Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • Breaking Through Into The
    "Mainstream" Is Vital For Videoconferencing
  
  
  • The Industry Is Currently
    On The Tip Of The Iceberg
  
  
  • Think Globally, Act Locally,
    Communicate Globally
  
  
  • IP Videoconferencing Is
    A Two-Edged Sword
  
  
  • Polycom, TANDBERG, And Sony
    Are All Moving In The Right Direction
  
  
  • High End Applications Currently
    Carry The Load
  
  
  • New Products Needed For
    Telecommuters, Mobile Workers, and Consumers
  
  
  • Videoconferencing Needs
    To Keep Pushing Forward
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  


• Methodology
  
  
  
  
  
  • Years Of Experience
  
  
  • Business Opportunities
  
  
  • Key Trend Identified –
    Wading Into The "Mainstream"
  
  
  
  
  
  


• Videoconferencing – Wading From
  Niche To Mainstream
  
  
  
  • Videoconferencing Needs To Include
    All Other Aspects Of Business Communication
    
    
    
    • Three Basic Driving Forces
      For Business Communication
      
      
      
      • Work As A Group On Creating
        A Document
      
      
      • Provide A Review Of
        The Status Of An Activity, Project, Or Process
      
      
      • Disseminate Information
        To A Group
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Disseminating Information
      Can Also Be A Consumer Entertainment Function
      
      
      
      • Many Aspects Of Business
        Communication Have Complementary Technologies And Applications
        In The Consumer Space
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Business Meetings In
      Relation To Business Communication
      
      
      
      • Business Meetings Are
        Part Of The On-Going Process
        
        
        
        • Intracompany Meetings
          Are Like "Breathing" To A Business
        
        
        • Intercompany Meetings
          Are Like "Kissing" Between Businesses
        
        
        
        
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Electronic Conferencing
      Can Make "Breathing" And "Kissing" More Effective
    
    
    • Electronic Conferencing
      Can Be An Effective Cost, Time And Productivity Saver
      
      
      
      • Electronic Conferencing
        Reduces The "Time To Make A Decision," And Can Also Improve
        "Time To Market"
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Videoconferencing Must
      Integrate Into The Full Palette Of Electronic Conferencing Technologies
      And Applications In Order To Enter The "Mainstream"
    
    
    • Modern Videoconferencing
      Systems And Services Provide "True To Life" Visual And Aural
      Experiences To Participants
    
    
    • Videoconferencing Cannot
      Remain An "Island" Unto Itself
    
    
    • Videoconferencing Needs
      To Become A "Component" That Can Be "Bolted On" To Other Mainstream
      Business Communications Technologies And Applications
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Security And Encryption Become
    Important To All Communications Applications
    
    
    
    • Security – Limiting Access
      To Authorized Users
    
    
    • Encryption – Controlling
      Storage, Transport, And End Points
    
    
    • Videoconferencing Requires
      Real Time Security & Encryption
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Some Successful Videoconferencing
    Market Segments
    
    
    
    • Videoconferencing Closely
      Tied To Education
      
      
      
      • TANDBERG’s Innovative
        Distance Learning Application
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Videoconferencing Finding
      Success In Health Care
    
    
    • Legal Applications Of
      Videoconferencing
      
      
      
      • Remote Arraignment Reduces
        Risk Of Moving Detainees
      
      
      • Legal Depositions And
        Conference Calls
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Financial And Insurance
      Applications Of Videoconferencing
    
    
    • Human Resources Applications
      Of Videoconferencing
    
    
    • Public Videoconferencing
      Rooms And Facilities
    
    
    • Videoconferencing’s Main
      Customer Is Government
      
      
      
      • Agency Meetings Via
        Videoconferencing
      
      
      • "Virtual Presence" Applications
      
      
      • Surveillance Applications
      
      
      
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• The "Video" Part Finally Works
  
  
  
  • But "Voice" Is The Current Mainstream
    For Business Communications
    
    
    
    • "Voice" Services Administered
      By Telecommunications Departments, CFOs, or Accountants
    
    
    • The Purchaser Of Voice
      Services Has A Price Point In Mind
    
    
    • Videoconferencing Needs
      To Find A Similar "Point of Entrée"
      
      
      
      • Videoconferencing Purchases
        Currently Made At Departmental Levels
      
      
      
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Unified Messaging, Web Conferencing
  & e-Meetings, Voice-over-IP, And Videoconferencing
  
  
  
  • Unified Messaging
    
    
    
    • Free Consumer Unified
      Messaging Services
    
    
    • Customized Business Unified
      Messaging Services
    
    
    • Unified Messaging Services
      From Telephone Service Providers
    
    
    • Unified Messages Available
      Via Cell Phone
    
    
    • Unified Messagi

      Abstract

      The videoconferencing industry needs to get into the "mainstream" of business communication if they want sustained growth in a slowing economy. It needs to become a "component" that can be "bolted on" to more popular and widespread applications, such as Unified Messaging, Web Conferencing, electronic meetings, and Voice-over-IP.
      
      Polycom, TANDBERG, and Sony are all moving in the right direction.
      
      Polycom provides the broadest line of products.
      
      TANDBERG is committed to promoting open systems, with their ACE and TANDBERG Meeting Place initiatives.
      
      Sony is integrating their solutions into other video applications, such as video editing and streaming media. Sony also has a clear vision that will carry their solutions from business communications to the larger wireless and consumer markets.
      
      Other players in the market include Forgent, VCON, RADVISION, First Virtual Communications, SMART Technologies, VIACK, and Wire One.
      
      We expect the value of videoconferencing end points to be nearly $875 million (US) in 2007, and the value of videoconferencing services to be $5.5 billion (US) during 2007.
      
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