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VIDERÉ CONFERENCING SEES“PERFECT STORM”
BEHIND STRONG DEMAND FOR CONFERENCING SOLUTIONS IN THE EDUCATION MARKETPLACE
Educators Look to Conferencing Solutions as Competitive Differentiator
And Source of New Revenue
March 7, 2005
Quincy, MA. – Videré Conferencing, New England’s
leading provider of video, audio and web conferencing solutions, says
that growing interest in conferencing solutions is being driven by a host
of new products tailored to meet the specific needs of the education marketplace.
These solutions seamlessly integrate audio, video and multimedia tools
typically found in a classroom setting and also enable schools to maintain
a competitive advantage and establish a new source of revenue.
Videré is a full-service organization that manages every aspect
of the conferencing project, from best practices consultation, to product
selection, custom installations, training, maintenance and support. Videré
has completed dozens of conferencing projects for education clients including
UMASS Online, UMASS Medical School, Massachusetts Department of Education
and Boston College High School.
“Vendors have recognized the potential of conferencing in the education
market and have moved aggressively to offer custom solutions that fit
their needs,” said Bill Benoit, co-founder of Videré Conferencing.
“There is a perfect storm happening right now in terms of technology
improvements, improved functionality, lower pricing and increasing demand
for these solutions. It all adds up to broader deployment of conferencing
technology in classrooms ranging from primary to secondary to graduate
schools.”
New Products Designed Specifically for Education Marketplace
Videré has established partnerships with the conferencing industry’s
leading suppliers in order to provide their customers with the best products
on the market today. By providing complete product objectivity, they are
able to offer best-in-class technology tailored to meet any application,
requirement or budget.
Conferencing vendors have recently brought to market a host of new products
designed specifically for education applications. Manufacturers have moved
further away from proprietary systems to standards-based equipment and
have begun to incorporate PC functionality. Today’s new “media-conferencing”
approach is seamlessly integrating audio, video and multimedia tools,
enabling the use of PowerPoint and other desktop applications typically
used in a teaching environment to now be available in a video conference.
The increased functionality, combined with intuitive, easy to understand
user interfaces, makes it easy for an educator to adopt new technology
quickly into the classroom setting.
Polycom ClassStation Solutions
Polycom (NASDAQ: PLCM) recently announced four new educational solutions
based on its Polycom VSX™ 7000 and VSX 8000 video communications
platforms – ClassStation™ Primary, ClassStation Secondary,
ClassStation Small and ClassStation Large. According to Polycom, the new
solutions are specifically designed by educators for educators, for use
within any environment and any application, including K-12, universities,
medical, military and corporate training. The complete systems enable
teachers to expand the classroom across the world achieving more educational
equity, gaining access to two-way interactive content, subject matter
experts, museums, research, different cultures and even electronic field
trips.
Cisco Educator MXP
Cisco recently introduced a new suite of products called Educator MXP
which furnishes schools with high quality audio and video, state-of-the-art
collaboration tools and advanced multi-site capabilities. According to
Cisco, the dramatically improved video, audio, collaboration tools,
plasma displays will transform the education experience for students and
educators.
Centra Symposium
Centra Symposium replicates typical classroom interaction - with a complete
set of features for highly interactive, effective group learning, bringing
together voice, video, data and graphics in a structured online learning
environment for up to 500 simultaneous users.
Videré assisted in the tailoring of a Centra-powered solution for
the specific needs of UMASSOnline. Centra and Videré made possible
an approach to distance learning that blends self-paced education with
live Web-based sessions for degree and non-degree programs, enabling guest
lecturers from corporations and other universities around the world to
take part without leaving their offices. The university is using the solution
for programs in information technology, business, nursing, public health
and education courses.
“We expect that conferencing vendors will continue to work closely
with educators to deliver products that bring the right technology and
user experience to the classroom. We are seeing demand for these solutions
not just at the university and post-graduate level, but increasingly within
the K-12 setting as well,” said Providea’s Bill Benoit.
About Videré
Videré Conferencing, Inc. of Quincy, MA specializes in video, audio
and Web conferencing and collaboration solutions for the commercial, education,
health care and state government markets. Videré's expertise includes
consultation, design, sales, implementation and support of the leading
remote meeting and distance learning technologies. The founders of Videré
– Todd Luttinger, Bill Benoit and Steve Cogliano – have close
to 40 years of collective experience in conferencing systems design, sales,
implementation and support.
For more information, visit www.Provideaconferencing.com
For media inquiries, please contact:
Robert Padgett
Manasian, PR
(781) 547-7100
rpadgett@manasian.com
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