Cisco to sell videoconferencing box for the home The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO—Cisco Systems Inc. announced Wednesday that it’s going to start selling a $599 box that turns living-room TV sets into big videophones. It’s the first entry by the world’s largest maker of computer networking gear into home videoconferencing, a market that’s been dominated by free, PC-oriented services such as Skype SA. Cisco said that the “umi” device will include a camera and will be controlled by a remote. The service will cost $25 per month on top of the purchase price. Cisco emphasizes that the system will produce
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Cloud Computing and The Movie Industry There is no denying that Cloud Computing and the movie industry will be big business. CloudTweaks has already delved into Cloud Gaming as well as Cloud TV over the past number of months. We’d like to now focus our attention toward the Cloud Motion Picture Industry. We have come across a cloud computing provider called Cerelink that provides private clouds for the movie industry. They have already worked out a deal to do a multi-year agreement to use on-demand, ‘elastic cloud computing’ to render DreamWorks Animation motion picture projects. Shrek Forever After and How
