sioned by Sabre and Cisco, would
go well beyond a mere listing of the
who, what and where of telepresence rooms.
For example, GetThere general
manager Suzanne Neufang said
Sabre plans to make the remote
conferencing distribution system
available for shopping and booking in various points of sale, including booking tools and agent
desktops, as well as those offered
by competitors. Companies using
the system would be able to build
and enforce policy through the
point of sale, similar to policy engines in corporate travel booking
tools, Webb added.
Even so, getting to that point re-
mains some time away, though the
co-developers have yet to commit
to a go-live date.
“Standards for videoconferencing is like the middle of the road,”
Earon said. “Everybody can talk
and see one another, but the bells
and whistles and unique functions
may not work together, or may
work differently. What I tell my
customers is, if you’re going to deploy videoconferencing internally,
deploy the same platform internally—it can be different products
on the platform—but do all the
same platform internally so the
bells and whistles work. But, understand that the audio, video and
some of the data will work with
competitive products, and they’re
all standards-based now. In general, those are not as big an issue
nowadays as they used to be.” ■■
Attend a conference
where you can’t help
but gaze out of the window.
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