Chief Information Officers Love Video Conferencing and Online Training, Don’t Love Web 2.0

A recent survey of 1400 Chief Information Officers by the staffing firm, Robert Hall Technology indicates that while CIOs appreciate and frequently use video conferencing, online training and collaboration software, they aren’t familiar with or very interested in web 2.0 apps such as blogs and wikis.

CIOs on Video Conferencing, Online Training, and Collaboration Tools

Of the 1400 CIOs who responded to the survey, 47% reported that they currently use online training, with another 13% planning to use it in the next five years. Among the same respondents, 34% said they use video conferencing software today with another 18% planning on using it in the next five years. Telepresence and collaborative workspaces are used by 24% of CIOs with another 19% planning on using those tools in the next five years.

CIOs on Web 2.0 Applications

While CIOs are using many of the larger, more prevalent online communication andonline collaboration tools, the same can not be said for web 2.0 applications. Of the 1400 CIOs who responded to the survey, 67% have no intention of using tagging software in their websites, 72% aren’t planning to ever use blogs; 74% of the respondents do not even understand what a “wiki” is, and 84% of the same set of respondents have no plans on using or integrating “virtual worlds” into their systems.

It’s not surprising that CIOs don’t plan to use virtual worlds, and may not have time or interest in personal or company blogs, but it is surprising that they have a lack of interest in wikis. By design, wikis are perfect for IT departments to report lessons learned, track projects and report and correct errors in the system. It may be that the CIOs who reported that they don’t use wikis, just aren’t aware that their IT department does.

Instant Presenter Rolls Out Registration Services and Content Library

InstantPresenter, an industry leader in web conference, video conference and webinarservices now offers expanded webconferencing and webinar registration services. These new registration services allow the online presenter to find out exactly what their audience is interested in before the presentation, and allows them to customize their presentation to their interests.

Registration features include fully customizable forms for invitations, RSVP information or any other information the presenter would like to collect about your audience prior to the event. Data can be exported and downloaded directly into Excel in .CSV format. InstantPresenter registration services start at only $29 per month.

Along with new registration services, InstantPresenter introduces its new Content Library. The InstantPresenter Content Library allows the online presenter to store up to 100MB of presentation material on InstantPresenter’s high speed web conferencing servers. Presenters can instantly switch between content that is already available and ready to be presented. The content library allows the presenter to store PowerPoint files, Flash presentation data, images, movies and audio files. Content is now always available and ready to present.

For more information about InstantPresenter and its services, contact:

Contact:
TJ Davis
Director of Sales
InstantPresenter.com
Phone: 714-890-3008

Avistar Receives Two New Video Conferencing Patents

Avistar Communications, a provider of video conferencing and communications services, announced that it has been granted two new U.S. patents: 7,398,296, issued on 08/08/08 and 7,412,482, issued on 08/12/08. These patents further expand Avistar’s intellectual property coverage in the areas of login-based Voice over IP services, video conferencing and text-based instant messaging.

Avistar, currently holds 82 patents covering presence-based interactions, wireless communications, desktop video, recorded and live media at the desktop, instant messaging, multimedia documents, data sharing and service-rich video network architectures. The two new patents cover systems and methods for login-based routing of real-time communications, such as text instant messaging, VoIP and two-way video conferencing.

Avistar CEO, Simon Moss:

Basically, these two patents are designed to accommodate the way people communicate today, while addressing further convergence in the future. Without them, you would need a number of ways to reach colleagues, depending on the device and location they’re using — such as on a mobile phone, in the office or traveling with a laptop. These two patents enable users to click one button to contact another person and find that person no matter what device he or she is using or where he or she is. These two patents are significant to both the industry and Avistar for two key reasons. First, they describe the use of real-time text and audio, not just video. And they have a priority date of October 1993.

Avistar’s active licensing program makes its intellectual property available to potential partners and licensees. Inquiries for licensing these or any other Avistar patents may be directed to Paul D. Carmichael, Esq., (408) 252-7927.