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• Social media levels pecking order at Telstra

  Social media has increased transparency and broken down the staff hierarchy inside Telstra, according to Paul Geason, Telstra group managing director for enterprise and government.

• What is WebRTC?

  Enterprise trade shows have recently been full of chatter about WebRTC (Real-Time Communication). Descriptions like game changer and disruptive technology have been used. But, what is WebRTC and does it really matter?

• CERN retires proprietary video conferencing system in favor of Vidyo

  Tim Smith has some of the best IT end users in the world: the physicists who do research at CERN, which runs the particle physics lab that is home to the Large Hadron Collider, because they need little instruction when it comes to new technology.

• Cisco appealing EU approval of Microsoft/Skype union, again

  Cisco is reportedly attempting to persuade Europe's second-highest court that it should overturn the European Union's approval of the Microsoft/Skype union, an $8.5 billion blockbuster originally announced by the companies two years ago.

• Govt gives telepresence system $19.3 million boost

  The Labor government's budget includes $19.3 million in funding over the next five years to bolster the National Telepresence System.

• Telehealth vendors not fazed by NBN debate

  The NBN will be a boon to Australian healthcare regardless of which political party has its way on the final technology approach for delivery, officials from health IT vendors said at a lunch in Sydney.

• Telstra signs $1.1 billion Defence contract

  Telstra has won a $1.1 billion contract to supply telecommunications, network and mobile services to the Department of Defence.

• Retail chain sees value in Google Plus

  Retail chain Dick Smith will use Google Hangouts to share best practices among its stores and bring employees closer together, according to the retailer’s IT director, Linda Venables.

• Businesses need to explore Firefox, Chrome's WebRTC to bolster services and cut costs

  Businesses need to study up now on WebRTC - the browser-based voice and video support included in the latest versions of Firefox and Chrome but that seems destined for all browsers - if they want to jump on opportunities to enhance services and cut costs, according to experts at the Enterprise Connect conference.

• Cisco weds WebEx with telepresence

  Cisco announced at the Enterprise Connect conference in Orlando, Fla., today that it is now possible to patch WebEx users into Cisco telepresence conferences as full participants.

• ADSL broadband slows remote medical education

  Australia should invest in faster broadband for regional areas to promote telehealth and clinical education, according to the head of a non-governmental organisation that trains general practice doctors.

• Google+ finding its feet with businesses

  Google continues to tweak its Google+ social media platform as the company seeks to gain traction among businesses.

• Cisco infuses Internet TV platform with software from $5B NDS buyout

  Cisco this week unveiled the fruits of its $5 billion acquisition of video software maker NDS with a product designed to enable media companies to deliver synchronized multiscreen video services.

• The future of telepresence: It's virtual, mobile and social

  It wasn't so long ago that we were in awe of telepresence -- its ability to bend space and time to put people who are thousands of miles apart face-to-face instantaneously. Now that we've experienced the power of telepresence, we want more. We want telepresence all the time. We want it to be available and effortless to use like a mobile phone. In effect, we want telepresence to be taken to the next dimension, one that allows for high-intensity collaboration.

• Avaya looks to next generation video conferencing

  Following up on its purchase earlier this year of video optimisation company, Radvision, Avaya has announced enhancements to its Aura and Flare unified communications (UC) platforms that could signal the company's move into next generation videoconferencing for the enterprise.