Logicalis Named U.S. Services Partner of the Year by Cisco at Annual Partner Summit

Telepresence and Holography / Holograms - November 2008

Editor’s viewpoint on their differences, likenesses and future...

We all just recently viewed an historic CNN holographic interview on an historic Election Night. CNN stated this type of imaging has never been done before on National TV and I believe that. I haven’t seen anything like it. The live interview caught me by surprise and sure had the “wow” factor attached to it didn’t it? Here’s a link to the actual interview.

CNN Hologram Video

The question now has to be asked. Is it Telepresence?

I’m no expert on the subject but I’m going to throw my hat into the ring, go out on a limb and say yes, I believe it is. Although I know many video conferencing purists are rolling their eyes and grabbing their guns right about now with my statement.

While I do know that Telepresence still hasn’t been universally defined (Houston, we have a problem), here’s how I see it…. Broken down to its simplest form - “tele” (through electronic means) and “presence” (present). This is how I’m justifying my opinion by lumping holography and Telepresence together. Just as Telepresence is surely an offshoot of video conferencing, holographic imaging (like we viewed on CNN) surely has to be considered an offshoot of Telepresence. The interviewer was “telepresent” from Chicago and beamed into the CNN Election Headquarters. She was most assuredly - “telepresent”. There was negligible latency, the imaging was fantastic and both interviewers were rehearsed on what they would say. I’ve just recently read that CNN actually “downgraded” the experience to make it “movie” quality and not as good as it could have been. Maybe they thought us mere mortals would be shocked if they showed their complete hand. I have a feeling it was so big to them, they didn’t want it to get upstaged by the historic election. I’m willing to bet we’ll see the “true” power of this technology in the upcoming weeks and months when they can put the pedal to the medal and show it off without having it sidetracked.

What an amazing time for this technology (all differences and opinions aside). Telepresence Doctors, nurses, teachers, schools and healthcare (healthpresence) will benefit from the recent gains in this state-of-the-art industry whether holograms, Telepresence or holography. Airlines also have to see the threat to a portion of their business travel. Hell, who wants go through security and fly to Miami for a two-hour conference when you can look them in the eye via Telepresence?

Beam me up Scotty! Simply amazing…!

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Your Editor and Administrator - L II
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Bloomfield Hills, MI (PRWEB) April 15, 2008 -- Logicalis (www.us.logicalis.com), a global provider of high-performance technology solutions, has been named U.S. Services Partner of the Year by Cisco during its Annual Partner Summit held in Honolulu, Hawaii. The award recognizes Logicalis for its performance in delivering award winning Cisco SMARTnet maintenance solutions as well as its dedication and expertise in creating advanced collaboration and communication channels so people can communicate to anyone, anywhere, and anytime.

"Cisco's prestigious award is a testament to the high and consistent level of customer satisfaction Logicalis provides," said Terry Flood, President of Logicalis. "We look forward to achieving new successes for our customers as more companies embrace unified communications and collaboration (http://us.logicalis.com/unified-communications.html)on the Cisco platform."

"I had the honor and privilege of recognizing Logicalis as a Cisco Partner Summit regional award winner," said Wendy Bahr, vice president of US and Canada channels at Cisco. "The U.S. Services Partner of the Year award recognizes Logicalis' performance and success as a Cisco channel partner in the U.S. in 2007."

Customer Satisfaction

"Customers bring Logicalis their unique business communication challenges because they know we'll jointly create a customized solution and support plan to ensure success," said Logicalis Vice President of Cisco Solutions Ron Temske. "Customers trust Logicalis to bring a more collaborative team approach to their workforce and customer communications."

Logicalis has consistently held one of the highest customer satisfaction ratings of any Cisco partner and has received Cisco's "Customer Satisfaction Excellence" award multiple times.

Find out more about how Logicalis delivers winning Cisco experiences for its customers at http://us.logicalis.com/custexp_tech_partners.html#cisco

Logicalis supports all aspects of the network life cycle and it specializes in delivering solutions for Unified Communications, Data Centers, Wireless LANs, Network Security and Network Infrastructure. Logicalis is a Cisco Gold Partner and one of the world's leading Cisco integrators with more than 30 locations in the United States, as well as operations in 10 countries and more than 1,500 employees worldwide.

About Logicalis:

Logicalis is a global provider of high-performance technology solutions. With over 1,500 people worldwide, Logicalis delivers smart solutions based on specific needs, not the latest IT trend. Logicalis provides options, direction and support to more than 6,500 corporate and public sector customers. The company attributes its success to the everyday positive experiences with its customers and strategic partners such as IBM, HP, and Cisco.

Logicalis has annualized revenues in excess of $1 billion, from operations in the UK, US, Germany and Latin America. Logicalis is a division of Datatec Limited (LSE/JSE:DTC), a $3.2 billion multi-national organization listed on the AIM market of the LSE and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. With over 30 offices in the United States, the company's U.S. headquarters are in Bloomfield Hills, MI. For more information about the Logicalis experience, visit www.us.logicalis.com.

Media contacts:

Lisa Dreher

VP, Marketing & Business Development

Logicalis, Inc.

425-201-8111

www.us.logicalis.com

Arthur Germain

Principal

Communication Strategy Group for Logicalis

631-239-6335

www.gocsg.com

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