TiVerity Achieves SMB Specialization from Cisco USA

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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Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) June 25, 2008 -- TiVerity announced today it has achieved SMB Specialization from Cisco®. The SMB Specialization recognizes Cisco resale channel partners whose primary focus is on the small and medium-sized business (SMB) market with fewer than 250 employees.

Commenting on the specialization, Pete Schamberger, Chief Executive Officer, TiVerity Consulting said, "TiVerity has always thrived on mastering cutting edge technologies and achievement of the Cisco® SMB Specialization further strengthens our ability to offer innovative solutions to the SMB market space. With this specialization, we have advanced our portfolio of service and product offerings and look forward to continuing to make significant contributions to all market segments through our extended partnership with Cisco®."

"The Cisco SMB Specialization was created in response to customer demand for channel partners to be capable of designing and implementing SMB-specific Cisco solutions," said Surinder Brar, senior director of worldwide channels at Cisco. "With the SMB Specialization, TiVerity has made an investment in obtaining the training, skills and knowledge necessary to play a pivotal role in meeting this increasing demand."

To earn SMB Specialization, TiVerity fulfilled training and exam requirements. TiVerity also met the personnel, training, and post-sales support requirements set forth by Cisco.

The Cisco Resale Channel Program provides partners with the training required to build sales, technical and Cisco Lifecycle Services skills. Cisco resale partner certifications--Gold, Silver, Premier and Select--represent an increasing breadth of skills across key technologies and a partner's ability to deliver integrated networking solutions. Cisco resale partner specializations--SMB, Express, Advanced, and Master--reflect an increasing depth of sales, technical and service expertise in particular technologies.

About TiVerity

TiVerity Consulting, Inc. has distinguished itself in both the federal and commercial business sectors, providing full lifecycle deployment and successful integrations of Cisco Unified Communication and Cisco Unified Contact Center core technologies. As a niche player in the contact center market, TiVerity specializes in the strategic allocation and utilization of contact center resources and the centralization and consolidation of multi-site, geographically distributed contact center operations. TiVerity's deployment solutions incorporate the Cisco Unified Communications suite of products as the telecommunications middleware layer of the contact center environment/operation.

TiVerity delivers robust technical solutions that provide for the continuity of service, while allowing contact centers to realize the efficiencies of modernized operating environments. TiVerity's proven ability to both design and implement roadmaps for the migration of present day contact center services to tomorrow's best technology practices is directly tied to the infrastructure and implementation of integrated multi-media contact center solutions. TiVerity is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Cisco, Cisco Systems and the Cisco logo are registered trademarks of Cisco Systems Inc. in the United States and certain other countries. TiVerity Consulting, Inc. is a registered trademark of TiVerity Consulting Inc. in the United States.

http://www.TiVerity.com

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