Cisco Awards EXPEDITE PLUS 2007 Excellence in Transportation and Logistics Award

Video Conferencing vs. Telepresence

Telepresence picks up where video conferencing left off. Telepresence IS real time, full-high-definition, immersible sound and vision. Telepresence IS most importantly: the feeling of being “there” when you’re “here”. Telepresence is lifelike, video conferencing is not. Telepresence is that hi-line Mercedes AMG, video conferencing is a Ford Escort - Period.

Video conferencing has been around a while now but has always lacked the feeling we spoke about above. Jumpy computer screens, broken audio and poor lighting add to the impersonal touches of video conferencing (ie slow motion camcorder on top of your computer monitor). Finally, technology, bandwidth, vision and sound have all converged on video conferencing to create the telepresence experience. It’s about time! Crystal clear surround sound and real-time full-high-definition visual effects enhance the feeling of being there – thus telepresence. That nervous twitch, roll of the eyes, sniffle, tap of the foot – things you see when you’re present and sitting across a conference room table – things you don’t see or feel from video conferencing, but do with telepresence.

Today, what “real” uses are there for Telepresence?

There is no short answer even possible here. We’ll name a few, more like we’ll put your imagination to work. Imagine a single specialist doctor in Canada treating patients in Haiti via telepresence. Robots in space doing the actual work while the telepresence operator dons his telepresence helmet and gloves at his workstation in Texas. Meeting your Russian company vice president while you’re in the executive telepresence room at the office in Denver. Just a few…

What are “real” savings of Telepresence?

Your imagination still working on the last answer? Don’t let up yet! What carbon footprint? Don’t need that airplane ticket to go check on your staff in Russia now do you? What lost life in the Iraqi war? Unmanned drones and soldiers via telepresence. Military and combat cost savings? Immeasurable. Less travel costs, airline frustration, fuel, lost time, carbon emissions, etc. Those are tangible, real savings to name just a very limited few.

You starting to see what telepresence can do that video conferencing can’t? We hope you see what we’re seeing! Telepresence – its time has arrived!

Check out the video thread in Section 8 of the Telepresence Forum where you can watch some Telepresence YouTube videos! If a picture is worth a thousand words, a video must be worth a million!

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Mississauga, ON (PRWEB) September 25, 2007 -- Expedite Plus, Global Critical Delivery Solutions, today announced that it has received the 2007 Excellence in Transportation and Logistics Award from Cisco. This prestigious award was presented during Cisco's sixteenth annual supplier appreciation event held September 12 in San Jose, California.

"Expedite Plus has consistently demonstrated the service capabilities, creativity and responsiveness needed to deliver materials for the Cisco supply chain within the shortest timeframes available," said Robert Andris, director, Manufacturing Operations, Cisco.

Cisco presented awards to suppliers that were evaluated for their contributions toward Cisco's success in fiscal year 2007 and for supporting the Cisco vision of changing the way people work, live, play and learn.

"Personal service on a global scale has always been the hallmark of our company," says Expedite Plus CEO Victor J. Deschenes. "This recognition from a premier company like Cisco really confirms that we're succeeding in our goal of providing great service even on a large scale."

Expedite Plus works with high-technology and manufacturing companies that need shipments delivered as quickly as possible anywhere in the world. Based in Ontario, Canada, Expedite Plus has agents, carriers and partners all over the globe. President and CEO Victor Deschenes of Mississauga, Ontario, is a noted executive and philanthropist and was recently awarded the Ontario Medal of Citizenship, one of the province's highest honours.

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