Gotta Start Somewhere

We've decided to launch a new blog to openly discuss Compunetix media processor platforms (www.compunetix.com) and the overall collaboration industry in general - trends, stories, successes, rumors and threats. This is intended as forum to develop thoughts on what direction this industry is headed, what works from the end user point of view, and what holes are still out ther that need filling.

Conferencing and collaboration is a rich ground for this discussion. As a very mature market in North America and a staple of English-speaking businesses processes around the globe, group communication and electronic meetings are rapidly growing in all emerging market spaces and fueling the explosion toward distributed and multinational work teams. As a major player in this space, Compunetix has helped move this technology into the core communication tool that it has become. Since the introduction of the first all-digital CONTEX switching systems in the early 1990s, Compunetx - along with our service provider partners - have listened intently to the to users, and continuously developed the features and functionality demanded to more easily work together effectively in small and large meetings and groups.

Now that the proof is evident- now that collaboration is not only validated, but is highly valued - we are starting to see a sesmic shift in our core area. IP (and VoIP) transport is changing the landscape. New players like Microsoft and Cisco and Seimens are jumping into the fray and realizing that this particular area of value-added services pulls together a lot of what people want when they work - simplicity, convergence, consistancy, value, productivity and immediacy.

So, where are we headed next? What's down around the next bend? Conference Call 3.0? Seimens handheld collaboration tablets? Automobile and airline video terminals?

How will we find each other? What will we share? How will it make us more effective, productive and profitable?

OK, your turn.

Hobson?