Tandberg, a leading telepresence and conferencing solutions provider, has introduced its Tandberg T3 Custom Edition – a customisable telepresence solution.

“Earlier this year, Gartner (leading IT research analysts) predicted that by year-end 2012, increased utilisation of video telepresence solutions would save organisations $3.5 billion annually in travel costs,” said Scott Morrison, Gartner analyst.

“As more and more companies seek to realise the benefits of visual collaboration technologies, the industry will need to find innovative ways to expand offerings to address evolving customer challenges and needs.”

Tandberg’s new T3 Custom Edition, which maintains the superior Tandberg experience with natural eye-to-eye communication, a consistent touch user interface and seamless interoperability, allows integrator partners to customise Tandberg’s award-winning T3 technology to meet specific customer needs, such as:

• Catwalks in the fashion industry
• Collaboration spaces for R&D teams
• Immersive education auditoriums for higher education
• Laboratory settings connecting global research teams

“The Tandberg T3 Custom Edition is a direct response to the expanding market for telepresence, where customers are demanding the highest-quality visual collaboration beyond the boardroom in labs and classrooms and on manufacturing floors,” said Odd Sverre Ostlie, vice president telepresence and advanced solutions, Tandberg.

“Tandberg is implementing telepresence solutions into unique education settings, and we have been chosen for the industry’s first virtual fitting room, which will revolutionise the fashion industry. This is just the beginning of a trend toward accessible high-quality visual communication that improves our lives in ways most people have not imagined possible,” he added.

Tandberg has experienced strong demand from customers for a subset of their telepresence systems to be customised to meet specific application and environmental criteria.

“And for the last year our customised telepresence solutions practice has delivered the immersive, high-quality telepresence experience in different environments to enhance collaboration and make the most of the undisputed benefits of the technology. The Tandberg’s T3 Custom Edition will help us to deliver greater value to all types of customers who can now connect face-to-face with anyone anywhere. Telepresence is no longer just for the board room,” he added. – TradeArabia News Service