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June 08, 2013

WebRTC World Week in Review


Very big news emerged this week in the field of Web-based real time communications (WebRTC), and when we get a whole lot of news in, we like to take the weekend and pick out some of the biggest points of the week. So sit back, settle in, and let's run down the high points in WebRTC with our Week in Review coverage!

First, we had a report from Vidtel, who added Haverford Systems to its channel partner program. This in turn would allow Haverford Systems to offer the Vidtel lineup of services—particularly Vidtel's MeetMe videoconferencing services—to its own stock of solutions. Since Haverford Systems already specializes in audio/visual technology, as well as in bringing visual communications into current IT resource structures, having Vidtel's line of solutions available to offer really only makes sense for both companies.

Next we took a look at the issue of technology adoption, and the rates at which same are done. Specifically, we looked at rich communications services (RCS) and WebRTC, and just which was getting adopted by users and at what rate. The determination was that RCS was on a slower adoption track and WebRTC on a much faster one. RCS has been, essentially, in the works since the 1980s on some levels, though some would say its true start was in 2009. WebRTC, meanwhile, is much more recent but well on track to show up in a variety of places, making it faster than RCS.

Openmind Networks then stepped in with the report that its core mobile communications platform would be made available to the wider industry, allowing a wide array of new apps to be developed for a multitude of devices. With the Openmind API in hand, developers would be able to put a telco-grade communications platform to work in a set of different apps, adding a great way for people to not only keep in touch, but also to do things while keeping in touch.

Next came something a bit more unusual, as we took a look at how unified communications (UC) vendors could survive in the upcoming onslaught posed by WebRTC. While WebRTC covers a lot of the same ground that UC does—often easier and at no cost to users—there are some ways for UC vendors to survive with a few key points. Accepting the inevitability of WebRTC was the first step, and from there, a little consideration of what WebRTC couldn't do would go a long way toward showing UC vendors how to survive the new world of WebRTC.

Finally, we got a look at just what WebRTC was doing in terms of bringing calling to Web browsers. One of the greatest virtues of WebRTC is its interconnectivity, bringing the ease of connecting to several different platforms all in one package. While there are some roadblocks in the way, these may ultimately prove to be speed bumps as new solutions emerge and make WebRTC the point-to-point communications platform of a lot of users' dreams.

That was the week that was in WebRTC, and this new field of communications is making for a lot of changes on all fronts. New products, new services, and a new way of life for a lot of companies adds up to a future that's dynamic and rich with possibility. All those possibilities, of course, mean a lot of news for our global online community to bring back into the field, so be sure to keep it here next week for all the biggest news in WebRTC, and every weekend for our Week in Review coverage!



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