By Bo Gowan
9 September 2008
4:16 pm EDT
A few weeks ago, I did a Q&A with Kieth Weiner right after Nortel announced the acquisition of DiamondWare the 3D audio specialist company he founded.
Thanks to a link from John Roese on his blog, today I listened to a nice audio demo of what 3D audio (or spatial audio) can do for a conference call situation. You can listen to the demo below. I highly suggest you use stereo headphones to get the full effect.
The first thing you’ll notice is the dramatically improved sound quality of the voices. If you’re like me, you are all too familiar with the low-quality voice common with today’s conference call bridges.
The focus of the demo though is how call participants can …
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By Bo Gowan
9 September 2008
9:52 am EDT
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In just six months, “Going green” in the IT/telecom industry has gone from a topic nobody cared about to a topic big enough to get coverage at the business press level. Nortel, of course, is heavily focused on the topic of energy efficiency — but companies across the industry are also making energy and environmental conservation a focal point.
In an article this morning in the Globe & Mail — “New tech battleground: Who’s the greenest?” — Nortel and various other major IT companies are highlighted for their efforts to use “green” as a competitive advantage.
The article says “Perhaps no tech player is embracing the green mantra as aggressively as Nortel Networks Corp.” — and interviews Net Payne, Nortel’s …
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