NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: MICHAEL COONEY ON TECHNOLOGY UPDATE 09/22/04 Today's focus: Where does videoconferencing stand?
Dear [EMAIL PROTECTED], In this issue: * A look at how successful IP-based videoconferencing technology ��has or has not been * Links related to Technology Update * Featured reader resource _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by Alterpoint Read the latest analyst report on Network Change and Configuration Management (NCCM) written by EMA's Dennis Drogseth. This report discusses the latest developments in the NCCM market, including an in-depth look at DeviceAuthority Suite, a comprehensive solution for configuring, changing, and controlling today's complex, multi-vendor IT network infrastructures. 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A recent survey of over 600 videoconferencing users by Wainhouse Research in Brookline, Mass. Shows almost 14% of the respondents are doing all of their conferencing over IP today. Over the next 24 months, that number is expected to double to 28%. The number of respondents with some form of IP videoconferencing deployed is almost 60%. In an in-depth story in Network World this week, our author ( <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ) looks at the number of users deploying IP-based videoconferencing systems and gets a measure on how successful the technology has or has not been. According to our author, the numbers back up the anecdotal evidence that videoconferencing is on the rise. Traditional vendors like Polycom, Tandberg, Sony and VCON recorded a 26% increase in the number of group conferencing unit shipped (27,742 total) and 25% increase in revenue ($150.7M) in Q2'04, according to Wainhouse Research. Those numbers do not tell the whole story. "The action is in the software front," says Andrew Davis, principal analyst at Wainhouse. "The problem we're having is that there are dozens of companies in the market, like WebEx, which has added video, none of them give out number or even have clue to the numbers." The desktop video market, which is almost exclusively IP-based, has remained relatively flat for the past couple years, but Davis says the combination of new software-based systems and more powerful PCs will help with that boom. Companies like First Virtual Communication, Arel, Meetrix and Visual Nexus all have developed software clients that combine audio, video and data in a single interface, with standard Webcams like those sold by Logitech providing the video source. For more on this story see: <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/092004ipvideo.html> RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS Videoconferencing vendors embrace H.350 Network World, 03/22/04 http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0322h350.html Start-up offers videoconferencing options Network World, 02/16/04 http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0216codian.html Cisco refreshes CallManager for video, VoIP interoperability Network World Fusion, 02/18/04 http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0218ciscall.html _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Michael Cooney Michael Cooney is an Associate News Editor. Aside from his news responsibilities, Cooney handles the Infrastructure and Enterprise Application sections of Network World. Cooney has been writing for Network World since 1992. 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