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IMTC Status November 9, 1999

IMTC Status November 9, 1999. Matt Collier President IMTC. 11th IMTC Forum. Fall 1999- Keystone, Co - USA “ Building Blocks: New Technologies for the Millennium” PREVIOUS FORUMS: Spring 1999- Munich, Germany “Conferencing over IP-Where we Stand” Fall 1998 - Miami, Florida, USA

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IMTC Status November 9, 1999

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  1. IMTC Status November 9, 1999 Matt CollierPresidentIMTC

  2. 11th IMTC Forum • Fall 1999- Keystone, Co - USA • “Building Blocks: New Technologies for the Millennium” • PREVIOUS FORUMS: • Spring 1999- Munich, Germany • “Conferencing over IP-Where we Stand” • Fall 1998 - Miami, Florida, USA • “Voice over IP-Clearing the Confusion” • Spring, 1998 - Seville, Spain • “Multimedia ConferencingApplications and Usage”

  3. Our Progress:From Munich to Keystone • Membership Growth • Board and Officer Changes • 1999 Work Plan • Activity Group Additions • Financial Overview • Administrative Information

  4. IMTC Membership 143 Members! • 38 New Members Since Spring Forum ‘99 • Represents 19% Increase in 7 Months

  5. ACTIVE VOICE CORPORATION ATMEL CORPORATION BROADBAND PRESS CATAPULT COMMUNICATIONS CLARENT CORPORATION DANU INDUSTRIES DSG TECHNOLOGY, INC. DYNAMICSOFT E-TEL CORPORATION ETRI EXCEL SWITCHING CORPORATION GUANG CHUAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE HIPER S.A. HI-SUN HUGHES SOFTWARE SYSTEMS HUWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO. LTD. IDM CORP LARA TECHNOLOGY, INC. LG INFORMATION & COMM.UNICATIONS MEDIAPHONICS NETRUE COMMUNICATIONS New Members(Since Spring Forum 99’)

  6. New Members(Since Spring Forum 99’) • NEXBELL COMMUNICATIONS • NEXTONE COMMUNICATIONS • RADISYS CORPORATION • ROYAL PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. • SHANGHAI BELL LTD. • SUMMITT Co., LTD. • TEDAS GMBH • TELKOM SA LTD • TELXON CORPORATION • TRILLIUM DIGITAL SYSTEMS • TUNDO • VEGASTREAM • VERTICAL NETWORKS • V-SPAN • WINETT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY • WINNOV • XI’ AN DATANG

  7. IMTC Member Growth North America92 (64%) Europe/Israel 24(17%) Asia/Pacific 24 (17%) South America 2 (1%) Africa 1 (1%) TOTAL 143 Total Members

  8. IMTC Members by Region

  9. Raj Banjsal, Nokia Narjala Bhasker, Intel Matt Collier, Polycom Toby Nixon, Microsoft Ian Parke, BT Jim Polizotto, VTEL Armin Schubert, Deutsche Telekom Ken Velten, MCI Philippe Alezard, France Telecom Ami Amir, RADVision Gary L. Beckstrom, Cisco Ben Schuurink, KPN Telecom Istvan Sebestyen, Siemens Neil Starkey, IBM/DataBeam Martin Welt, Lucent Board of Directors - Term1998-2000 1999-2001

  10. IMTC Officers1999-2000 • President Matt Collier, Polycom • Executive Vice President Ian Parke, BT • Vice President - Americas Patrick Luthi, Ezenia!, Inc. • Vice President -Europe Graham Seabrook, Ridgeway Systems & Software • Vice President - Asia Pacific TBD • Treasurer Jim Polizotto, VTEL • Secretary Deepak Kamlani, Interprise Ventures

  11. 1999-2000 Challenge • Election Results… • Eight of Fifteen Board Seats Elected • New Officers • President selected from the Board of Directors Position • Addition of new Activity Group(s) and AG Chairs • New Protocols require our attention and testing efforts • Expanding number of Liaison relationships

  12. 1999 Work Plan Focus • Focus • Standards & Interoperability • System & Network Implementation • Usability

  13. IMTC Focus • 1. Drive adoption of Multimedia teleconferencing standards developed by the (ITU), ETSI, IETF. • 2. Sponsor and Conduct interoperability testing events for all standards, products and services. • 3. Educate the business and consumer communities on the status, value and benefits of these technologies and on practical applications.

