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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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Everett, Wash. (PRWEB) May 13, 2008 -- Fluke Networks (http://flukenetworks.com) today announced it will present a live Webcast, "Leveraging capabilities in your existing Cisco network to effectively manage application performance from data center to WAN," at 12:00 pm Eastern Standard Time on Thursday, May 15, 2008. The round-table format Webcast will be hosted by InformationWeek's editor Mike Fratto, who will be joined by executives from Fluke Networks, Cisco and Nemertes Research. Participants will provide insight on how companies and organizations can best leverage their Cisco infrastructure's existing capabilities and data sources.

The panel will discuss the benefits businesses can realize by leveraging Cisco IOS Technologies for performance management through utilizing embedded capabilities and data sources such as Performance Routing, NetFlow, and IP SLAs. This approach benefits numerous applications including, troubleshooting, forensic analysis, capacity planning, and SLA management.

Who:

The Webcast will feature advice and direction from Robin Gareiss, executive vice-president and senior founding partner of Nemertes Research; Ernie Mikulic, Cisco senior product manager; and Ward Cobleigh, Fluke Networks business development director. InformationWeek Editor Mike Fratto will host the event.

What:

The Webcast will reveal perspectives on trends, issues and products for managing and optimizing performance with existing resources. Discussions will center on how Fluke Networks' Visual Performance Manager can provide an integrated view of critical network data from Cisco technologies to deliver unrivaled depth and breadth of information so that enterprises can more effectively manage end-to-end quality of experience.

Topics to be discussed during the Webcast include:

? The business impact of application performance

? The challenges to application performance monitoring

? Cisco routing and monitoring features to ensure application performance

? Monitoring NetFlow and IP SLA

? Bringing together infrastructure and analysis for performance management

When:

Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 12:00 pm Eastern Standard Time

To register for this Webcast, please visit:

https://www.cmpnetseminars.com/ars/eventregistration.do?mode=eventreg&F=1000928&K=1AA1A1

About Fluke Networks

Fluke Networks provides innovative solutions for the installation and certification, testing, monitoring and analysis of copper, fiber and wireless networks used by enterprises and telecommunications carriers. The company's comprehensive line of Network SuperVision? Solutions provide network installers, owners, and maintainers with superior vision, combining speed, accuracy and ease of use to optimize network performance. Headquartered in Everett, Washington, the company distributes its products in more than 50 countries. More information can be found by visiting Fluke Networks' Web site at www.flukenetworks.com or by calling (800) 283-5853.

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Telepresence Web Portal - Telepresence Internet web portal
Telepresence Report - 24/7 breaking Telepresence related news and information
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Telepresence Forum - Free user discussion forum for everything Telepresence related
Telepresence Today - Telepresence information and editor qualified headline news
Telepresence Resource Directory - Telepresence web resource directory
Telepresence Tube - Telepresence videos, pictures and more