RADVISION IPTV: Interactive Live Person To Person VideoTsahi Levent-levi
A presentation I gave during USTelecom
2nd Annual Engineering Summit
It gives an overview of how RADVISION can increase the interactivity in set-top-box platforms for the IPTV market.
You can read more about it here: <a href="http://www.radvision.com/Resources/WhitePapers/iptv.htm"> here</a>
WebRTC has progressed significantly in its first 3 years, moving from early experiments and proof of concepts to widespread adoption in browsers and innovative business applications. It started as an open source project at Google in 2011 and is now both an open standard specification and software stack. Major browsers like Chrome, Firefox, and Opera now support WebRTC natively. While adoption started with video chat apps, the technology is now used in verticals like education, healthcare, and more. Over 600 projects from vendors use WebRTC. In the next few years, the technology will continue transitioning to broader use in cloud services and reinventing communications with support from more players like Microsoft.
Past challenges for enabling universal media on Linux desktops included a lack of licensing for open and proprietary formats, lack of industry leadership, and fragmented foundational platforms. Presently, high volume legal distribution of formats and content exists through services like RealPlayer and Rhapsody. Developers from various companies are collaborating on a universal Helix media framework. Going forward, continued expansion of format support and connectivity of devices and web services will further media capabilities for Linux desktops.
Warren Buffett is the second wealthiest man in America and one of the richest investors in the world. He is the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, an insurance and investment company based in Omaha, Nebraska. Berkshire Hathaway owns several well-known companies, such as GEICO and Dairy Queen. Warren Buffett is known for his frugal lifestyle and innate investing abilities. He is preparing to retire and successors will take over running Berkshire Hathaway.
When people think about WebRTC, they think about video calls inside a web browser. WebRTC is much more than that. WebRTC can be used to create fundamentally better experiences by embedding live, peer-to-peer communications in SaaS products, mobile apps, and websites. But what is the state of WebRTC today? What does it take for a business to really reap the benefits?
My slide deck from the session I gave at Twilio's Signal event May 2015.
The document discusses WebRTC and France. It shows that France is the fourth largest country viewing the author's blog and the third largest country in terms of number of WebRTC vendors. The document also notes that French WebRTC vendors focus on streaming, web development, gaming, and media servers. It promotes the author's blog on WebRTC and business and thanks the reader.
There is an ongoing debate as to which codecs should WebRTC mandate: VP8 or H.264, G.7xx series or Opus. Where does this debate come from? What lies behind the different sides in this debate, and why we all should strive for a simple solution?
You can find my impressions and more details about the conference here: http://bloggeek.me/webrtc-conference-wrapup/
VoIP has been a known subject for many years. It has its set of backend servers and systems and its own best practices when it comes to high availability, scaling and other operational related topics. The Worldwide web has its own best practices in operational aspects, and they are different than those of VoIP (and scale better). How is VoIP infrastructure changing due to WebRTC and the web itself?
To Build or Not to Build Your WebRTC InfrastructureTsahi Levent-levi
These are the slides for the Upperside Webinar I talked at.
The acquisition of AddLive by SnapChat created some discomfort among companies using a WebRTC API platform. It made the threat, well known to all those building their future on someone else’s service, apparent and real. If you are now planning your service the first decision to be made is whether to build your own infrastructure or use an API platform.
Should decisions be made only in light of current happenings in the market? Are there more options except for to build or use a service?
The selection of an API platform is an important one. There are over 20 such platforms available. But they are different. They don't offer the same set of capabilities, they aren't focused on the same types of use cases and customers. The selection process requires an understanding of the use case, the business values, the features and requirements you have. In this webinar, we will review the various KPIs and selection criteria, offering an instruction manual for vendor selection and self built infrastructure options.
This document provides examples of how WebRTC is being used in real world applications. It describes uses such as connecting with a paint color consultant through live video, controlling HTML5 slides with a webcam, interacting around books and games, file transfer on Facebook, controlling an AR drone with video, using a telemedicine cart for remote communication, a guitar tuner application, connecting and collaborating remotely through Fluke Connect, scheduling live video sessions with language interpreters, hosting live video rap battles, an app to help blind users with live video calls, and controlling a telepresence robot with an iPad for remote video conversations. It concludes by asking what the reader will build using WebRTC.
WebRTC for Telco: Informa's WebRTC Global Summit PreconferenceTsahi Levent-levi
The preconference workshop I did at Informa's WebRTC Global Summit in London, 31st of March 2014
It is targeted at bringing people up to speed with what WebRTC is, how people and vendors are using it today and placing it also in the context of the telecom world (which is the focus of this specific conference).
