Clarus Systems Promotes Gurmeet Lamba to Senior Vice President of Product Development and Adds Cisco Expert Helen Robison to Impact Growth Strategy

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Telepresence and Holography / Holograms - November 2008

Editor’s viewpoint on their differences, likenesses and future...

We all just recently viewed an historic CNN holographic interview on an historic Election Night. CNN stated this type of imaging has never been done before on National TV and I believe that. I haven’t seen anything like it. The live interview caught me by surprise and sure had the “wow” factor attached to it didn’t it? Here’s a link to the actual interview.

CNN Hologram Video

The question now has to be asked. Is it Telepresence?

I’m no expert on the subject but I’m going to throw my hat into the ring, go out on a limb and say yes, I believe it is. Although I know many video conferencing purists are rolling their eyes and grabbing their guns right about now with my statement.

While I do know that Telepresence still hasn’t been universally defined (Houston, we have a problem), here’s how I see it…. Broken down to its simplest form - “tele” (through electronic means) and “presence” (present). This is how I’m justifying my opinion by lumping holography and Telepresence together. Just as Telepresence is surely an offshoot of video conferencing, holographic imaging (like we viewed on CNN) surely has to be considered an offshoot of Telepresence. The interviewer was “telepresent” from Chicago and beamed into the CNN Election Headquarters. She was most assuredly - “telepresent”. There was negligible latency, the imaging was fantastic and both interviewers were rehearsed on what they would say. I’ve just recently read that CNN actually “downgraded” the experience to make it “movie” quality and not as good as it could have been. Maybe they thought us mere mortals would be shocked if they showed their complete hand. I have a feeling it was so big to them, they didn’t want it to get upstaged by the historic election. I’m willing to bet we’ll see the “true” power of this technology in the upcoming weeks and months when they can put the pedal to the medal and show it off without having it sidetracked.

What an amazing time for this technology (all differences and opinions aside). Telepresence Doctors, nurses, teachers, schools and healthcare (healthpresence) will benefit from the recent gains in this state-of-the-art industry whether holograms, Telepresence or holography. Airlines also have to see the threat to a portion of their business travel. Hell, who wants go through security and fly to Miami for a two-hour conference when you can look them in the eye via Telepresence?

Beam me up Scotty! Simply amazing…!

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Redwood Shores, Calif (PRWEB) June 2, 2008 -- Clarus Systems, Inc., a leading provider of integrated voice service management and testing solutions for IP Communication deployments, upgrades and transformations, today announced that it has appointed Gurmeet Lamba to the position of Senior Vice President, Product Development responsible for engineering, product management and overall technical vision. In line with Mr. Lamba's appointment, Clarus Systems has bolstered its solutions team with the addition of Helen Robison as Director of Product Management.

Under Mr. Lamba's guidance, the Clarus Systems product development team launched its enhanced flagship solution, ClarusIPC Plus+ as part of an overall company re-launch under the theme of "Empowering Unified Communications." The product development team has focused on the criticality of optimizing the IP Telephony deployment and ongoing management process by continuously evolving its integrated voice service management solutions which include automated testing, performance management, configuration management and businesses intelligence. ClarusIPC Plus+ helps enterprises enhance IP Communication strategies for enhanced productivity, VoIP ROI and a sharpened focus on core business operations.

"We are pleased to elevate Gurmeet Lamba to his new role of Senior Vice President, Product Development as he has demonstrated passion, drive and the technical acumen to guide and empower our product development team to unlimited boundaries of innovation with our ClarusIPC platform," said Brendan Reidy, President and CEO of Clarus Systems. "Complementing Gurmeet's expanded role, we are equally excited to add Helen Robison to our team as she brings an additional level of solution portfolio management and 14 years of expertise at Cisco."

Prior to joining Clarus Systems, Helen Robison held many positions with Cisco Systems where she was most recently a Product Manager for TelePresence Systems Marketing in the TelePresence BU. Ms. Robison is highly skilled in putting together complex end-to-end solutions, for Service Providers with multi-media IP, PSTN SS7 and ISDN, and Next-generation IMS/TISPAN networks. In addition, Ms. Robison, a graduate of Stanford University, has written thought leadership articles on a variety of telecom topics, spoken at premier industry forums, received awards for her work at Cisco, and played a pivotal role in being granted a patent on idle detection for answer supervision.

"Since joining the company, I've witnessed a unique market buzz around Clarus Systems," said Ms. Robison. "The company's market emergence prompted me to join this dynamic, thriving organization whose executive management and product development experts are industry and thought leaders," said Ms. Robison. "I am eager to apply my areas of expertise in enhancing the company's ability to deliver end-to-end management solutions that empower Unified Communications for Clarus Systems customers."

"I look forward to taking our solution portfolio to the next level through my expanded role and know that Helen will be an invaluable asset to our product development team which includes engineering and techology veterans with the experience, know-how and vision to bridge the gap between business operations, IT and IP Telephony (IPT)," added Mr. Lamba. "This proven strategy has elevated the importance of IPT to the C-level of an enterprise organization and the value it yields in terms of operational expense efficiencies, competitive advantages and knowledge leadership."

About Clarus Systems, Inc.

Clarus Systems, Inc. (www.clarussystems.com) provides integrated voice service management, testing and monitoring solutions for IP Communication and Contact Center deployments, upgrades and transformations. Privately held and based in Redwood City, Calif., Clarus Systems is widely recognized for its award-winning application, ClarusIPC®, which maximizes system availability based on the company's four pillars of automated testing, performance management, configuration management and business intelligence. Clarus Systems' management solutions ensure ongoing, validated telephony environments that empower unified communications. The company attributes its success to its roster of elite Global 2000 enterprises, system integrators, and managed service providers within the financial services, aerospace & energy, and public sector & education market segments.

©2008 Clarus Systems, Inc. ClarusIPC® , Empowering Unified Communications, and the Clarus Systems logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Clarus Systems, Inc. Other product or company names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.

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