Mohamed ChouatGreg CronheimRyan Carwile

Cut down on travel by making remote meetings possible

Lifelike enough to work without taking away from meeting

Must work without significant delay over large geographies

Must be easy to use once implemented Easy to schedule and start meetings

Affordable and worthwhile Large cost offset by travel savings

“Cisco has developed an innovative solution that creates an "in-person" meeting experience over the converged network. Cisco TelePresence delivers real-time, face-to-face interactions between people and places in their work and personal lives using advanced visual, audio, and collaboration technologies. These technologies transmit life-size, high-definition images and spatial discrete audio. Now it's easier than ever to discern facial expressions for those crucial business discussions and negotiations across the ‘virtual table’.”

- www.cisco.com technology overview

Video 1 www.cisco.com Video 2 (link) (link)

Three 65” plasma screensEach screen at 720p or 1080pHigh definition camerasZero noticeable delay over fiber

optic network (worldwide)Life-size imagesActive screen-switching during multi-

point meetings

High quality audio microphones placed strategically in room

Speakers play sound from where they come from

Anti-echo microphone technologySensitive microphones pick up all

audible noise

Multimedia screen below TelePresence screens

Allows users on both ends to project from laptop onto screen

Multimedia presentations (slide shows, videos, etc.) made possible and simple

Strategic placement does not detract from meeting

* (image 1)

Communications engineering allows speed-of-light data travel over fiber optic network

Bandwidth requirements (2-3mbps per screen) made possible by fiber optic cables

Control systems engineering allows quality of service, data routing/switching, and meeting scheduling/handling

Digital systems engineering helps design screens and digital signal processing

Work design engineers during design and production stage

Manufacturing engineering at lowest cost that companies can afford

Ergonomics and facility design engineering comes into play when designing all rooms to look and ‘feel’ the same

Quality control engineering with constant feedback, support, and further development

Combines knowledge between electrical and computer science engineering

Cisco’s routing and switching products support fiber optic network

Huge bandwidth requirements met by Cisco solutions

Secure networks allow uninterrupted, secure data transfer

Software allows automated meeting-scheduling

Works with IP Telephony to allow meeting scheduling/call-dialing via IP Phones

Environmental engineering helping with solution to cut down on carbon footprint with travel Driving and flying are two largest sources of

CO2 emissions One flight California to New York (~5k miles)

emits approx. a ton and a half of CO2 per person *

Ability to hold meetings remotely can greatly reduce the negative impacts of flight emissions

* http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/004164.html

Convergence of voice, data, and video onto the same network is bringing about new technologies that completely change collaboration

Globalization increases the need for communication among colleagues and partners worldwide Could mean more than two locations Made possible by Cisco TelePresence multi-

point capability

Corporate Level: Remote executive meetings Human Resources: job interviews Customer Service: troubleshooting of

technically complex products and access to remote experts

Sales: presentations and demonstrations of products and services

Design: collaboration between teams with expert involvement as needed

Consulting: interaction between outside vendors and clients

Staff Meetings: regularly scheduled updates of projects between personnel at remote sites

In-home useHospital TelePresenceHolographic TelePresenceSchool applications

www.networkworld.com

Cisco Telepresence Documentation – www.cisco.com

National LamdaRail - http://www.nlr.net/services/tp/faq.php

Musion Online - http://www.musion.co.uk/Cisco_TelePresence.html

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