Sutus Integrates Polycom?s 8002W Wi-Fi Phone With Award-Winning Business Central

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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Vancouver, BC (PRWEB) June 17, 2008 -- Sutus Inc., the company behind the Sutus Business Central?, a single appliance combining all the IT, data communications and telephony features required to run a modern-day small business, today announced that the new Polycom SpectraLink 8002W WiFi phone is now integrated with Sutus Business Central and can be seen at booth number 5123 at NxtCom08 tradeshow in Las Vegas June 16-19.

The SpectraLink 8002W is the industry?s latest Wi-Fi phone and one of the first to be developed and priced specifically for Small Business. It operates on converged voice and data infrastructure to reduce costs and simplify management while dramatically improving accessibility, productivity and responsiveness.

Designed for businesses with under 25 employees, Sutus Business Central? is a Multi-service Business Gateway (MSBG) that integrates all essential IT and communications tools a small business needs into a single, easy to use appliance. It is a business-class phone system with a wide array of advanced data and networking functions such as: file server, email server, router, firewall, wireless access point, VPN remote access server, automated backups, and with the ability to simultaneously support both standard phone line and VoIP connections.

Shawn Chute, EVP for Sutus, commented, ?Wi-Fi phones have previously been considered too expensive for small businesses, and have to this point suffered from quality issues. The SpectraLink 8002W is a great choice for small businesses that want extra flexibility without cost and quality issues. The addition of Polycom?s new WiFi phone in conjunction with integrated SIP Trunking from leading VoIP service providers such as BroadVox, Commpartners Connect, ThinkTel, SimpleSignal, and BabyTel, greatly enhances Sutus? total solution offering for small businesses.?

About Sutus

Sutus (www.sutus.com) provides small businesses with an enterprise quality all-in-one solution that delivers office network and telephone infrastructure that is affordable, robust and extremely flexible. The Sutus Business Central? is the winner of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine?s 2007 product of the year award, IT Expo?s ?Best Newcomer? award, VON Innovators award and the 2007 Product of the year award from Unified Communications magazine. It is designed specifically for offices with up to 25 users providing all core IT infrastructure as well as on-demand turnkey VoIP and other advanced phone and data services through Sutus business partners. The Business Central significantly improves a reseller?s ability to easily service small business customers with locations of 25 users or less.

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