Monday, April 21, 2008

Impact/Success of Telepresence

Telepresence refers to a set of technologies which allow a person to feel as if they were present, to give the appearance that they were present, or to have an effect, at a location other than their true location. The first product of this kind has been developed by CISCO and the buzz has been around for a while. The firm is expected to have one million orders by end of next year.
According to Telepresence World:
"In Q4, the number of TelePresence systems grew by over 400% from Q3. The customer excitement and understanding about both the process change and the collaboration that TelePresence enables has been dramatic. This is especially true at the CEO level where the CEOs not only grasp the effectiveness from a time and travel cost savings, but almost uniformly, they understand the value of the business transformation to their organizations. This is the first time in my career that I have seen this type of excitement and interest from CEOs for a technology."

What kind of impact can one expect on the overall nature of communication due to this upcoming marvel??