ShoreGroup Named Cisco Systems Unified Communications Partner of the Year

Telepresence and Holography / Holograms - November 2008

Editor’s viewpoint on their differences, likenesses and future...

We all just recently viewed an historic CNN holographic interview on an historic Election Night. CNN stated this type of imaging has never been done before on National TV and I believe that. I haven’t seen anything like it. The live interview caught me by surprise and sure had the “wow” factor attached to it didn’t it? Here’s a link to the actual interview.

CNN Hologram Video

The question now has to be asked. Is it Telepresence?

I’m no expert on the subject but I’m going to throw my hat into the ring, go out on a limb and say yes, I believe it is. Although I know many video conferencing purists are rolling their eyes and grabbing their guns right about now with my statement.

While I do know that Telepresence still hasn’t been universally defined (Houston, we have a problem), here’s how I see it…. Broken down to its simplest form - “tele” (through electronic means) and “presence” (present). This is how I’m justifying my opinion by lumping holography and Telepresence together. Just as Telepresence is surely an offshoot of video conferencing, holographic imaging (like we viewed on CNN) surely has to be considered an offshoot of Telepresence. The interviewer was “telepresent” from Chicago and beamed into the CNN Election Headquarters. She was most assuredly - “telepresent”. There was negligible latency, the imaging was fantastic and both interviewers were rehearsed on what they would say. I’ve just recently read that CNN actually “downgraded” the experience to make it “movie” quality and not as good as it could have been. Maybe they thought us mere mortals would be shocked if they showed their complete hand. I have a feeling it was so big to them, they didn’t want it to get upstaged by the historic election. I’m willing to bet we’ll see the “true” power of this technology in the upcoming weeks and months when they can put the pedal to the medal and show it off without having it sidetracked.

What an amazing time for this technology (all differences and opinions aside). Telepresence Doctors, nurses, teachers, schools and healthcare (healthpresence) will benefit from the recent gains in this state-of-the-art industry whether holograms, Telepresence or holography. Airlines also have to see the threat to a portion of their business travel. Hell, who wants go through security and fly to Miami for a two-hour conference when you can look them in the eye via Telepresence?

Beam me up Scotty! Simply amazing…!

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Your Editor and Administrator - L II
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New York (PRWEB) April 16, 2008 -- ShoreGroup, Inc., a leading converged network solutions and management provider, today announced that it has been named the Cisco Systems Unified Communications 2007 Partner of the Year for the East Region. The announcement was made during an awards ceremony held on April 9, 2008 during the Cisco Partner Summit 2008 held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Cisco's annual partner awards are conferred to partners who meet a specific set of requirements that are designed to identify partner leadership within Cisco's key business theatres. Partner of the Year selection criteria includes the achievement of outstanding performance including customer satisfaction levels, year over year growth of Cisco sales, technical leadership, and compliance with the requirements of the Cisco Channel Partner Program. The awards are the culmination of a formalized Cisco nomination and selection process that begins with the consideration of more than 3,000 Cisco channel partners to identify those that have demonstrated leading performance within each theatre.

"The Partner of the Year award is one if the highest levels of achievement that can be obtained in our industry. We are honored to be recognized by Cisco for demonstrating technical excellence, expertise and in delivering strategic customer value and satisfaction," said Jim LaRosa, ShoreGroup Vice President of Sales and Operations. "Cisco Systems is a key business partner whom we value highly. Our complete range of solutions ranging from our design and implementation services, to our CaseSentry Systems Management and ShorePatrol Operational Support services that maintain availability and performance, are focused on maximizing the business advantage that clients realize from Cisco Unified Communications. This award is a direct result of the hard work and dedication of our employees who successfully sell, deliver and support the solutions that our clients' business depends upon."

In addition to Cisco's Advanced Unified Communications specialization, ShoreGroup holds specializations in Advanced Routing and Switching, Advanced Wireless LAN, and Advanced Security.

About ShoreGroup, Inc.

ShoreGroup delivers a complete portfolio of industry-leading management applications, maintenance solutions, professional services and products that drive the success of regional, national and international enterprises. ShoreGroup develops innovative systems and service management applications on its dynamic CaseSentry® Operational Services Automation (OSA) platform, eliminating the pitfalls of traditional management systems to enable IT, telecom and contact center support organizations to easily and effectively manage availability, performance and service delivery within complex networked environments. The company's ShorePatrol? 'Day 2' Operational Support Service expands upon CaseSentry's management to deliver the high-quality converged systems maintenance and support services that organizations rely upon to ensure the availability of their vital business processes.

ShoreGroup's professional services provide leading consultation, design and implementation solutions for high-availability converged networks. The company's expertise in LAN/WAN, unified communications including IP Telephony/VoIP and IP contact center, wireless and security produces manageable solutions that optimize business processes, communications, employee productivity and accessibility to enable organizations to derive the maximum business value from their information technology investment. As a Cisco Gold Certified Partner, with advanced specializations, ShoreGroup's service portfolio is backed by solid industry credentials.

Cisco and Cisco Systems are registered trademarks or trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. and/or affiliates in the U.S. and certain other countries. ShoreGroup and ShorePatrol are trademarks, and CaseSentry is a registered trademark of ShoreGroup, Inc. All other marks are property of their respective owners.

ShoreGroup, Inc. (http://www.shoregroup.com)

CONTACT:

Joanne VanAuken

ShoreGroup, Inc.

The ShoreGroup Building

460 West 35th Street

New York, NY 10001

(212) 364-6800

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