Audio, Video and Web Conferencing to Blur into Single IP-Based Rich Media Conferencing Application, According to New Report from Wainhouse Research.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BROOKLINE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 12, 2004 Entry of Microsoft, Oracle, Cisco into Market Underscores Potential The movement to a single, converged, IP-based voice-video-data network is well underway and the use of one network to "seamlessly integrate rich media conferencing into an enterprise's IT environment may emerge to be the killer app A software application that is exceptionally useful or exciting. Killer apps are innovative and often represent the first of a new breed, and they are extremely successful. For example, in the late 1970s, the VisiCalc spreadsheet was the killer app for the Apple II, providing reason of IP," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a research report on rich media conferencing released today by Wainhouse Research. According to the report, "Rich media conferences will blur from being distinct audio, web and video conferences into one IP-based rich media conferencing entity." The report also forecasts that the conferencing infrastructure hardware and software products industry will grow from $475 million in 2003 to more than $675 million in 2006. According to the report, web conferencing A videoconferencing session via the Internet. In order to interact with other participants, attendees use either a Web application or an application downloaded into their client machines. , instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or and the use of technology to show the availability status of each potential conference attendee in real-real time before a conference is initiated "have taken conferencing-savvy organizations by storm." "The entry of Microsoft, Oracle, and Cisco into the rich media conferencing market, joining IBM/Lotus -- the current market leader -- underscores the potential of rich media conferencing technologies," said Andrew W. Davis, Managing Partner, Wainhouse Research. "The entry of Microsoft into the rich media conferencing market promises to take audio-video-web conferencing into the corporate mainstream, increase general awareness, and change the conferencing and collaboration competitive environment for all," concluded Davis. Major contributors to these predictions include 1) the on-going movement to a single, converged, IP network in many enterprises, 2) the rapid adoption of web conferencing, instant messaging, and presence-based solutions, and 3) the entry of major IT vendors, including Microsoft, Oracle, and Cisco into the collaboration space. The new market research report, "Rich Media Conferencing -- 2004: Audio, Video, and Web Conferencing Infrastructure Products" examines the dramatic changes affecting the rich media conferencing infrastructure market -- audio, video, and web conferencing servers and bridges, video gateways and gatekeepers, and IM & presence servers. Included in the report is an analysis of the current state of the market, a review of the underlying technologies and trends, an analysis of over 35 vendors, a five-year forecast by product segment, and the results of an online survey from over 600 respondents and product matrices for each supplier. The study segments the market into six categories: audio bridges, video MCUs, video gateways, IP gatekeepers, web conferencing servers, and IM & presence servers. Vendors covered in this 209 page report include Arel, Avaya, Bantu, Centra Software, Cisco, Compunetix, Convedia, Data Connection, Forum Communications Forum Communications Company is a media firm based in Fargo, North Dakota. The company prints a number of newspapers in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, including The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. , FVC FVC forced vital capacity. FVC abbr. forced vital capacity FVC, n See forced vital capacity. FVC forced vital capacity. , GlobalSoft, Huawei, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Software, Indigo, IP Unity, Jabber An open standard for instant messaging (IM). There are tens of thousands of Jabber servers on the Internet, most of which are privately run within a company or college campus. There are also hundreds of public Jabber servers that any user can register with, Google Talk being the largest. , Macromedia, Microsoft, Oracle, Pactolus, Polycom, Prescom, RADVISION, SnowShore, Sonexis, TANDBERG, Ubiquity Ubiquity See also Omnipresence. Burma-Shave their signs seen as “verses of the wayside throughout America.” [Am. Commerce and Folklore: Misc. , VCON, Viewtran, VisionNex, WebDialogs, WiredRed, ZTE ZTE Zalaegerszegi Torna Egylet (Hungarian sports club) . This report is Volume 1 of Wainhouse Research's annual three-part study covering the conferencing industry. Volume 2 covers conferencing endpoint products and technologies and Volume 3 covers service providers. Details, including an executive summary and table of contents, are available at http://www.wainhouse.com. Wainhouse Research is an independent market research firm that focuses on critical issues in rich media communications. The company conducts multi-client and custom research studies, provides strategy advice to vendors and end users, publishes a variety of reports, and delivers public and private seminars. |
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