Netelligent Achieves Gold Certification from Cisco United States

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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St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) June 2, 2008 -- Netelligent Corporation announced today it has achieved Gold Certification from Cisco®. To earn Gold Certification, Netelligent had to meet rigorous standards for networking competency, service, support and customer satisfaction set forth by Cisco.

"While becoming a Cisco Gold partner has always been an important goal, we were very clear about what it would take to achieve this status," say's Aaron Stone, President of Netelligent. "Our vision from the beginning was to create an organization built upon a strong methodology, phenomenal people and a commitment to do the right thing for each customer, in each project." These basic tenants have been the backbone of our success and the key to our continued growth and success," continued Mr. Stone.

"We are committed to providing the tools, training and programs that help drive partner growth, differentiation and profitability," said Edison Peres, vice president and chief go-to-market officer for worldwide channels at Cisco. "With specializations in Unified Communications, Routing and Switching, Security, and Wireless LAN, Netelligent has made an investment in developing the capability to deliver the integrated and customized technology solutions today's customers demand."

The Cisco Resale Channel Program provides partners with the training required to build sales, technical and Cisco Lifecycle Services skills, and then validates their skills through a third-party audit. Cisco resale partner certifications--Gold, Silver, Premier and Select--represent an increasing breadth of skills across key technologies and a partner's ability to deliver integrated networking solutions. Cisco resale partner specializations--Master, Advanced and Express--reflect an increasing depth of sales, technical and service expertise in particular technologies.

As a Cisco Gold Certified Partner, Netelligent has met the requirements for attaining the broadest range of expertise across multiple technologies by achieving the four following Cisco advanced specializations: Unified Communications, Routing and Switching, Security, and Wireless LAN. In addition, Netelligent has integrated Cisco Lifecycle Services into their offerings and is required to maintain high levels of customer satisfaction. Cisco Gold Certification provides Netelligent access to comprehensive sales, technical, and lifecycle services training and support available from Cisco.

About Netelligent

Netelligent is an expert in Cisco Unified Communications, the integration of different streams of communication into a common user interface. Netelligent understands the impact of emerging technologies on end user's business needs. With unsurpassed IP network and telephony implementation skills, Netelligent provides leading-edge network and telephony solutions that help clients bridge the gap between infrastructure and business systems.

Sensitive to the needs of enterprise and consumer customers, Netelligent's mission is to build and support cost-effective IP business communication solutions.

Founded in 2003, Netelligent is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

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