The World is your Canvas Virtual Field Trip, Sept 7th.

Posted on 27 August 2012

Kick-start your school year in artistic style with a virtual field trip that will educate your students about the history and beauty of art (and maybe channel their inner Van Gogh). Register to join us Friday, September 7th for a day of exploring art in a variety of ways—from museums to caricature artists and more! [...]

Wainhouse Webinar: Telepresence is dead. Long live telepresence, June 26

Posted on 10 June 2012

2012 brought a lot of volatility not only to the financial market but also to the telepresence (video conferencing) market. Extreme opinions emerged. Prediction for high market growth collided with disappointing first quarter results. Some even declared telepresence for dead and predicted gloomy future for the incumbents Cisco and Polycom. Is the sky really falling? [...]

Technically Speaking session from @LifeSizeHD, June 21st

Posted on 05 June 2012

Are you looking for a simplified way to deploy HD video conferencing to your organization? New technologies are making it easier to deploy, use and integrate video into your existing environment—with or without a dedicated IT team. Learn more by joining us on Thursday, June 21, from 12:00pm – 1:00pm CDT for our latest “Technically [...]

NEW SERVICE: Mobile Video Lines

Posted on 29 May 2012

We are very excited to be able to offer our new Mobile Video Line (MVL) service based on the LifeSize HD Clearsea product. This allows you to connect with your videoconferencing or telepresence rooms from your PC/Mac/iphone/ipad or android device as well as make calls between MVLs. We have two basic flavors at the moment, [...]

Purchase the Polycom HDX 8000 Bundle with EagleEye Director for the Price of an HDX 8000

Posted on 24 April 2012

Only through June 15, 2012! Polycom’s EagleEye Director changes the face of group video communications by enabling close-up views of every speaker on a video conference, regardless of their location or the number of people in the room. It delivers an affordable, personalized telepresence experience by intelligently emulating professional video production techniques without a remote [...]

Register Now for 2012 Build-a-Business Camp at MU

Posted on 20 April 2012

Do you know a teen (ages 12-16) who may be an entrepreneur-in-the-making? Build-a-Business Camp at the University of Missouri (MU), July 22-26, is for youth who would like to start “learning-to-earn” and “earning-to-learn” this summer. Youth will experience life on a college campus, explore going into business for themselves, meet with local entrepreneurs who have [...]

Kaleidoscope’s Owner cited in InfoComm International article: Distance Learning for All

Posted on 19 April 2012

“We have been talking with several higher education institutions that have adult students who are spread out around the country or state about how to use LifeSize Connections,” says J. Scott Christianson, owner of Kaleidoscope Videoconferencing, a Columbia, Mo.-based integrator that targets the education market. “Since it is a service, there is little infrastructure needed [...]

Kaleidoscope “Room in Action”, April 19th. Cool tech. Great people.

Posted on 14 April 2012

Kaleidoscope Videoconferencing and LifeSize invite you to a one-of-a-kind demonstration and discussion of how HD videoconferencing, video streaming, and video recording systems can help your organization grow and prosper. You’ll get hands-on experience with the latest in videoconferencing and video streaming technologies and you’ll get to learn about how several Columbia and Kansas City organizations [...]

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LifeSize Connections FAQ

Posted on 29 January 2012

Complete FAQ from LifeSize on the LifeSize Connections Service. Contact us with any specific questions and check the LifeSize website for the latest additions to the FAQ. What is LifeSize Connections, and how is it different from other video services? How does deploying LifeSize Connections differ from traditional video conferencing deployments? What are the key [...]

Cases

The Kansas City Zoo comes to John Knox Village through LifeSize Connections

Posted on 10 January 2012

What do you do when seniors can’t come to the Zoo? You bring the Zoo to the seniors, of course! This past month, the Kansas City Zoo visited with seniors at John Knox Villiage retirement facility via videoconferencing in a program arranged by Connected4Learning and Kaleidoscope Videoconferencing . Participants at the Village were asked to provide their [...]

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Diocese of Missouri uses LifeSize Videocenter to stream 172nd Annual Convention

Posted on 09 January 2012

The Episcopal Church Diocese of Missouri recently hosted the 172nd Annual Diocesan Convention at the beautiful Christ Church Cathedral in St. Louis. The multi-day event concluded with a Eucharist ceremony on Saturday morning, which featured an address by the Most Rev. Dr. Katharine Jefferts Schori, the twenty-sixth Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church. She is [...]

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LifeSize® Video Center at the core of unique applications in the School of Nursing

Posted on 06 January 2012

This is an excellent case study that highlights some of the ways that Video Center can be used in medical another other programs of study that require an assessment or practicum component. Kaleidoscope is currently working on similar projects with the University of Missouri. Reposted from LifeSize.com. To download a .pdf of the case study, [...]

