Expert Panel to Examine "Future Directions of Telepresence" at Interop 2011
BurstPoint CEO Joins Industry Leaders to Detail What's Ahead in Video Communications
WESTBOROUGH, Mass. and LAS VEGAS. NV – May 3, 2011
WHAT: President and CEO of BurstPoint Networks, Tom Racca, will join industry leaders for a panel discussion titled "Future Directions of Telepresence" at Interop 2011, May 8-12, 2011, Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. Racca is a highly regarded technology entrepreneur and expert in enterprise video communications. BurstPoint Networks is the leading provider of audio-video communications solutions, allowing organizations to use video to communicate with customers, prospects, partners, and employees in the most efficient and cost-effective ways possible whether that be via live streaming, video playback or digital signage.
WHY: Moderated by John Bartlett, principal of NetForecast, an internationally recognized engineering consulting company that benchmarks, analyzes, and improves the performance of networked data, voice, and video applications, the panel will address trends occurring in the video streaming and telepresence market.
Session Overview: Video conferencing has been relabeled as telepresence, and telepresence is being reinvented every day. Moore's law is helping video move to standard platforms, and software developers are integrating it into infrastructures such as unified communications, web-based collaboration tools and business applications. In this session, leading-edge vendors will present different views on what to expect from visual communications tomorrow, next year and beyond.
WHERE: Interop 2011, Las Vegas, Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Lagoon J
WHEN: Wednesday, May 11, 2011, 3:15-4:15 PDT
WHO: Participants on the "Future Directions of Telepresence" panel include:
- Moderator – John Bartlett, Principal of NetForecast
- Panelist – Tom Racca, President and CEO, BurstPoint Networks
- Panelist – Marcio Macedo, Director of Product Management, Visual Collaboration, Hewlett Packard
- Panelist – Erica Scroeder, Director, Business Video, Cisco
- Panelist – Jim Cantalini, President, High Speed Video
HOW: To register for Interop 2011 click here. To arrange to speak with BurstPoint's Tom Racca, please contact Melissa Lane, Davies Murphy Group, 781-418-2414, burstpoint@daviesmurphy.com.
About BurstPoint Networks
Headquartered in Westborough, Mass., BurstPoint Networks is transforming the way organizations use video to communicate with employees, customers, partners, and other key constituents. Designed for high performance, reliability and scalability, the company's fully integrated, enterprise-class software platform brings together the capture, distribution, reporting, and management capabilities required to meet the complex anywhere and anytime viewing demands of a highly distributed audience while providing cost savings and ease of use. For more information about BurstPoint Networks, please visit www.burstpoint.com.
About Interop®
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Editorial Contact:
Melissa Lane
Davies Murphy Group
781-418-2414
burstpoint@daviesmurphy.com