Squawk Box October 29: Guest GIPS

This morning we talked with Global IP Solutions about the future of video conferencing. You may remember Global IP Solutions as the company that teamed up with Skype to deliver high quality voice over IP from the desktop when everyone said it couldn’t be done. Today they believe we’re on the cusp of the same kind of revolution, but this time for desktop video.

VP Jan Linden and Product Manager John Hermansen discussed desktop video technologies, the challenges associated with delivering quality desktop video experiences, and what GIPS is doing to address them. To help promote the work that they’ve done, GIPS has put out a whitepaper and video demonstration.

On the Calliflower Conference Call today: John Hermansen, Jan Linden Hudson Barton, Brad Jones, Nabeel Jafferali, Carl Ford, Jim Courtney, Jeanette Fisher, Adam Somer, William Volk, Todd Spraggins, Sheryl Breuker, Terry May, Sergio Meinardi and Yusuf Motiwala

Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry maker Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.