HP SkyRoom, The Poor(er) Man's Collaborative Tool
Aimed at the SMB crowd, HP has unveiled SkyRoom, a low-priced collaboration tool that lets up to four people hold a videoconference over a standard business network for $149, with no subscription fees. The sticker-friendly price is in sharp contrast to HP Halo, the company's suite of telco and videoconference solutions for the enterprise, which can add up to thousands of dollars.
HP is also marketing SkyRoom as a timely alternative to business travel, given the state of the economy, and points out that a videoconference with four people using SkyRoom is cheaper than the cost of a round-trip airfare from San Francisco to Los Angeles.
The company also boasts that during a SkyRoom session, information is transferred at a rate four times faster than the blink of an eye.
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