Video of Bob Hagerty, Chairman and CEO of Polycom

This is an interesting video of the CEO of Polycom being interviewed about what he expects to happen in Telepresence.

Press Release – AVAD Expands Business VoIP Service

Date:  November 12, 2008

By: AVAD Administrator

New York, NY Nov 12, 2008 (Business Telecommunications Wire) — AVAD Technologies, a leading provider of hosted business class Voice over IP telephone service, today announced it has completed the expansion of its business VoIP network into the Northwest United States. This network expansion allows AVAD Technologies to serve the entire Pacific Northwest including Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah and Montana with our business class hosted Voice over IP telephone service.

Businesses in these markets can now take advantage of AVAD Technologies’ advanced set of IP PBX features. By interfacing with the public telephone system – both IP enabled and traditional — AVAD Technologies can save business users up to 40% over traditional telephone service while maintaining superior voice quality that small business and enterprise customers demand.

“We view this region as an attractive growth market for the expansion of our next-generation VoIP service as businesses here seek economical and innovative alternatives to their existing phone service,” said Dan Roberts, Senior Vice President of AVAD Technologies.