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SSA Opens Videoconferencing Network to Outside Connections

Posted on 04 January 2012

The Social Security Administration has an extensive network of videoconferencing systems that are used for disability hearings. Currently, if a claimant needs to appear before a judge, that person and their lawyer have to go to the nearest SSA office and conduct a videoconference with the judge. This allows the SSA to balance the case [...]

Discounts & Deals

The @LifeSizeHD Bridge Bundle Promotion Ends this week! Last Chance to Get 50% off your Bridge Order

Posted on 19 March 2012

Start 2012 off right. Customers can receive 50% off MSRP when they buy  four LifeSize® 220™ Series endpoints with LifeSize® Camera 10x™, in addition to LifeSize® Bridge™. If you are considering making a Bridge Purchase this is a great opportunity that will end at the end of this week. Contact Scott directly at jsc@kalvideo.com or 573-424-4254 to get [...]

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LifeSize Connections and Vouchers: Consume just the service you need

Posted on 13 February 2012

Many people have not fully realized how flexible LifeSize Connections is in regards to licensing and seat licenses. It is so flexible that daily changes can be made to the number of seats that you have available. Access to Connections is granted through a voucher that is a very flexible form of purchase. It enables [...]

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Rent our videoconferencing room and you can be everywhere!

Posted on 08 February 2012

Is there a meeting in your future? You can videoconference with sites across the country or around the world from our HD videoconferencing room in downtown Columbia. Our videoconferencing rental service can connect you with over 4500 public videoconference rooms across the US and in more than 70 countries. Videoconferencing combines the effectiveness of a [...]

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Tech Tip: Adapt HDMI to VGA + Audio adapter

Posted on 17 January 2012

Most videoconferencing devices are starting to use digital connectors such as HDMI for inputs and outputs, but a lot of the display devices, projectors especially, need to have an “old school” VGA input. For the past three months we have been carrying around a nice little HDMI to VGA Video Adapter Converter with Audio from StarTech [...]

Events

Kaleidoscope provides streaming videos from the Advancing Renewables in the Midwest Conference

Posted on 14 April 2012

Conference explores the potential of efficiency programming and renewable energy development in the Midwest. The Seventh Annual Advancing Renewables in the Midwest, brought together experts in energy distribution and generation for a one-day intensive event on the University of Missouri-Columbia Campus. Using LifeSize equipment installed on the UM campus along with our LifeSize Video center [...]

Events

April 12th, Columbia Tech Network Spring Event, 5pm to 7pm.

Posted on 07 April 2012

Please join us for a discussion about the technology community’s efforts to turn research into job-creating companies. You’ll hear about a $5 million project to help commercialize biotech breakthroughs, and from executives at two local high-tech startups that won funding from the UM System’s Enterprise Investment Program. As always, there will plenty of networking time. Hors [...]

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April 12, 2012 Webinar from SonicWall: Take the Guesswork out of Backup and Recovery

Posted on 06 April 2012

As businesses create, distribute, duplicate, store and retrieve information, data becomes an invaluable asset. However, it’s nearly impossible for IT to differentiate new, valuable and unique information from old, irrelevant or duplicate data. As a result, organizations often preserve “everything” to satisfy corporate governance or government regulations, or simply to save time. Join Sonicwall  to [...]

Events

IEDC’s “Managing Economic Development Organizations” Training Course – Baltimore, Maryland, May 10 – 11

Posted on 24 March 2012

This International Economic Development Council (IEDC) advanced course will focus on the key principles and practices of professional management in economic development. It will define excellence in economic development and explain the fundamentals of managing for results, outcome-based performance, organizational assessment, stakeholder identification, vision and mission scope, organizational culture and more. Also, participants will learn [...]

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April 4th, Technically Speaking Event from @LIfeSizeHD: Video Goes Virtual

Posted on 23 March 2012

Join LifeSize for “Technically Speaking,” a new, interactive series. Current Topic—Video Goes Virtual: Making Life Easier for IT Teams Virtualization technologies are everywhere—now, finally, video has gone virtual. Talk to the experts who know more than anyone else about how to deploy video infrastructure in any IT environment. Share you pains. Ask anything! Learn about [...]

Kaleidoscope News

LifeSize Connections. Where should it go from here?

Posted on 24 January 2012

If you have been using or testing LifeSize Connections, it doesn’t take too long before you realize that this is the way to do videoconferencing. Yet, it is still 1.0 software. We’ll see it evolve according to LifeSize’s grand design, but what do you think should be the next steps. Here are a couple of [...]

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@LifeSizeHD Education Solutions Brief: Digital Students

Posted on 17 September 2012

The Challenge Mobile technology in the hands of students is forcing changes in education. These tech-savvy students own the latest devices and hippest, hottest applications and they use them constantly to interact with their peers, and yes, to learn. School administrators and teachers are leveraging this enthusiasm for digital devices to encourage student engagement and a collaborative, [...]

