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Is setting up an IP videoconference a crapshoot on a good day?
Do your anxiety levels and blood pressure soar to new heights?
Or do you just want to know more about video over IP networks?

IP is consuming everything, and true convergence is upon us. After years of hype, VoIP (voice and video over IP) is rapidly becoming areality for an increasing number of enterprises. Additionally, a converged network infrastructure extends well beynd cost savings into operational efficiencies and greater productivity. Yet many organizations, particularly the early adopters, have struggled to achieve their desired performance of their voice and video over their existing networks. One major obstacle for most organizations is that very few enterprise data networks were designed with the needs of realtime applications in mind. Is it realistic that we expect these real-time applications to work in an environment that was designed for something else?

This presentation offers a common sense approach for all enterprises that will be confronted with challenges include:

• How are real-time applications (voice and video) different than other data applications?  Within the real-time category, how does voice differ from video?
• What does and enterprise need to do to leverage both the short term and long term benefits of a converged network? What are the common mistakes that many enterprises have made? Why do some companies have better levels of success than others?
• A basic framework for allowing each enterprise to define their own unique needs based on the following five areas: Security, Quality, Cost, Ubiquity, and Scalability.
• An overview of observed trends and new technologies that are likely to impact your long term migration to IP communications.
• Discuss some of the unique challenges facing telecommunications deployments in Oregon (and other rural communities). What can be done to address these challenges?
• Q&A

About John L. Price, Executive Vice-President, Providea Inc.

Mr. Price is a founder of Providea, Inc. and has been with the Company since its inception in 1999. He has been instrumental in designing and developing network solutions that accommodate our customers' needs as well as stay current with the latest emergent technology. His experience includes the design and implementation of network solutions for small companies to large, including Fortune 100 companies in industries as varied as the legal, healthcare, entertainment, education, pharmaceutical, financial services and real estate industries. Mr. Price has negotiated over $100 million in telecommunication contracts with various providers and he currently manages over 2,000 national and international network endpoints. Mr. Price has also been a speaker at several national conferences, as a network services expert. Most recently he spoke at the American Telemedicine Association Conference in San Diego, CA. Additionally, Mr. Price designed and produced Providea’s proprietary billing software, ClearTrac^TM, which allows Providea to provide a single invoice for switched digital long distance, multipoint bridging, equipment, access (DSL, DS0, PRI, etc), and other professional services.

Mr. Price brought to Providea over eight years of network and videoconferencing business solutions experience from his tenure at View Tech, Inc. and AT&T, Corp. During his tenure, Mr. Price was acknowledged for his leadership and innovative business solutions as he initiated numerous programs to improve operational efficiency, sales results, and customer relations. Mr. Price actively worked to improve provisioning and customer service by migrating implementations to a web based, Extranet. Prior to his departure at AT&T, Mr. Price also designed a complex Intranet business solution for the Los Angeles sales branch.

About Providea

Providea is a provider of proven video communications solutions comprised of best in class hardware, services, network, and multipoint conferencing. The solutions we design are certified to meet our high standards for reliability and consistently deliver the predictable results that our customers expect.

We are comprised of industry veterans and have an established track record for delivering solutions that provide predictable results. Our clients enjoy the peace of mind that they have partnered with the most knowledgeable, reliable and experienced provider in the business.

Based in Southern California, the Company was founded to meet the growing industry demands for video communication, and leverages its extensive videoconferencing and network experience to deliver a comprehensive suite of business-quality programs and services. Each of our programs and services is designed to help significantly minimize overall video related costs and give you the peace of mind that you have partnered with the most knowledgeable and experienced provider in the business.

Find more information at http://www.provideasolutions.com/ or click HERE.