RADVISION IPTV: Interactive Live Person To Person VideoTsahi Levent-levi
A presentation I gave during USTelecom
2nd Annual Engineering Summit
It gives an overview of how RADVISION can increase the interactivity in set-top-box platforms for the IPTV market.
You can read more about it here: <a href="http://www.radvision.com/Resources/WhitePapers/iptv.htm"> here</a>
WebRTC has progressed significantly in its first 3 years, moving from early experiments and proof of concepts to widespread adoption in browsers and innovative business applications. It started as an open source project at Google in 2011 and is now both an open standard specification and software stack. Major browsers like Chrome, Firefox, and Opera now support WebRTC natively. While adoption started with video chat apps, the technology is now used in verticals like education, healthcare, and more. Over 600 projects from vendors use WebRTC. In the next few years, the technology will continue transitioning to broader use in cloud services and reinventing communications with support from more players like Microsoft.
Past challenges for enabling universal media on Linux desktops included a lack of licensing for open and proprietary formats, lack of industry leadership, and fragmented foundational platforms. Presently, high volume legal distribution of formats and content exists through services like RealPlayer and Rhapsody. Developers from various companies are collaborating on a universal Helix media framework. Going forward, continued expansion of format support and connectivity of devices and web services will further media capabilities for Linux desktops.
Warren Buffett is the second wealthiest man in America and one of the richest investors in the world. He is the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, an insurance and investment company based in Omaha, Nebraska. Berkshire Hathaway owns several well-known companies, such as GEICO and Dairy Queen. Warren Buffett is known for his frugal lifestyle and innate investing abilities. He is preparing to retire and successors will take over running Berkshire Hathaway.
When people think about WebRTC, they think about video calls inside a web browser. WebRTC is much more than that. WebRTC can be used to create fundamentally better experiences by embedding live, peer-to-peer communications in SaaS products, mobile apps, and websites. But what is the state of WebRTC today? What does it take for a business to really reap the benefits?
My slide deck from the session I gave at Twilio's Signal event May 2015.
The document discusses WebRTC and France. It shows that France is the fourth largest country viewing the author's blog and the third largest country in terms of number of WebRTC vendors. The document also notes that French WebRTC vendors focus on streaming, web development, gaming, and media servers. It promotes the author's blog on WebRTC and business and thanks the reader.
There is an ongoing debate as to which codecs should WebRTC mandate: VP8 or H.264, G.7xx series or Opus. Where does this debate come from? What lies behind the different sides in this debate, and why we all should strive for a simple solution?
You can find my impressions and more details about the conference here: http://bloggeek.me/webrtc-conference-wrapup/
VoIP has been a known subject for many years. It has its set of backend servers and systems and its own best practices when it comes to high availability, scaling and other operational related topics. The Worldwide web has its own best practices in operational aspects, and they are different than those of VoIP (and scale better). How is VoIP infrastructure changing due to WebRTC and the web itself?
To Build or Not to Build Your WebRTC InfrastructureTsahi Levent-levi
These are the slides for the Upperside Webinar I talked at.
The acquisition of AddLive by SnapChat created some discomfort among companies using a WebRTC API platform. It made the threat, well known to all those building their future on someone else’s service, apparent and real. If you are now planning your service the first decision to be made is whether to build your own infrastructure or use an API platform.
Should decisions be made only in light of current happenings in the market? Are there more options except for to build or use a service?
The selection of an API platform is an important one. There are over 20 such platforms available. But they are different. They don't offer the same set of capabilities, they aren't focused on the same types of use cases and customers. The selection process requires an understanding of the use case, the business values, the features and requirements you have. In this webinar, we will review the various KPIs and selection criteria, offering an instruction manual for vendor selection and self built infrastructure options.
This document provides examples of how WebRTC is being used in real world applications. It describes uses such as connecting with a paint color consultant through live video, controlling HTML5 slides with a webcam, interacting around books and games, file transfer on Facebook, controlling an AR drone with video, using a telemedicine cart for remote communication, a guitar tuner application, connecting and collaborating remotely through Fluke Connect, scheduling live video sessions with language interpreters, hosting live video rap battles, an app to help blind users with live video calls, and controlling a telepresence robot with an iPad for remote video conversations. It concludes by asking what the reader will build using WebRTC.
WebRTC for Telco: Informa's WebRTC Global Summit PreconferenceTsahi Levent-levi
The preconference workshop I did at Informa's WebRTC Global Summit in London, 31st of March 2014
It is targeted at bringing people up to speed with what WebRTC is, how people and vendors are using it today and placing it also in the context of the telecom world (which is the focus of this specific conference).