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@LifeSizeHD Healthcare Solutions and HIPAA Compliance

Posted on 13 September 2012

“Are LifeSize video conference solutions HIPAA compliant?” From LifeSize Communications. For a full report in .pdf format, Click Here: LifeSize_Products_and_HIPAA_Compliance It’s a common question. The short answer is: Products and technology are not HIPAA compliant, organizations are. However, LifeSize video conference solutions can help healthcare organizations maintain HIPAA compliance. What is HIPAA? HIPAA stands for Health [...]

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From @LifeSizeHD: BYOD is here to stay

Posted on 05 September 2012

Do you work smarter on your own tablet, smartphone or laptop? Go for it, says corporate IT.   From LifeSize Communications. For a full article in .pdf format, Click here: Bring_Your_Own_Device   BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) is safely past the flash-in-the-pan stage: a recent survey found that 44 percent of firms have already embraced a [...]

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A Virtual Field Trip Extravaganza Series! from @LifeSizeHD

Posted on 25 August 2012

  Sign up to receive exclusive invitations to the 2012-2013 Virtual Field Trip Extravaganza Series Back by popular demand, the LifeSize Grant Assistance Program will host unique Virtual Field Trips each month during the 2012-2013 school year. Virtual Field Trips, powered by live video via LifeSize® UVC Video Center™, are a great way to transport your class on [...]

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Software updates for @LifeSizeHD Endpoints released

Posted on 04 April 2012

Software Version 4.7.20 for LifeSize 200 Series Video Systems LifeSize 200 series (Room, Team MP and Express) video systems can now upgrade to software version 4.7.20. This maintenance release improves general functionality, third-party interoperability and LifeSize Camera 200 performance. Release notes are available on the Support page of the LifeSize website. Software Version 4.9.2 for [...]

Tips

New Manual for LifeSize Connections Admins and Users

Posted on 16 February 2012

LifeSize Connections is the fastest way to add and extend HD video conferencing to your business, enabling secure, immersive communication between meeting rooms and desktops through an intuitive, cloud based platform. Deploy high-definition (HD) video conferencing throughout your organization in minutes, not days, weeks or even months — all with little or no IT resources. [...]

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Tech Tip: Linking your LifeSize 220 codec to the Video Center

Posted on 25 January 2012

Make sure you have the latest software installed on your 220 series codec. From the web interface or from the screen interface of the codec, go into admin preferences –> video –>record and stream. Recorder Host Name:  [enter the Video Center IP address] Recorder Port: 443 Record Key: [Enter Recording Channel]. This step is optional. If you [...]

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  • Another 15 minutes of fame in Infocomm International
    Stalking Videoconferencing Interoperability TYPE: ARTICLE, REPORT OR WHITEPAPER TOPICS: CONFERENCING DATE: MARCH 2013 By Tim Kridel, Special to InfoComm International® …… “I have not had many pro-to-pro problems per se,” says J. Scott Christianson, owner of Kaleidoscope Videoconferencing. “Probably the … Continue reading → […]
    J Scott Christianson
  • CB2000 now Lync and Skype compatible, giving @LifeSizeHD, @Cisco and @Polycom a run for their money
    Having dominated the videoconferencing market since it’s release 2 years ago, the CB2000 has been deployed in just about every business, household and bathroom in the country. In another dramatic upset to the videoconferencing market, the makers of the CB2000 … Continue reading → […]
    J Scott Christianson
  • Updated List of Videoconferencing Test Sites
    Just retested my list of videoconferencing test systems and moved it back to this blog. You can find it listed in the menu above under VTC Testing. Interestingly, about 1/3 of the test sites have fallen off the list and … Continue reading → […]
    J Scott Christianson
  • Open @LifeSize HD Videocenter Channel for testing courtesy of @VTCStream
    Just posted a permanent page for a new resource for testing and on-demand streaming (first come/first serve). Great way to quickly document a problem, test a system, etc. Get the full details on how to use at: http://www.thefreerangetechnologist.com/?page_id=2228  Use this open Videocenter … Continue reading → […]
    J Scott Christianson
  • How Green is Videoconferencing?
    The Welsh Video Network recently completed their comprehensive study and analysis of the environmental impact (good and bad) of Videoconferencing. You can visit the WVN site here, or click on the links below to download linked documents. Project documentation: Project Plan … Continue reading → […]
    J Scott Christianson
  • How to: Choose a @LifeSizeHD Bridge Scheduling Method
    There are four basic ways that you can schedule or setup conferences on the Lifesize bridge. Which method you choose to use will depend on 1). What your users are used to; 2). Whether or not you have more bridge ports … Continue reading → […]
    J Scott Christianson
  • Videoconferencing Endpoint Security and Configuration: What’s old is new again
    A New York Times article–”Cameras May Open Up the Board Room to Hackers“–outlined some of the basic security concerns for owners of videoconferencing systems. This article has generated a lot of interest and buzz in the videoconferencing community in the … Continue reading → […]
    J Scott Christianson