Sixth Annual Wainhouse Research Summit Scheduled for Boston, 2006.BROOKLINE, Mass. -- Wainhouse Research has announced that the sixth annual Wainhouse Research Summit will be held at the Colonnade colonnade (kŏlənād`), a row of columns usually supporting a roof. Colonnades were popular with the Greeks and Romans, who employed them in the stoa and the portico; they have continued to be used throughout the Middle Ages, the Hotel in Boston's Back Bay, July 19-20-21, 2006. The 2006 event will focus on two interrelated in·ter·re·late tr. & intr.v. in·ter·re·lat·ed, in·ter·re·lat·ing, in·ter·re·lates To place in or come into mutual relationship. in themes: 1) the convergence of audio, video, web, and 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 into an Integrated Collaboration Environment Integrated Collaboration Environment (ICE) is defined as the environment in which a virtual team do their work. These environments allow companies to realize a number of competitive advantages by using their existing computers and network infrastructure for group and personal available as a stand-alone application, PBX-based solution, or an embedded enterprise productivity software feature; and 2) the delivery of unified communications as hosted solutions, CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment , and managed services. The July 20-21 conference will be preceded by a technology showcase enabling attendees to see a dozen integrated collaboration solutions side-by-side. States Wainhouse Research's Managing Partner Andrew W. Davis, "The 2006 Summit will highlight the exciting developments now happening in rich media communications. Enterprise heavyweights Microsoft, Cisco, Avaya, Nortel, MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. , BT and others providing enterprise software, services, and telecom equipment are now partnering with conferencing experts such as Polycom, RADVISION, TANDBERG, Macromedia, and Arel. In addition, a raft of other companies now offer interesting point solutions that can be blended into the enterprise infrastructure. The bottom line is that conferencing and collaboration are gaining visibility for C-level decision makers. And with products becoming more comprehensive, customers are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. different ways to outsource and support their solutions." The Wainhouse Research Summit is a series of highly interactive presentations and roundtable discussions featuring industry analysts, end-users on the cutting edge of conferencing deployment, and industry thought leaders. What: The Wainhouse Research Summit - 2005 When: July 19-20-21 Where: Colonnade Hotel, Boston, MA Details, including the unfolding program agenda and registration form, are available on the company's web site, http://www.wainhouse.com/wrsummit/ About Wainhouse Research Wainhouse Research is an independent market research firm focused on critical issues in IP communications. The company conducts research studies, provides strategy advice to vendors and end users, publishes a variety of reports, white papers, and a free newsletter, and organizes conferences on collaboration and conferencing solutions. Visit www.wainhouse.com for more information. |
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