ShoreGroup Named Cisco Systems Authorized Technology Provider for Customer Voice Portal

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What’s the difference between Video Conferencing and Telepresence?

Telepresence picks up where video conferencing left off. Telepresence IS real time, full-high-definition, immersible sound and vision. Telepresence IS most importantly: the feeling of being “there” when you’re “here”. Telepresence is lifelike, video conferencing is not. Telepresence is that hi-line Mercedes AMG, video conferencing is a Ford Escort - Period.

Why Telepresence now?

Video conferencing has been around a while now but has always lacked the feeling we spoke about above. Jumpy computer screens, broken audio and poor lighting add to the impersonal touches of video conferencing (ie slow motion camcorder on top of your computer monitor). Finally, technology, bandwidth, vision and sound have all converged on video conferencing to create the telepresence experience. It’s about time! Crystal clear surround sound and real-time full-high-definition visual effects enhance the feeling of being there – thus telepresence. That nervous twitch, roll of the eyes, sniffle, tap of the foot – things you see when you’re present and sitting across a conference room table – things you don’t see or feel from video conferencing, but do with telepresence.

Today, what “real” uses are there for Telepresence?

There is no short answer even possible here. We’ll name a few, more like we’ll put your imagination to work. Imagine a single specialist doctor in Canada treating patients in Haiti via telepresence. Robots in space doing the actual work while the telepresence operator dons his telepresence helmet and gloves at his workstation in Texas. Meeting your Russian company vice president while you’re in the executive telepresence room at the office in Denver. Just a few…

What are “real” savings of Telepresence?

Your imagination still working on the last answer? Don’t let up yet! What carbon footprint? Don’t need that airplane ticket to go check on your staff in Russia now do you? What lost life in the Iraqi war? Unmanned drones and soldiers via telepresence. Military and combat cost savings? Immeasurable. Less travel costs, airline frustration, fuel, lost time, carbon emissions, etc. Those are tangible, real savings to name just a very limited few.

You starting to see what telepresence can do that video conferencing can’t? We hope you see what we’re seeing! Telepresence – its time has arrived!

Check out the video thread in Section 8 of the Telepresence Forum where you can watch some Telepresence YouTube videos! If a picture is worth a thousand words, a video must be worth a million!

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New York, NY (PRWEB) June 23, 2008 -- ShoreGroup, Inc., a premier systems management solutions and IT professional services firm, today announced that it has earned the designation of Cisco® Systems Authorized Technology Provider for Customer Voice Portal (ATP-CVP). This emerging technologies program focuses on the growing contact center self-service marketplace, and empowers ShoreGroup to provide customers with cost-effective, personalized voice self-service applications and the transparent transfer of information from voice self-service to agent-assisted service.

ShoreGroup's commitment to excel in the enterprise contact center arena is founded on its dedication to acquiring the leading certifications that support the company's delivery of solutions that customers need to streamline operations and expand their customer reach. To achieve the ATP-CVP designation, ShoreGroup met Cisco's rigorous training and knowledge validation requirements that equip the company to design, build and support Customer Voice Portal solutions within distributed and centralized enterprise contact centers.

"Cisco's Customer Voice Portal is a game changing technology. Companies are migrating away from point technology deployments to an architectural solution approach where applications enable business goals. The ability for customers to leverage this technology to create robust, de-centralized self-service speech applications is a powerful differentiator," said Robert McDermott, ShoreGroup's Vice President of Convergence. "ShoreGroup's ability to create, deploy and most importantly, support CVP components and applications sets us apart in the industry. Our ability to focus on business objectives leveraging CVP applications creates a more integrated relationship with our customers. This advanced Cisco specialization, coupled with Cisco's recent renewal of our Unified Contact Center Enterprise Advanced Technology Partner certification, uniquely qualifies ShoreGroup to deliver business transformational solutions," added McDermott.

"Our expertise on Cisco's Customer Voice Portal is also factored into our full range of support solutions that assist clients after CVP is implemented. Our CaseSentry platform provides mission-critical monitoring of CVP availability and performance, and provides feedback on the quality of experience being realized by customers. Our ShorePatrol Remote Operations Service offers comprehensive CVP monitoring coupled with incident, problem and change management that maximizes application availability and service levels being delivered," continued McDermott.

In addition to this ATP-CVP designation, ShoreGroup's contact center expertise is further recognized as an Authorized Technology Provider for Cisco's Unified Contact Center Enterprise. The company also holds Cisco's Advanced Unified Communications, Advanced Wireless LAN, Advanced Routing and Switching, and Advanced Security specializations.

About ShoreGroup, Inc.

ShoreGroup delivers a complete portfolio of industry-leading management applications, maintenance solutions, professional services and products for unified communications networks. ShoreGroup develops innovative management applications on its dynamic CaseSentry® platform, eliminating the pitfalls of traditional management systems to enable IT, telecom and contact center support organizations to easily and effectively manage availability, performance, service levels and support processes for complex networked environments. The company's ShorePatrol? Remote Operations Service delivers the high-quality unified communications monitoring, maintenance and support that organizations rely upon to ensure the availability of their vital business processes. ShoreGroup's Sextant? Contact Center Analytics solution provides the operational and business visibility that enterprise contact centers require to drive performance and efficiency.

ShoreGroup's professional service solutions provide leading consultation, design and implementation services for high-availability networks. The company's expertise in unified communications including IP Telephony/VoIP and IP contact centers, LAN/WAN, wireless and security produces manageable solutions that optimize business processes, communications, employee productivity and accessibility to enable organizations to derive the maximum business value from their information technology investment. As a Cisco Gold Certified Partner with advanced specializations, ShoreGroup's service portfolio is backed by solid industry credentials.

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CONTACT:

Joanne VanAuken

ShoreGroup, Inc.

The ShoreGroup Building

460 West 35th Street

New York, NY 10001

(212) 364-6800

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