I contract to support/manage videoconferencing facilities for the Army at
Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland. We are implementing PictureTel at the
desktop level because of H.320 support and their development strategy to
integrate PC's back into broadband installations previously installed. This
allows narrowband PC installs to seamlessly integrate with high bandwidth
conferences from their desktop.
My advice is to be very careful about your investment now in this area, both
from a monetary and labor standpoint, given the standardization issue.
Intel ProShare is a first-class product, but not the only one, and probably
not the best, in my opinion. You may also be interested in the standards
shakeout between two major org's in the industry. Take a look at...
http://www.csn.net/imtc/merger.html
We also have a Cooperative underway here in Maryland (md.net) to drive
conferencing solutions into education. We are rapid-prototyping a CUSeeMe
deployment and would like to learn more about your plans and experiences.
Though not a satisfactory solution for business/industry application at the
moment, CUSeeMe is well positioned in the educational market because of low
cost per seat and ease of installation.
Rusty
Kathy Blackney <0550702@acad.nwmissouri.edu> wrote:
>Does anyone out there use Intel's Proshare Video Conferencing? We just
>acquired one and are anxious to use it, but Intel's web site only shows
>businesses that use it--no schools.
>
>It was given to us by the local university, and we will be conferencing with
>their lab school, but we would also like to find educational users elsewhere.
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