David J. Danto

Principal Consultant, Collaboration / Multimedia / Video / AV

Dimension Data

Director of Emerging Technology

Interactive Multimedia & Collaborative Communications Alliance

eMail: David.Danto@DimensionData.com Follow Industry News: @NJDavidD

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Featured Blogs:

· Real Travel vs. Virtual Travel – Videoconferencing, Telepresence and the Airline Industry

· Real Travel vs. Virtual Travel Pt. 2 – Where Am I? Anywhere…

· Fear and Paranoia! - Your House Is Unsecure (if you leave the door open!)

· Are Technology Conferences In Jeopardy?

· The “Good Enough” Mentality in Visual Communications – Think Fred!

· The Importance of Eye-Contact in Visual Communications

· What is Telepresence?

· The Convergence of AV and IT – and how to avoid collateral damage from the explosion

· No ANYTHING in my Car!

· Ten New Year’s Resolutions for the Collaborative Conferencing Industry (for 2012)

A View From The Road: Observations on technology trends from the latest conferences and seminars:

All show reviews: http://www.imcca.org/news/views-from-the-road

Recent reviews: CES 2012 Enterprise Connect 2102 NAB 2012

Featured Articles:

· World Commerce Review, March 2012. Recent Developments in Collaborative Communications, Mobility and the Cloud

· Channel Partners, January 2012. Overcoming Hurdles to UC Adoption

· Sound and Communications, Spring 2011 ITAV Report. New Directions For Collaborative Conferencing

· AT&T and the Economist Intelligence Unit, Spring 2009. Today’s Virtual Power Tools

· Sound and Communications, Fall 2008 ITAV Report. UC – Stepping into the Future Without Abandoning The Past

· Sound and Communications, Spring 2008 ITAV Report. The Top Ten Things an AV Technician / an IT Helpdesk Operator Should Learn (2 articles)

· Sound and Communications, May 2008. Worlds Apart but Across the Table

· World Commerce Review, December 2007. Telepresence: A background and analysis that goes beyond the hype

Video Presentations:

· David comments on visual collaborative communications in a video put together for Polycom's Executive Briefing Centers. Click Here To View.

· David moderates the closing panel of the 2010 Wainhouse Research Collaboration Summit. Click Here To View. Scroll down to the last entry in the agenda and click “View Archive”. Free registration is required – needing your name and email.

· David gives a Unified Communications educational seminar for InfoComm in Atlanta - March 2011. Click Here To View.

Webcasts, Webinars:

· David and Scott Cruikshank of Dimension Data present a series of three webinars for Ziff Davis Enterprise eSeminars. The first is on May 23^rd, the second on June 6^th, the third on June 23^rd. The topics and links are:

· Out of the AV World, into the Real World - Making Video a Part of Your UC Strategy

· Visual Collaboration – Everywhere for Everyone - Making Pervasive Video Work in the Real World link TBD

· Driving Enterprise Video Adoption - The Roadmap to Success link TBD

· David and Wainhouse Research’s Ira Weinstein present Four Steps to Drive Video Adoption Across Your Organization on behalf of Dimension Data and Enterprise Connect (free registration required to view.) Click Here To View.

Future Engagements: (click the logo to go to the event page)

· David will be a guest speaker at Forrester's Infrastructure & Operations Forum 2012 May 24^th-25^th

· David will be moderating the 4^th Annual Telepresence Day and other IMCCA panels at InfoComm June 11^th-14^th. Click the InfoComm 12 logo, click “Register Now” and use code DIM3104 for free exhibit hall registration.

· David will be a speaker at the Wainhouse Research 2012 Collaboration Summit in Philadelphia July 17^th-18^th