When videoconferencing first ran over IP, it could only speak one language. Videoconferencing systems would, for the most part, only transport traffic over H.323. H.323 quickly became the recommended standard in the videoconferencing market for all audio and visual communications. Today, with the introduction of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) into the workplace, the problem…

According to Greek mythology, the giant Argus Panoptes had 100 eyes, making him the perfect watchman, because only a few eyes would sleep at any given time. Cisco must’ve found a few of them on the Svalbard Islands, in the far northern part of Norway (Norway being home of TelePresence endpoint development at Cisco), to…

Meetings aren’t what they used to be. Gatherings that previously happened around conference tables have transitioned into something more complex. Attendees now are as likely to be in an office across the continent as they are sitting across the room. Travelers participate via video chat on smartphones, while corporate teams attend via room-based systems that…

I have been an avid Spark user, ever since it was in beta as Project Squared. At first, I couldn’t understand why this was a big deal. But two years later, it is the core collaboration technology I use to get work done across my business unit. My day begins and ends with Spark. All…

What do you think of when you hear that you need to join a web conference? WebEx GoToMeeting TeamViewer Lync Skype Clearly, there are a lot of options out there to choose from when it comes to business solutions.