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There is a lot of activity around the release of the ORTC specification. Now a draft of the ORTC for WebRTC has been released. I think it is important to see this as what it is: an expected evolution of the WebRTC standard to reflect both additional capabilities and evolved APIs. The ORTC standard introduces a revised API that has additional flexibility in the JavaScript API than is available in the SDP interface currently in the standard. This enables developers to control functions like scalable video coding and simulcast.
 Why You Need to Know: WebRTC will gain momentum with WebRTC 1.1 and Microsoft support. With Microsoft support, WebRTC will move to the mainstream beyond the 1.7B devices supporting it today and the 450 companies developing apps. While Microsoft support is not required, as many will download Chrome or Firefox, it opens the door to WebRTC in organizations that limit their employees to Internet Explorer (IE) for security or other reasons. |
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Digital medical records are the future of medicine, and the Obama administration has made them a priority by throwing billions in federal stimulus money at the push for digital records. Yet, what happens to healthcare facilities when the power goes out?
Why You Need to Know: Last week doctors at PIM Associates, a primary care practice in Philadelphia, found out what happens in that scenario. For several hours last week the practice lost connection with its electronic records when Practice Fusion, which makes software to help doctors track patients, had Internet connectivity issues. |
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When you buy a new car, you do a lot to make sure it's the one you want. You take it for a test drive. You contemplate two wheel drive versus four wheel. You mull over the various options, weighing cost against the essential ability to load the kids and a dog in the back, or a kayak on the roof. You carefully pick the vehicle that suits your needs - after all, it's a big purchase that you're going to stick with for some time - and hopefully leave without a hint of buyer's remorse, because you made a well-informed decision.
Why You Need to Know: You need to consider a variety of factors to make sure the CMS is the right fit. The last thing you want to do is purchase a new CMS, design your new site and load all your content to find that it can't handle your ever-changing needs. At Magnolia, we've spent years understanding what customers want from their CMS, and we've identified some key things any new CMS should do really well. |
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It is true that being able to use wireless devices at the workplace does make the concept of working easier. You can literally work from any location using almost any device. The fact that companies have embraced the idea of letting their employees bring their own devices (BYOD) to work has become a two way street.
Why You Need to Know: When you add unified communications (UC) options into the mix, such as Microsoft Lync into the equation, you realize a scenario where employees can use their smartphones and tablets to accomplish just about every business task at hand. |
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One of the biggest issues in the rise of Web-based real time communications (WebRTC) is the ongoing issues among the major browsers. While Google and Mozilla have embraced WebRTC, followed quickly by Opera, Microsoft and Apple—makers of the Internet Explorer and Safari browsers respectively—have been less than eager to bring the new system into operations. But a new development seems to be bridging the gap between Google and one of the biggest holdouts: Microsoft.
Why You Need to Know: The new development is known as "Object RTC (ORTC) API for WebRTC", and it allows for a complete framework to bring in voice and video chat much like Skype's own, but directly for the browser, meaning that plugins, downloads, and other third-party issues are no longer really a problem. Website developers should have easier access to such tools, and since the whole thing has its roots in JavaScript, the additions should be comparatively simple, a development that's generally welcome as simpler projects require less in the way of resources to put in place. |
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