  14. Standards and Interoperability • Support standards development • active role in ITU, IETF, ETSI... • evangelize IMTC positions • Develop test plans (for each protocol/standard) • leverage work done by all member companies • liaison with other non-member groups

  15. Standards and Interoperability (cont’d) • Conduct interoperability testing events • begin to publish internally a results matrix (members only) • Integrate new work efforts into standards and Testing Events • Promote Conferencing Compatibity (CCP) program • implement CCP testing profiles at events

  16. Standards and Interoperability (cont’d) • Expand work of Activity Groups • Publish implementation guides: • standards or/and profiles • licensing information needed • Initiate product and application interoperability activities

  17. System & Network Implementation • Expand and Document end-to-end sessions • All standards • Directory services • Interworking scenarios • Conduct more Interworking test events • Among multiple standards • Among network providers & equip. providers

  18. Usability • Easy to use UI • Define ease of use feature sets • common feature set • application usage (voice, video and/or data) • business vs. consumer use • point-to-point vs. multipoint • by platform options • PC, Set-top, Cable Modem, Portable Device

  19. Usability (cont’d) • Identify usability obstacles & issues • how do users find base-level products • product feature set support • educational requirements • Define user application scenarios • Differentiate Opportunities • quality, ++ features, mixed-media content

  20. IMTC 1999-2000 Challenge • Focused Activity Groups • Add new Activity Groups as necessary or proposed by membership • Include more than the obvious • Re-organize the structure and leadership as necessary to align AG work plans • Ensure the critical mass of active contributors to shape and drive the work to completion

  21. Activity Groups 1999 • Conferencing over IP Activity Group • iNOW! Activity Group • Interworking and Network Services Activity Group • Mobility Activity Group • Voice Coder Activity Group • Switched Conferencing Activity Group • Data Conferencing Activity Group • Marketing Activity Group • TIPIA - In Process

  22. Liaison Relationships • ITU-T Study Group 16 • ETSI - European Telecommuncations Standards Institute • IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force • INForum - Intelligent Network Forum • DAVIC - Digital Audio Visual Council • ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29 • In Process: • ADSL FORUM • TIA • ECMA TC32 (Update John Elwell, Chair)

  23. SuperOp! September,1999 • Outstanding Event in Hawaii! • Thanks to all! • Over 68 companies/300+ engineers participated • Additional 24 TAPI companies participated at the same time • Mini Forum/Activity Group Working Session • European Site for 2000 • Sponsorships?

  24. CCP Test Plans and Events • Confirmation of test plans at a CCP event • Hold a specific CCP event in conjunction with other IMTC events • SuperOp! • Spring or/and Fall Forum • CCP testing results would not be published beyond who tested and on which CCP profile release

  25. Board of Director Summary Notes • Establishment of Two new Activity Groups • TIPIA • IMTC iNOW! • Proposed Change of IMTC Bylaws

  26. Financial Status • Operating Budget for 1999 of $1.2M • #1 Expense item - SuperOp! and Interoperability Testing Events • Increasing Activity Group Infrastructure Support • Conference Calling, etc... • Expanded Interoperability testing activity • Projected cash/AR balance of ~$506,000 year-end 1999

  27. Interprise Ventures • Personnel: • Deepak Kamlani, Managing Director • Betsy Gillette, General Manager • Jennifer Fletcher, Events Manager • Birgit Riepe, Public Relations Manager • Jonathan Matthews, Web Site Manager • Ritesh Sharma, Accounting Coordinator • Jason Craig, Information Specialist

  28. Challenges for This Meeting • Get Involved! • Find out what’s going on - • Talk with the AG leaders • Get involved in AGs’ work efforts • Participate in interoperability events

  29. WorldWide Web Homepage http://www.imtc.org IMTC Members E-mail Reflector members@imtc.org Used for general member communications IMTC Members FTP Site ftp.imtc-files.org Open to industry for anonymous ftp Matt Collier, Polycom mcollier@polycom.com 703-476-8569 Member & Industry Communications

  30. Thanks!

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