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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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AUSTIN, Texas (Business Wire EON) December 10, 2007 -- CiscoWorks RME is a suite of vendor-specific management tools intended to simplify the administration of a Cisco network. The product generates a wealth of data about Cisco network devices, however, this data resides in multiple inventory repositories, increasing the burden on IT staff to compile, correlate and interpret critical operational information across disparate network "silos."

Leveraging customers' existing infrastructure investments, data and processes, NetworkAuthority Analytics provides comprehensive visibility across CiscoWorks RME data that integrates operational and business information, and helps enterprises track network performance against business KPIs (key performance indicators). This enables organizations to reduce overspending on hardware and maintenance; assess the impact of configuration changes; track equipment end-of-life/end-of-service; improve staff efficiency; and understand key operational trends by business unit, location and network type - in effect, transforming CiscoWorks RME inventory data into actionable business intelligence.

"Heightened cost and accountability concerns have increased the need for comprehensive visibility across network environments, and for the efficient translation of network operations data into information about how the network is impacting business competitiveness," said Dennis Drogseth, vice president of Enterprise Management Associates. "By decoupling their analytics solution from their network CMDB, and providing integration with CiscoWorks inventory data, AlterPoint is delivering a unique solution that helps users answer questions, understand relationships and visualize trends regarding how isolated events impact network performance and operations. This decoupling is very much aligned with the preference for flexibility of choice that EMA sees routinely in its interactions with IT organizations."

"As the lines between business and IT continue to blur, the ability to understand how IT operations affect business KPIs becomes more important and valuable," said Scott Harmon, CEO of AlterPoint. "The integration of NetworkAuthority Analytics with CiscoWorks RME provides sophisticated network lifecycle management tools that will help businesses capitalize on strategic opportunities while minimizing unnecessary excesses - whether that's allocating senior engineering staff more effectively, or reducing rampant overspending on maintenance contracts."

NetworkAuthority Analytics for CiscoWorks RME is now available. For more information, go to www.alterpoint.com/ciscoworks.html.

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AlterPoint network governance solutions optimize network spend and better align IT with business imperatives. The world's most respected enterprises rely on AlterPoint to curb hardware over-provisioning, reduce specialized labor, lower the cost of compliance, and improve the availability of network services. AlterPoint's open, comprehensive network CMDB combines operational and business data to automate, analyze and optimize network change, compliance, security and equipment lifecycles. Multiple stakeholders benefit from AlterPoint's customizable analytics and dashboards for impact assessment, faster troubleshooting, compliance scorecards and trend analysis. Founded in 2001, AlterPoint is headquartered in Austin, Texas. For more information, please visit www.alterpoint.com.

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