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Telepresence and Holography / Holograms - November 2008

Editor’s viewpoint on their differences, likenesses and future...

We all just recently viewed an historic CNN holographic interview on an historic Election Night. CNN stated this type of imaging has never been done before on National TV and I believe that. I haven’t seen anything like it. The live interview caught me by surprise and sure had the “wow” factor attached to it didn’t it? Here’s a link to the actual interview.

CNN Hologram Video

The question now has to be asked. Is it Telepresence?

I’m no expert on the subject but I’m going to throw my hat into the ring, go out on a limb and say yes, I believe it is. Although I know many video conferencing purists are rolling their eyes and grabbing their guns right about now with my statement.

While I do know that Telepresence still hasn’t been universally defined (Houston, we have a problem), here’s how I see it…. Broken down to its simplest form - “tele” (through electronic means) and “presence” (present). This is how I’m justifying my opinion by lumping holography and Telepresence together. Just as Telepresence is surely an offshoot of video conferencing, holographic imaging (like we viewed on CNN) surely has to be considered an offshoot of Telepresence. The interviewer was “telepresent” from Chicago and beamed into the CNN Election Headquarters. She was most assuredly - “telepresent”. There was negligible latency, the imaging was fantastic and both interviewers were rehearsed on what they would say. I’ve just recently read that CNN actually “downgraded” the experience to make it “movie” quality and not as good as it could have been. Maybe they thought us mere mortals would be shocked if they showed their complete hand. I have a feeling it was so big to them, they didn’t want it to get upstaged by the historic election. I’m willing to bet we’ll see the “true” power of this technology in the upcoming weeks and months when they can put the pedal to the medal and show it off without having it sidetracked.

What an amazing time for this technology (all differences and opinions aside). Telepresence Doctors, nurses, teachers, schools and healthcare (healthpresence) will benefit from the recent gains in this state-of-the-art industry whether holograms, Telepresence or holography. Airlines also have to see the threat to a portion of their business travel. Hell, who wants go through security and fly to Miami for a two-hour conference when you can look them in the eye via Telepresence?

Beam me up Scotty! Simply amazing…!

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Your Editor and Administrator - L II
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Denver, CO (PRWEB) August 22, 2008 -- TouchStar (http://www.touchstar.com/), a world leader in call center technology, has been ranked by Inc. Magazine as the 40th fastest growing Telecommunications Company in America for 2008. Inc. Magazine also ranked TouchStar as the 1,461st fastest growing private business in America.

Steve Bederman, TouchStar's Chief Executive Officer, appreciated the recognition by Inc. Magazine. "TouchStar achieved growth of 258.7% in the last three years. TouchStar employees all know how hard growth is. I do not think we have paused to celebrate our achievements enough; this Inc. Magazine recognition is a reminder that we should. Building a significant company is something that we can all be very proud of."

Chris Rieple, TouchStar's Global Director of Sales, commented on TouchStar's formula for success: "TouchStar has grown rapidly because we deliver fairly priced communications technology that helps businesses and call centers increase revenue and improve customer service. TouchStar's business has been steady despite the general economic slowdown because we serve multiple industries and every global market."

Sales of TouchStar's new 2008 Enterprise Call Center Software have increased TouchStar's average revenue per sale by 26% in 2008. TouchStar 2008 Enterprise Call Center connects call center workers in multiple offices, or home offices, on any global network. TouchStar 2008 runs on a Dell enterprise server that has been optimized for TouchStar software and TouchStar specific telecommunications port drivers. TouchStar's world class call center software (http://www.touchstar.com/Call-Center-Software.htm) can be deployed on site or in a hosted call center (http://www.touchstar.com/Hosted-Call-Center.htm) software as a service model.

Brian Smits, TouchStar's Global Director of Marketing, added: "TouchStar will soon be introducing new solutions that will greatly expand TouchStar's total potential market size. This is a very exciting time for TouchStar; we're looking forward to the year ahead."

To read TouchStar's profile on the Inc. Magazine website, visit: http://www.inc.com/inc5000/2008/company-profile.html?id=200814610

About TouchStar

TouchStar develops and supports world class call center software with on-site and hosted deployment options. TouchStar serves over 2,500 businesses on six continents from its headquarters in Denver and regional offices around the world. TouchStar's unified communications products include: call center software, traditional and VoIP telecommunications systems, predictive dialers (http://www.touchstar.com/Predictive-Dialer.htm), automated voice messaging, advanced ACD & IVR, compliance management, and an IP PBX phone system. For more information, please call 303.338.0200 or visit www.touchstar.com.

Contact:

Brian Smits

Global Director of Marketing

TouchStar

303.338.0200 x204

pr @ touchstar.com

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