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University Researchers Collaborate via Cisco TelePresence to Foster Open Innovation
Cornell, North Carolina State, Purdue, UCLA, and UCSD Become First to Connect to Cisco TelePresence University Connection
| Source: Cisco Systems, Inc.
SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire - October 28, 2008) - Cisco (NASDAQ : CSCO ) today announced that it
has developed a unique research program that will provide several of the
nation's top research universities with Cisco® TelePresence Systems to
foster ongoing collaboration and more open innovation. The Cisco
TelePresence University Connection enables university researchers to
increase the frequency of "in-person" collaboration with colleagues at
other universities, helping speed new developments and improve ongoing
research collaboration.
Cisco TelePresence is a virtual meeting solution that breaks down the
barriers of distance by creating a lifelike virtual meeting experience
where participants feel as though they are sitting in the same room though
they may be thousands of miles apart. Through the Cisco TelePresence
University Connection program, companies and individuals who have access to
one of the many Cisco TelePresence rooms installed worldwide or who are
located near a Cisco
TelePresence Public Suite will be able to meet face to face with top
researchers.
"University researchers are a critical component of Cisco's innovation
strategy and provide us with a direct pulse on the next wave of
technology," said Doug Comer, vice president of Cisco Research. "The
ability to push a button and immediately connect in-person with three or
four researchers at different universities creates a unique flow of
information not previously possible using traditional methods of
collaboration. We believe this is an important step in fostering an open,
more collaborative research environment for innovation in the 21st century
and beyond."
The Cisco TelePresence University Connection program is a research
initiative funded by Cisco that provides selected universities with Cisco
TelePresence System endpoints and services so that groups or individuals
can meet around a virtual table.
"Cisco TelePresence will be an excellent addition to the tools we use in
our interactions with faculty from other universities and representatives
from industry around the world," said Aditya Mathur, Department Head and
Professor of Computer Science at Purdue. "Purdue is a global university
with students from over 100 countries and with study abroad programs in
over 100 universities outside of the US. The Cisco TelePresence University
Connection program offers us a unique opportunity to greatly improve the
quality of our interactions with our global partners."
Universities currently participating in Cisco TelePresence University
Connection include Cornell University, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, North Carolina State University, Purdue University, Stanford
University, the University of California, Berkeley, the University of
California, Los Angeles, the University of California, San Diego, and the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
For more information on Cisco TelePresence, please visit
www.cisco.com/go/telepresence.
Supporting Resources:
Cisco TelePresence Public
Suites
Cisco Web Site
Cisco TelePresence
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