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04/01/09
Polycom enhances its telepresence support
http://www.networkworld.com/nlconvergence189587
By Steve Taylor and Larry Hettick
Today, we'll continue with VoiceCon Orlando highlights with
announcements from Global IP Solutions and CommuniGate Systems,
along with news from Polycom and Microsoft. Global IP Solutions
(GIPS) announced that CommuniGate Systems has embedded GIPS
VoiceEngine to power voice communications in its Pronto! client
unified communications framework. Polycom has enhanced its
telepresence support and in a separate announcement, said it has
licensed the right to distribute Microsoft's RoundTable.Read
full story http://www.networkworld.com/nlconvergence189587
Steve Taylor mailto:taylor@webtorials.com is president of
Distributed Networking Associates and publisher/editor-in-chief
of Webtorials http://www.webtorials.com . Larry Hettick
mailto:lhettick@currentanalysis.com is a principal analyst at
Current Analysis http://www.currentanalysis.com/index.asp .
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