(As we noted when we first broke the news of Biba's acquisition, Amazon was planning a new videoconferencing service, which in turn launched just last month, Chime).
ViaVideo used the money to develop a new videoconferencing system in a sleek black case a little larger than a notebook computer.
Jill Smart, an Accenture executive, was skeptical the first time she stepped into her firm's new videoconferencing room in Chicago for a meeting with a group of colleagues in London.
Hardly a week goes by without a large company announcing that it has just installed fancy new videoconferencing suites to reduce its carbon footprint.
They reported that the introduction of the new videoconferencing software during implementation of the second group enhanced the group experience; they stated it seemed just like a face-to-face group.
A built-in Webcam and microphone add a new dimension to videoconferencing.
Cisco is expected to unveil a new line of lower-cost videoconferencing systems this week.
The need for a new satellite system to carry videoconferences between commanders, let alone the huge amounts of data shared by troops on the ground, became especially evident after Sept. 11, according to a Pentagon document.
One concrete step the Bureau of Prisons will take to solidify inmate-family relationships is expanding a new pilot program to bring videoconferencing to all its facilities for female prisoners by June 2016, with an eye to expanding video visits to all federal facilities eventually.
But videoconferencing is not a new technology.
