Earthjustice Blogging
In addition to my weekly Idealware posts, which are reprinted here at Techcafeteria,, I also contribute to my organization’s blog at http://unearthed.earthjustice.org. Here are links to my two recent items there:
How Technology Might Shape the Future of Our Cities is basically a tribute to Mitchell Joachim, a particularly visionary scientist/architect/artist who has brilliant ideas about how we might make our urban centers eco-friendly.
Flying in Place: Videoconferencing is basic advice about what to look for in videoconferencing software, a potentially green investment.
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Hi Peter,
What video conferencing vendor do you use/recommend for enterprise use?
Thx,
Jeannie
By Jeannie on 06.03.09 9:25 am
Hi, Jeannie!
My personal experience is with Lifesize, who I’m very happy with. I’ve looked at Ploycom and Tandberg, as well. Each has it’s pros and cons. Polycom and Tandberg are larger, more established companies with a wider range of systems. I found that, comparing in the Lifesize Room price range, that Lifesize had some compelling advantages over the competing systems, in it that the box could natively connect to more systems, and then, with two Lifesize Rooms connected, daisy chain connections for up to 12 participants on one call without a bridge. Also, Lifesize could maintain the quality of image per connection, whereas the Polycom system we reviewed would bring all of the video quality down to the lowest common denominator. This was a year ago, so a lot might have changed.
My main advisory is that you worry more about bandwidth than which system, as none will work if you don;t have a healthy, protected segment of a T1 or two to dedicate to the calls. That said, we find Lifesize very satisfying even when we restrict it to less than 512k.
By Peter Campbell on 06.03.09 2:41 pm