Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior Joins CTO Forum Executive Board

Telepresence News and Events October, 2008

WOW! What an amazing month for the Telepresence Industry! First off, did anyone see the Cisco TelePresence Human Network commercials that are airing during this seasons NFL Football games? A great sign that public adoption of Telepresence is near.

In other news from the 24/7 Telepresence Breaking News reel at the Telepresence Forum, BT announced that they’ve launched their inter-company Telepresence solution, Proctor & Gamble implemented new Telepresence rooms, Polycom received a “Rising Star” for their innovations and Verizon Teamed with Cisco to offer new productivity enhancing services using Cisco’s collaboration portfolio. Did I mention this was just a few of the Telepresence highlights from this past week? Hundreds of Telepresence news articles hit the wire this last month, and if the past is any indication of the future, we’ll see those Telepresence news posts double by Spring 2009.

I also noticed that companies like Digital Video Enterprises, Telepresence Options and of course our Telepresence Forum were listed in the Open Directory Project at www.DMOZ.org. Pretty big news considering Telepresence didn’t exist, or even have a category just a month ago or so in the human edited ODP.

Our website traffic amongst our 345+ Telepresence related domains has tripled since early August, another indication that Telepresence is getting ready to explode onto Main Street. People are “hearing” of it, people are “researching” it, and once they’ve performed their due diligence, they’ll “see and feel” what the pioneers of the Telepresence industry have been saying. Telepresence is near; Telepresence is here.

Well that’s it for now Readers. We hope you stop by the Telepresence Forum to learn a little about what the differences between plain old video conferencing and Telepresence are. C'mon by, sign up (free by the way), watch a Telepresence video or two, and drop us a line or comment with your Telepresence thoughts and experiences.

Take care , hope to see you on the Forum!

Your Editor and Administrator - L II
"Ride on the Next Plane of Existence" TM

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (Business Wire EON) July 22, 2008 -- "It is a tremendous honor to have Padmasree serve on the CTO Forum Executive Board," said Basheer Janjua, founder and chairman of the CTO Forum and CEO of Integnology Corporation. "She brings a world of experience, vision and energy which will help transform this institution into a global innovation platform. I truly appreciate Cisco's commitment and support for the CTO Forum and look forward to working with Padmasree."

Warrior joined Cisco in December 2007 as chief technology officer (CTO). Warrior comes to Cisco from Motorola, where she was Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. As a CTO, Warrior plays a key leadership role in the continued development and communication of Cisco's technology strategy and vision.

Warrior, 47, was named Motorola's CTO in 2003 and held numerous positions at the company over her 23-year career, including corporate Vice President and General Manager of Motorola's energy systems group and corporate Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Motorola's Semiconductor Product Sector. Warrior holds an M.S. degree in chemical engineering from Cornell University and a B.S. degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi, India. In 2007 she was awarded a doctorate of Engineering, honoris causa from New York's Polytechnic University. Warrior is an external director on the board of Corning Corporation.

About the CTO Forum

The CTO Forum brings together the best minds in the technology industry to define opportunities, and to collaborate in harnessing, the extraordinary potential of technology. The CTO Forum's mission is to deliver a Global Innovation Platform, where technology leaders collaborate and co-create the technology and solutions that will be critical to meeting tomorrow's global opportunities and challenges. See http://www.thectoforum.net.

About Integnology

Integnology is a leading IT Consulting and Systems Integration firm specializing in Business Intelligence (BI), Enterprise Web 2.0, Executive Consulting and Virtualization. These practices are led by highly capable leaders and teams with extensive industry experience. In addition, Integnology is the founder and organizer for two exceptional communities; the CTO Forum and the CIO Council. See http://integnology.com

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