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A development arm of Emory University is partnering with financial organizations to bring experts to Atlanta for a conference examining the pitfalls and opportunities presented by globalization. The presidential election process is putting a spotlight on the global economy, as candidates grapple on the impact of international trade on domestic workers and its role in jumpstarting the slow-growing U.S. economy. The forum will release a report next week on a new U.S. assistance program to help American workers displaced by the global economy adjust to their new situation.
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This post was written by Jim Marino

RADVISION Ltd. has announced major advancements to its award winning SCOPIA Conferencing Platform. Available as a software upgrade to existing SCOPIA deployments, Version 5.6 delivers significant enhancements, such as desktop HD video, enhanced video quality and integration into the IBM Lotus unified communications platform, across the entire SCOPIA platform. According to Boaz Raviv, CEO of RADVISION:

“The enterprise market is changing rapidly with globalization of customers and suppliers, a more dispersed workforce and increased cost of travel. There has never been more of a need for simple cost effective conferencing and collaboration. We are providing our customers with solutions that make video conferencing simple by integrating into the market leading unified communication applications and a better experience by providing high definition to the desktop users.”

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