefits, how deep and / or wide an integration can be, and what to look for in implementing an integrated solution.
Videoconferencing with Microsoft Lync

This paper, sponsored by Radvision, provides readers with an overview of the options available in today’s market. While multiple vendors have approached this UC integration challenge with different technologies and architectures, the white paper lays out the major advantages and disadvantages of the two most promising approaches: direct Lync integration and Lync gateway deployments.
Integrating Microsoft OCS/Lync Video with Group and Telepresence Video Systems

It's Anything but Turnkey. How an Experienced vMSP can Help You Stay Out of Trouble by Avoiding the Pitfalls.

Organizations that try to integrate video from OCS or Lync with group or telepresence systems often run into unexpected "gotchas". This white paper lists a number of them encountered while integrating over 100,000 OCS/Lync seats with group and telepresence systems. It discusses ways a video managed service provider (vMSP) can make this easier.