Presentation discusses 20 years of history of IMTC, International Multimedia Telecommunications Consortium. Presented during IMTC 20th Anniversary Forum in Porto, Portugal
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Today and tomorrow of visual communications, building on 20 years of technology breakthroughs
1. Today and tomorrow of visual communications,
building on 20 years of technology breakthroughs
October 8 – 10
Porto, Portugal
International Multimedia Telecommunications Consortium
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About Us---
•Focused 100% on the tech
sector since 1993
We Are an Ecosystem
Development and
Alliance Management
Firm
•Global multi-stakeholder
alliances and ecosystems
We Help Our Clients
Collaborate, Accelerate
Innovation, and Realize
Opportunity In Tech
Markets
•Comprised of 4,000+
entities globally
We Manage ~25
Engagements Today
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What Do We Help Our Clients Do?
Create Specifications, Protocols
supported by all stakeholders
Create
Multi Stakeholder
Platforms (Alliances)
Perform
Collaboration
Build Larger
Global Markets
Drive market awareness and
adoption of solutions
Develop Interoperability &
Certification Programs
RoI One Stakeholder
RoI Multi Stakeholders
&/OR
&/OR
Fewer Silos, Interoperable Solutions, Better User Experiences
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Teleconferencing Was About To
Paradigm Shift
Bob Gill
CEO, ConferTech Internt’l
• Operated audio
teleconferencing
service bureau and
developed/sold
bridges
• Had identified
‘document
conferencing’ as target
market
• Needed help with entry
plan: what/how/when
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ConferTech Engaged With Us
interprise ventures
international & domestic
enterprise support
1993: Thinner, No Grey Hair,
No Second Daughter----
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Target Audience was
Telecom Managers
Very positive and
enthusiastic response
to demos (shared
whiteboards)
Key feedback: DON’T
BURN US!
• Had purchase
authority
• Resonated with
‘audiographics’
and ‘document
conferencing’
• Room system
silos:PictureTel-CLI
• Must Have:
standards, interop
We Ran Focus Groups and Did
Primary Research
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No Standards =
No Market
Needed
multiple
stakeholders
to collaborate
Needed an
entity to
manage
inclusion and
stakeholder
effort
The Direction Was Clear--
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Stakeholder Ignition
• Was collaborating
with ConferTech on
first speakerphones
• Jumped on starting
an industry
standards initiative
• Contributed
resources, passion
to get there quickly
Brian Hinman
Founder, Polycom
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Other Industry Leaders Arrived
Quickly
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Ruben Gruber
VideoServer
Norm Gaut
PictureTel
Rich Baker
PictureTel
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By Feb 1994 We Were Aligned
Neil Starkey
CTO, DataBeam
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And In 1995 We Consolidated The
Industry And Became IMTC
MCCOI Merger
September 1994
Graham Seabrook, BT
PCWG Merger
December 1995
Al Korenjak, Intel
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IMTC Became THE Place To Be
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Core T.120
Standards
ratified March
1995---
leading to
Event 120 in
March 1996
H.324
Standards
ratified
November
1995---
leading to
physical and
virtual test
sessions in
1996
H.323
Standards
ratified March
1996--- IMTC
rallied the
industry
around H.323
Everywhere
Work began on
VoIP
Implementation
Agreement with
VoIP Forum
merger in
November 1996
Standards First
initiative
provided the
umbrella
theme- and
drove
SuperOp!
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1999: TIPIA, iNOW, aHIT!
2000: Packet Switch Streaming
2003: 3G-324M
2006: IMS
2008: SIP Parity
2010: Telepresence, TIP
2011: Scalable Video Coding
2013: WebRTC
This Track Record Has Continued
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Innovation Is Becoming More
‘Personal’
1990’s
Miles
Early 2000’s
Feet
Mid 2000’s On:
Inches
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Because Of Moore’s Law---
The number of transistors on integrated
circuits doubles approximately
every two years
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And Metcalfe’s Law---
The Value of a Network Grows as the Square
of its Number of Users
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We Are Now in The Internet Of
Everything--
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Futures: IoT, IoP, IoE
There are now
more devices in
U.S. homes (425 M)
connected to the
internet than there
are U.S. residents
(315 M)
The average US
internet household
now has 5.7
internet-connected
devices.
This trend is global
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Implications
• Massive infrastructure/bandwidth issue
Expect billions of
connected devices
across tech sector
• Level playing field for all stakeholders
Increased focus on
Standards
• Requires Technology Vendors, Service Providers,
Developers and ASPs, Government Bodies,
Legislators, Academic Institutions, Customers
working together
No one company
can do it all
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Standards Bodies Will Always
Need A Push
Company
Standard
Industry
Bodies
National
Bodies
Regional
Bodies
International
Bodies
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Collaboration Will Be A Necessity
Complex Ecosystems
Global Theaters
& Players+
Few Companies
Can Do It All Alone
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Netting It Out--
IMTC has 20
years of
experience
accelerating
Innovation
IMTC’s
historical
focus on Real
Time
Collaboration
is more
relevant than
ever in a
mobile and
connected
world
What will
we report on
5 years from
now– at
IMTC 25?
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Leadership----
Istvan Sebestyen
Siemens, ECMA
Matt Collier
LifeSize, Logitech
Anatoli Levine
Radvision, Avaya