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Project Report[Document title]

August 27, 2014

Clary Business Machines

Video Conferencing Vendors, Integrator, Resellers
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6224 Ferris Square, Suite C | San Diego, CA 92121

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Contents
ABSTRACT...................................................................................................................................................... 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ................................................................................................................................... 3 VIDEO CONFERENCING ................................................................................................................................. 3 HISTORY ........................................................................................................................................................ 3 LIST OF COMPANIES ...................................................................................................................................... 5 ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED ................................................................................................................ 7 VISUAL SYSTEMS GROUP, Inc(VSGi) .............................................................................................................. 7 ORANGE BUSINESS SERVICES ........................................................................................................................ 8 AVISTAR......................................................................................................................................................... 8 VIDYO ............................................................................................................................................................ 8 TOKBOX ......................................................................................................................................................... 9 PALBEE ........................................................................................................................................................ 10 Radvision SCOPIA(AVAYA) .......................................................................................................................... 10 WEBEX ......................................................................................................................................................... 11 IBM(ibm sametime) .................................................................................................................................... 11 Hewlett-Packard (hp skype room) .............................................................................................................. 12 CISCO ........................................................................................................................................................... 12 LIFE SIZE ...................................................................................................................................................... 13 TANDBERG DATA ........................................................................................................................................ 13 REFERENCES ................................................................................................................................................ 15

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ABSTRACT
Video conferencing connects individuals in real time through audio and video communication over broadband networks enabling visual meetings and collaboration on digital documents and shared presentations. In the early days, participants connected between central meeting rooms outfitted with video conference hardware, but new technologies allow participants to connect remotely over a network through multiple devices like laptops, desktops, smartphones and tablets. Video conferencing has come of age and is used in every industry. Recent developments in mobile devices and wireless networks have propelled further interest in being able to video information anytime, from anywhere. Companies providing video conferencing facilities include polycon , cisco, lifesize, tandberg data, palbee , webex. In this project we have written the sevices these companies provide along with their contacts.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I am very thankful for the support of Mr.Wahab Shabbir. Also my friend, Kamil Khan who helped me in the development of this project report.

VIDEO CONFERENCING
Video Conferencing technology that allows users in different locations to hold face-to-face meetings without having to move to a single location. This technology is particularly convenient for business users in different cities or even different countries because it saves the time, expense and hassle associated with business travel. Uses for video conferencing include holding routine meetings, negotiating business deals and interviewing job candidates.

HISTORY
Early versions of video conferencing equipment were expensive to buy and use and had many technical limitations. Today, standards-based video conferencing equipment provides businesses with a variety of benefits without the limitations of yesterday's technology. It was first introduced to the public at the 1964 World’s Fair in New York. It was fairly primitive compared to today’s standards and most people were aghast at the notion that such an invention could possibly replace the telephone. The equipment was very expensive, naturally and it was not considered a success. People didn’t realize the full extent of video conferencing in those days, nor did many appreciate that they were witnessing it, every week on their own TV sets from 1966. Yes ‘Star Trek.’ The huge video screen that allowed Captain Kirk to speak to and see the crews on other intergalactic ships was a form of video conferencing. Though that was the future… In 1970, US telecoms company, AT&T launched the Picturephone but at $160 per month, it was still too expensive and too bulky to tempt consumers. Things changed when Ericsson demonstrated the first live video telephone call; businesses began to see the potential for such a device.

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Japan had by this time (1976) already held a successful video call between Tokyo and Osaka and in 1982, IBM Japan took the next step: using their internal capabilities to link up with colleagues in the US for weekly meetings. However, the technology was still very expensive and as the Eighties commenced, line rental alone could cost $1,000 per hour, due to the vast system resources required to power it. In 1982, the landmark Compression Labs system cost $250,000. Buy 1986, however, a rival system from PictureTel retailed at $80,000. The prices were dropping. The Nineties’ advancements in Internet Protocol meant that video conferencing could further advance, becoming more efficient and allowing for PC-based communication. IBM (again) introduced the first black and white PC system at $20,000 in 1991. That same year, history was made when DARTnet connected 12 separate sites. This technology still exists today. In 1992, the CU-SeeMe systems was launched, running on Apple Macs. It was further developed throughout the course of the decade, though only ran between users on the same network.

