It has diversified into other areas, such as videoconferencing, but chiefly because it thought this would increase demand for routers.
Perhaps the best-known of these enabling effects is to replace face-to-face meetings, which require carbon-belching air travel, with low-emission alternatives such as videoconferencing.
Pinchas Zukerman, the music director of the National Arts Center Orchestra in Ottawa, is using the high-speed networking technology as well as videoconferencing to spend more time with his violin students back at the Manhattan School.
Logitech, the Swiss company that makes computer mice, remote controls and other personal peripherals as well as videoconferencing products, is introducing onMonday a digital campaign in the United States and Europe for its new line of music-related products.
"I think that there is a huge potential for many other value-added services, such as videoconferencing, secure computing and Internet TV," said Michael Pachter, an analyst with Wedbush Morgan, which may explain the interest of its equity partners.
Landlords can also extend Regus such services as videoconferencing, translation and catering to other tenants.
Multimedia applications such as videoconferencing and collaborative applications require the satisfaction of several Quality of Service constraints (QoS).
'Telepresence' is fast gaining traction in the workplace as videoconferencing and other technological tools become ever more sophisticated.
