infoComm International and the IMCCA showcased companies offering solutions in video, audio, data, and web conferencing technologies.

The Value of High Definition (HD) & Telepresence

Standing room only. Crowd listens to panel discuss High Definition and Telepresence.

Integrated by SPL Integrated Solutions. Participants were Codian, LifeSize, POLYCOM, and TANDBERG.

The IMCCA Board of Directors is made up of Vendors, End Users, Researchers and Consultants. This month we would like to introduce you to Ken Scaturro. Mr. Scaturro has over 19 years of experience providing products, services and solutions to Commercial and Government clients in a global environment and has numerous long-term overseas assignments. He has held increasingly responsible management positions for on-site Operations, on-site Engineering, off-site Engineering as well as Sales, Marketing and Business Development teams working for Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Lockheed Martin, FORE Systems/Marconi and Inktomi.

Currently, Mr. Scaturro is leading the York Telecom Sales and Business Development Team. In this capacity, he is responsible for delivering the York Telecom Vision to the Government, Commercial and International market place. He is also responsible for all York Telecom revenue generation.

Mr. Scaturro holds a BS degree in Computer Engineering from Florida Institute of Technology.

IMCCA welcomes BCS Global as a new gold vendor member. Please visit their website by clicking on their logo to learn more about BCS.

IMCCA welcomes Telanetix as a new platinum vendor member. Please visit their website by clicking on their logo to learn more about Telanetix.

CMS Awarded ARCHI-TECH Grand Prize for Project of the Year.

CMS Innovative Consultants announced today that it has been awarded ARCHI-TECH Magazine's 2007 Grand Prize for Project of the Year for its audiovisual design throughout the new Hearst Corporation headquarters in Manhattan. The award honors the outstanding example of the creative and effective integration of technology into an otherwise traditional construction project. It was presented at the annual gathering of AV industry members at infoComm 2007's awards ceremony on June 18th in Anaheim, California. Read On..

IVCi Named to North America's Top 500 Technology Integrators by CMP's VARBusiness Magazine

IVCi, a leading integrator of enterprise collaboration solutions including video conferencing, audio visual integration, streaming, Web conferencing and managed conferencing services, announced today that it has been recognized by CMP Technology's VARBusiness magazine as one of North America's top technology integrators. IVCi placed number 348 in the VARBusiness 500 ranking. Read On..

Polycom Recognised By Frost & Sullivan For Outstanding VOIP Product Line Strategy Polycom, the world's leading provider of unified collaborative communications solutions, has been recognized by global growth consulting company Frost & Sullivan for its exceptional Voice over IP product line strategy. Each year Frost & Sullivan presents this Award to the company that has demonstrated the most insight into customer needs and product demands. Frost & Sullivan attributes the company's success to several factors including its strong relationships with PBX vendors and softswitch manufacturers, its wide portfolio of IP standards- based telephones, and its ability to grow and strengthen its portfolio in the enterprise IP telephony endpoint market through in-house product development, partnerships, and mergers and acquisitions. Read On..

Israeli and Iraqi Teens Agree to Historic Peace Talks via LifeSize® and Codian® High Definition Video Communications

LifeSize®, the high definition video communications company, and Codian®, the leading manufacturer of high definition videoconferencing infrastructure, today announced that ISIME in partnership with RJ Macklin Associates have selected LifeSize and Codian as the high definition video communications providers for a historic peace summit between Israeli and Iraqi students taking place at the Cable Center on the University of Denver campus today at 9:30 a.m. Mountain Time.

Led by Executive Director Professor Shaul Gabbay and human rights activist Barb Vogel, 25 Iraqi high school students visiting the University of Denver will have the opportunity to see faces, hear the voices, ask questions and begin a dialogue of mutual respect and understanding with teens in Israel representing Arabs, Jews, Christians and Moslems.

"The Institute for the Study of Israel in the Middle East (ISIME) is devoted to pursuing peace in the Middle East," said Shaul Gabbay, professor and executive director of ISIME. "Our 'Building Bridges for Peace HD Videoconference' allows us to bring teenagers together from Iraq and Israel for the first time in history. We are thankful to RJ Macklin Associates for introducing us to LifeSize's and Codian's HD technology, knowing that without it, this opportunity would not be possible." Read On...

The Telepresence World 2007 Conference brought together industry leaders, researchers, and end-users from around the world to experience, discuss, and compare telepresence solutions and technologies. Leading telepresence providers, including sponsors Polycom, Teliris, Cisco, Telanetix, BT, DVE (Digital Video Enterprises), and Masergy hosted live demonstrations for conference delegates so they could experience the incredible life-like reality of this technology.

Media sponsors at Telepresence World 2007 included: CXO, CIOIndex, Business Management (bm), VOIP-News.com, and ITSecurity. Telepresence World 2007 was supported by the Interactive Media & Collaborative Communications Alliance (IMCCA), the International Society of Presence Research (ISPR), and the Wall Street Technology Association (WSTA.org).

Photo: Carol Zelkin, Executive Director, IMCCA - Moderator of keynote panel