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LIST OF COMPANIES
The list of organizations providing video conferencing services nowadays are
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                             

Microsoft Communicator Nefsis Netviewer Meet ooVoo Palbee Paltalk Persony Polycom PVX Radvision SCOPIA Saba Centra Skype SnapYap Stickam Tandberg Movi Tokbox Userplane Vawkr VeaMea Vidivic Vidsoft Vidyo ViVu VTEL Ipanel Vyew Webex Wormhole Web Conference Wimba WorldVuer YuuGuu Zorap

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The services they provide and their office location is given below.

ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
Adobe® Connect™ is a web conferencing platform for web meetings, eLearning, and webinars. It powers mission critical web conferencing solutions end-to-end, on virtually any device, and enables organizations to fundamentally improve productivity. Corporate headquarters Adobe Systems Incorporated 345 Park Avenue San Jose, CA,US 95110-2704 Tel: 408-536-6000 Fax: 408-537-6000

VISUAL SYSTEMS GROUP, Inc(VSGi)
VSGi service offerings include: Custom Installations, VoiceWorks™ Business Voice, IP / ISDN Network, Voice & Video Bridging, Business Centers, and Managed Services.

Visual Systems Group, Inc. Headquarters Corporate Headquarters: Visual Systems Group, Inc. (VSGi) 7900 Westpark Drive Suite T-610 McLean,Northern Virginia,US VA 22102 General Contact Information: 1-877-402-8744 Sales 1-877-567-2825 Federal Sales 1-888-882-7378 Help Desk 1-703-848-8200 Main 1-703-848-8211 Fax info@vsgi.com

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ORANGE BUSINESS SERVICES
Orange Business Services offers integrated communications solutions and services to global enterprises in cloud computing,unified communications and collaboration;[3] which manage and integrate the complexity of international communications. Sydney Level 383 O'Riordan Street NSW 2015 Alexandria Australia +61 2 8304 3000

AVISTAR
Avistar delivers the best desktop videoconferencing solutions for organizations. they provide a variety of services to get you where you need to go. From consulting and installation to training, maintenance and support, Avistar helps you make the best decisions and implement the most effective videoconferencing system to meet your business objectives. Email: helpdesk@avistar.com USA:+1.800.803.0153 International: +1.650.525.3333

VIDYO
Vidyo offers the platform, business model and support you need to meet the non-stop demand for ever more powerful and capable video services. We’ll help you build loyalty and profitability with benefits like:


HD, multi-party conferencing over the Internet on any device  Low-to-no up-front capital required, and pay-as-you-grow terms  Public and private cloud services with on-premise options New Jersey (Corporate Headquarters) 433 Hackensack Ave Hackensack, NJ 07601 USA Phone: +1.866.99.VIDYO (+1.866.998.4396) or +1.201.289.8597 Fax: +1.201.490.5340 E-mail: info@vidyo.com

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Japan Vidyo Japan, Inc. 205, Kasumigaseki-Tokyu Bldg 3-7-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-0013 Japan Phone: +81-3-6268-8601 email: japan@vidyo.com

TOKBOX
TokBox is a Paas (Platform as a Service) company that provides hosted infrastructure, APIs and tools required to deliver enterprise-grade WebRTC capabilities. It does so primarily through its proprietary OpenTok video platform for commercial application. OpenTok for Customer Service is a flexible, feature-rich interface that allows for simple integration of real-time video for service interactions. With OpenTok you can build an interactive platform to deliver live customer support from your website to mobile app. Save time and the expense of building an internal solution, allowing your team to focus on integration, customization and an engaging experience. Headquarters San Francisco 501 2nd Street, Suite 310 San Francisco, CA 94107

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PALBEE
PalBee is an online video conference service. The service supports for up to ten conference participants to speak together in real time and free recording of sessions. Users can share their recordings on blogs and wikis. PalBee has been developed with Flash. Headoffice: Seoul,South Korea http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/palbee#ixzz3BbLpOmKo @crunchbase on Twitter | crunchbase on Facebook

Radvision SCOPIA(AVAYA)
Radvision SCOPIA now owned by Avaya maximizes your communications investments,provides you with a full range of services designed to consult, enable, support, manage, optimize, and even outsource your collaboration, customer experience management, and networking solutions. With Avaya Services you will be enabled to mitigate risk, reduce total cost of ownership, and optimize solution performance based on your unique business needs, no matter where you are in the lifecycle of your solution. Corporate Headquarters Avaya Inc. 4655 Great America Parkway Santa Clara,CA 95054 USA In the US and Canada: 1 866 GO-AVAYA All Other Locations: +1-908-953-6000

