Sutus Integrates Polycom?s 8002W Wi-Fi Phone With Award-Winning Business Central

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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Vancouver, BC (PRWEB) June 17, 2008 -- Sutus Inc., the company behind the Sutus Business Central?, a single appliance combining all the IT, data communications and telephony features required to run a modern-day small business, today announced that the new Polycom SpectraLink 8002W WiFi phone is now integrated with Sutus Business Central and can be seen at booth number 5123 at NxtCom08 tradeshow in Las Vegas June 16-19.

The SpectraLink 8002W is the industry?s latest Wi-Fi phone and one of the first to be developed and priced specifically for Small Business. It operates on converged voice and data infrastructure to reduce costs and simplify management while dramatically improving accessibility, productivity and responsiveness.

Designed for businesses with under 25 employees, Sutus Business Central? is a Multi-service Business Gateway (MSBG) that integrates all essential IT and communications tools a small business needs into a single, easy to use appliance. It is a business-class phone system with a wide array of advanced data and networking functions such as: file server, email server, router, firewall, wireless access point, VPN remote access server, automated backups, and with the ability to simultaneously support both standard phone line and VoIP connections.

Shawn Chute, EVP for Sutus, commented, ?Wi-Fi phones have previously been considered too expensive for small businesses, and have to this point suffered from quality issues. The SpectraLink 8002W is a great choice for small businesses that want extra flexibility without cost and quality issues. The addition of Polycom?s new WiFi phone in conjunction with integrated SIP Trunking from leading VoIP service providers such as BroadVox, Commpartners Connect, ThinkTel, SimpleSignal, and BabyTel, greatly enhances Sutus? total solution offering for small businesses.?

About Sutus

Sutus (www.sutus.com) provides small businesses with an enterprise quality all-in-one solution that delivers office network and telephone infrastructure that is affordable, robust and extremely flexible. The Sutus Business Central? is the winner of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine?s 2007 product of the year award, IT Expo?s ?Best Newcomer? award, VON Innovators award and the 2007 Product of the year award from Unified Communications magazine. It is designed specifically for offices with up to 25 users providing all core IT infrastructure as well as on-demand turnkey VoIP and other advanced phone and data services through Sutus business partners. The Business Central significantly improves a reseller?s ability to easily service small business customers with locations of 25 users or less.

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David Matthews                             Jon Paul Janze

Distinct Public Relations                         Sutus Inc.

davidm @ distinctpr.com                         jpjanze @ sutus.com

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