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Avaya Launches Cloud-based, On-Demand Immersive Web Collaboration for Businesses

Nic Sauriol February 16, 2011 in: Business, Featured Posts, News, Quick Hits

Launch of web.alive 2.5 officially announced on February 10, 2011.

Click for the full web.alive launch press release.

Also, new web.alive videos posted:

http://avayalive.com/WaStore/Video.aspx?v=intro
http://avayalive.com/WaStore/Video.aspx?v=navigation

The Office is Dead: Long Live the Office

Paul Mcdonagh-Smith July 5, 2010 in: Business, Communication Styles, Featured Posts, Marketing

The architecture and building materials of our traditional corporate offices tell a story. We all know the narrative. Car parks out front and back act as modern day moats. Bricks, blocks and partitions mark fictional, functional borders and boundaries. Structured cable arteries pulse and pump information between floors and walls. …

‘Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.’ Oscar Wilde

Paul Mcdonagh-Smith May 26, 2010 in: Communication Styles, Featured Posts, Quick Hits

 
… just a thought, what happens when you don’t just provide a mask but also a digital toolkit that allows people to show and share their emotions? Emotions are important not just as an expression of who we are and how we feel but as a key influencer on the outcome of our interactions and activities. …

Corporate Travel : What a pain in the Ash !!! : May’10

Paul Mcdonagh-Smith May 14, 2010 in: Business, Featured Posts, News

 May 6th, 2010: anywhere in London, UK

05.45 : Buzz, buzzzz, buzzzzzz, buzzzzzzz – BANGGG …alarm off… 
06.07 : ‘Aaarggghhh’ - I haul …

web.alive at VoiceCon

Nic Sauriol March 24, 2010 in: News

Kevin Kennedy, President & CEO, Avaya presented the keynote at VoiceCon in Orlando yesterday.  As part of his presentation he demonstrated web.alive to an enthusiastic audience.   You can view the entire keynote at http://tv.voicecon.com/ - web.alive appears about 35 minutes in.

web.alive acquired by Avaya

Nic Sauriol January 5, 2010 in: Business, Featured Posts, News, Quick Hits

December 18th, 2009: Avaya, a global leader in business communications systems, announced the successful completion of its acquisition of Nortel Enterprise Solutions (NES).  This acquisition includes web.alive and the entire web.alive team.   Additional information about the acquisition is available at http://www.avaya.com/nortel.

“The completion of this acquisition represents another major step in Avaya’s evolution and growth in the communications industry,” said Kevin J. Kennedy, president and CEO, Avaya.

The web.alive team is excited to be working as part of Avaya — …

web.alive beta 2 released

Nic Sauriol November 27, 2009 in: Business, Featured Posts, Marketing, News

As of November 27th web.alive beta 2 has been released. This release incorporates hundreds of new features since our beta 1 from January this year.

Some of the head-line features include :

* drag and drop documents and images into web.alive to make presentations, collaboration, and training easy
* voice just works (even better!) – noise suppression & echo cancellation allows for a great experience with your built-in laptop speakers and microphone

Microsoft and Lenovo Launch Windows 7 using web.alive

Arn Hyndman November 27, 2009 in: Business, News

During the Windows 7 launch week at the end of October, Microsoft and Lenovo used web.alive to help launch the newest Microsoft OS. Representatives from Microsoft and Lenovo held a series of events in Lenovo’s web.alive powered virtual showroom to help consumers understand what Windows 7 is all about and how Lenovo is building PCs that enhance the experience.

I attended one session where Microsoft’s Kris Moore ran us through the new features of the OS. People from all over …

Improving the Usability of Virtual World Interfaces

Arn Hyndman January 22, 2009 in: Business, Communication Styles, Research & Statistics, Web 2.0

Usability testing and evaluation provide insight into how users will likely interact with a particular system. Frequently usability testing and evaluation are used as part of a process whose goal is to modify a system to become more efficient and satisfying to use. In the case of virtual reality systems and virtual worlds in particular, there seems to have been relatively little published on the use of usability testing and the learning’s from that testing. In …

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