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WEBEX
Cisco Webex is also a video conferencing service provider.WebEx technology provides each of customers with daily personalized service and support, regardless of their location.Sentara enhances patient care by providing patients with multiple professional opinions without having to commute from one hospital to another.webEx has given us access to a group of customers at geographically distant schools where there simply is no competition from other publishers. Headoffice Santa Clara, California (United States) Contact Sales 1.877.509.323 www.webex.com

IBM(ibm sametime)
IBM sametime has a broad range of business and technology services that delivers real business results.Maintain business continuity and recover critical business applications no matter the circumstances.Build and manage highly efficient data centers to respond to change and drive innovation.Design, implement and manage integrated communications and networking environments.Gain flexibility, increase productivity, and reduce costs with end-to-end mobility services from IBM.Protect your enterprise from increasingly complex IT security threats while reducing costs.Develop a smarter IT infrastructure that delivers better responsiveness and business value. Corporate headquarters: IBM Corporation 1 New Orchard Road Armonk, New York 10504-1722 United States 914-499-1900

Phone 01 58750000

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Mailing Address IBM France 17 avenue de l'Europe 92275 Bois-Colombes Cedex

Hewlett-Packard (hp skype room)
HP SkyRoom is a visual collaboration solution that enables individuals to visually connect and communicate face to face in high-definition and share dynamic rich multimedia applications with high fidelity from their desktop. Video allows real-time communication and collaboration without the hassle and time involved in travelling to off-site locations. By providing a setting that enables participants to be more engaged and active in the conference, compared to the telephone or e-mail, it: -making process because of its ability for immediate feedback -to-face . Hewlett-Packard Company 3000 Hanover Street Palo Alto, CA 94304-1185 USA Phone: (+1) 650-857-1501 Fax: (+1) 650-857-5518

CISCO
Cisco helps your business use advanced technologies such as cloud, mobility, social, and data analytics to bring together people, processes and data of everything. Make your business more flexible. Facilitate access over any platform. Strengthen connections for your business and turn data into insights faster and

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more securely than ever before.With Cisco Advanced Services, you can deliver even more value to your business. Address: 150 W Tasman Dr, San Jose, CA 95134, United States Phone:+1 408-433-9465 254 Chapman Rd, Newark, DE 19702, United States Phone:+1 302-224-8255

LIFE SIZE
Lifesize helps people get the most from your Life size solution, provides access to all the latest software updates for Lifesize hardware solution.Lifesize is the only company to deliver video conferencing that’s as easy, as lifelike, and as remarkable as meeting in person. Lifesize Main Office 1601 S. MoPac Expy, Suite 100 Austin, Texas 78746 Phone:+1 512 347 9300 Fax:+1 512 347 9301

TANDBERG DATA
At Tandberg Data the problems that are caused by the loss of data and the need to get your data restored as quickly as possible. Downtime costs money so we provide you with a service and support program to help you minimize system disruption and maximize your business productivity.other services include  Advanced Replacement Service (ARS)
 Next

Business Day (NBD) onsite service for years 2 and 3 from NBD to Same Day 4-hour Response Onsite Service (OSS) OSS for years 4 and 5 on request

 Upgrade  NBD

 Overland

Storage 9112 Spectrum Center Blvd. San Diego, CA 92123

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USA Tel: 1 (800) 729-8725 (toll free) Tel: 1 (858) 571-5555 Fax: 1 (858) 571-3664

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REFERENCES
1. http://www.onevideoconferencing.com/video-conferencingvendors.html 2. http://vsee.com/blog/484/

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...The report describes how the IT system plays an important role in the organisation. To be on the move with the world and be effective in the services they provide, Holland Rise decides to implement the IT systems across the trust. The report is all about the tasks that will be involved during the implementation of the project. Task 1- Project Manager Responsibilities • Project manager of the Holland Rise and Social Care Trust is greatly responsible for the overall success. As a project manager he/ she needs to be a creative and self-motivated person. • Efficiency: As a project manager of Care Trust IT system manager should perform honestly and efficiently. In general that can help to deliver a better success rates. • Proposal Writing: Preparing a detailed project management plan and a proposal for this Care Trust project is one of the important issue that must be the considered by the project manager. • Time, Budget and resources: Manager must set a timeframe and budget limit. He/ she should ensure that the project finishes on time within the budget allocated. Proper utilization of resources is one of the vital task of the manager. • Leadership: Project Manager must have the power to be an excellent leader. He/ she has to lead the team to bring out the best. • Work environment: Manager should create an excellent work environment for the employees by dialogue and communicating with the team member. • Problem Solver: As being a leader he/she should solve the problems...

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