Good Read: The Video Conferencing Business Just Got Interesting

Dreaming of a better virtual fantasy draft system? Read on:

[Coming into focus is] the apparent intensifying of competition in the enterprise video conferencing market between the networking giant Cisco Systems and several other players who hope to challenge it, among them Polycom and a start-up called Vidyo.

You’ve probably attended a meeting like this, but if you haven’t it’s a curious experience. Attendees appear on large high-definition video screens arrayed on the other side of a conference table meant to create the illusion that they’re in the room with you. Holding a meeting like this is more effective than a traditional conference call, and cheaper than paying the travel costs that would normally be required to get the same people gathered in a room.

My fantasy leagues have tried it all: online chat, 37signals' Campfire, IRC, Skype Conferencing, Free Conference Call, etc. None of them totally do the trick. But if this technology can take off and scale, there's some room for conducting virtual, online drafts and auctions in style.

Read the full article for the whole deal . . .