Richard Davies wrote: The UK has a good crop of technology pioneers in cloud computing - for example ElasticHosts, FlexiScale, Flexiant, OnApp - and also some strong government initiatives such as G-Cloud.
We will have to see whether this kind of technical leadership converts into swift mass-market adoption or not.
Phoenix Audio Technologies, a global leader in full duplex, high
definition audio communications is proud to unveil two new innovative
products at the 2010 InfoComm show in Las Vegas, NV. The Quattro2 Blu, a
Bluetooth enabled speakerphone from the Quattro2 family, and the
Octopus, a new line of installed room conferencing beamforming mixers.
“For the past couple of years Phoenix has been working towards
delivering a product portfolio with a complete range of interfaces. Our
company is the only one that delivers the flexibility to bridge high
quality audio over different communication links,” said Joseph Marash,
CEO and founder of Phoenix Audio Technologies. “With the introduction of
the Quattro2 Blu and the Octopus, Phoenix continues the tradition of
providing highest quality, easy to use conferencing solutions with
connectivity options no one else offers.”
The Quattro2 Blu is the newest member of the Quattro2 family. The
product comes with a Bluetooth interface in addition to the USB link
which is standard to the Quattro2 family. This allows the speakerphone
to bridge between a VoIP conference and cellular communication. The
sophisticated power management and the product’s rechargeable battery
enable the user to operate un-tethered for many hours. The Quattro2 Blu
communicates with any Bluetooth enabled cellular phone to provide a
powerful, high quality, wireless conference call. The Quattro2 Blu is
available now.
The Phoenix Octopus is the next generation installed room mixer system.
The 16KHz bandwidth processing combines any number of microphones to
provide optimized audio pickup. This new and flexible product line
allows the user to program the mixer to work with any type of
microphone. The Octopus is expandable through a proprietary star-fish
chaining technique, while allowing a large variety of inputs, outputs,
and communication protocols and interfaces. Staying true to its design
philosophy, Phoenix Audio’s Octopus is both technologically advanced and
easy to install and use. The Octopus will be available in July 2010.