Datacraft India offers Cisco tele presence deployment services

MUMBAI, February 26, 2007: Datacraft India Ltd. the cutting edge technology solution and service specialist offers Cisco Tele Presence deployment services in India. This offering is in conjunction with the recently announced Cisco Tele Presence launch in India. Datacraft currently is the only Cisco Advanced Technology Provider (ATP) partner for Tele Presence Datacraft has been a pioneer in deploying Unified Communications portfolio of conferencing and collaboration products and has successfully collaborated and implemented multiple solutions in the virtual communication and corporate -conferencing domain.

Mr. Sunil Manglore, CEO, Datacraft India Ltd., said, "The Datacraft technical expertise and manpower strength is deploying new technology in a very short time and Go To Market Readiness as well as a global footprint made Datacraft as an ideal partner to launch TelePresence exclusively in India. The TelePresence solution to be implemented by Datacraft India is purpose-built to take interaction and collaboration to an entirely new level. Since it feels like everyone is in the same room, remote interactions are now just as natural and effective as in-person communication, simplifying and accelerating information sharing throughout an organisation, impacting your top and bottom lines."

"Cisco is changing the way people work, live, play and learn, one human experience at a time," said Jangoo Dalal President India and SAARC, Cisco. "IP has made it possible for us to extend the communications horizon to actually meet with and work with people, in person, without having to travel. Just as the jet engine opened up the world to business and personal experience, so will Cisco TelePresence open up the world to natural communications that have an immediacy and effectiveness never before possible at a distance."

Innovation

Cisco TelePresence is a new technology that creates unique, "in-person" experiences between people, places, and events in their work and personal lives. It combines innovative video, audio, and interactive elements (both hardware and software) to create this experience over the network. In short, Telepresence catapults the concept of virtual communications to a remarkable new level.

Cisco is leading the transition to a network-centric technology environment by combining our core strengths""Internet Protocol (IP) and Unified Communications services "" to create a powerful communications platform. We are at the forefront of evolving the network from simple connectivity to an intelligent platform and our ability to identify and lead the evolution of communications is a clear differentiator.

Datacraft and Cisco have already teamed up to combine all Tele Presence elements to create a live, face-to-face meeting experience that lets users interact and collaborate like never before, boosting productivity and business transformation, while creating a real, sustainable competitive advantage.

Benefits

Telepresence can be very useful for business meetings, The most important gesticulations during the meeting are through eye contact and movements, posture movements, facial expressions etc more than speech. Thus even today in the time of video conferencing, face to face meetings are preferred. Especially for key negotiations, interviews, business review meetings, etc. Telepresence replicates an actual physical meeting between disparate parties in a virtual room to a level of unreal perfection. Another crucial area is telemedicine where absolute clarity in image voice, data, is required. Future applications in home and entertainment are limitless.

Conceptualisation of the Tele Presence project

In August 2006, Datacraft assisted Cisco with the installation of Tele Presence at the Global Sales Meeting in Las Vegas. Datacraft delivered Cisco-on-Cisco Phase 1 deployments across Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing and Tokyo. Datacraft is currently delivering Cisco-on-Cisco Phase 2 project at Bangalore. Datacraft has successfully deployed Tele Presence in New Delhi as part of Cisco CEO John Chamber's Tele Presence launch in India.

About Datacraft India Ltd.

Datacraft India Ltd. is the leading independent IT services and solution company in Asia Pacific. The company helps clients plan, build and support their IT infrastructures. Datacraft combines an expertise in networking, security, operating environments, storage and contact centre technologies, with advanced skills in consulting, integration and managed services, to craft IT solutions and services for business.

Datacraft India has been operational in India since the last 10 years has established itself as a formidable IT Solutions and Services player. Datacraft started as infrastructure integrator and has since then transformed it self into a leading IT Solutions and services specialist. The company today has Rs. 500 crore turnovers through its India operations. The company has been instrumental in networking and maintaining mission critical networks for clients like SBI, VSNL to deploy a varied range of technology solutions to address technology and business problems.