Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Glowpoint Inc.


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The result was no consensus. (non-admin closure) SST  flyer  00:07, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

Glowpoint Inc.

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Likely non-notable. A total orphan on the encyclopedia. The five references are generic company pages on finance sites like Yahoo and Google and one press release. A Google search yields a lot of generic company pages, press releases but no notable news coverage, plus an unrelated hotel in Mexico. Raymie (t • c) 19:25, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep - There are a few news articles covering the company establishing notability. Meatsgains (talk) 21:09, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Most of those seem to be press releases, cursory mentions, and automated items from financial sites like Seeking Alpha. Raymie (t • c) 05:28, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, st170e talk 21:13, 29 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. GabeIglesia (talk) 23:09, 29 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Strong delete. No significant third-party coverage. Automatic stock quotes do not count, nor do press releases using PRNewswire. — kashmiri  TALK  09:12, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete also as there could be minimally better if we wanted to accept, but the questionable solidity is still at question and none of this is suggesting better for that thus Delete. SwisterTwister   talk  21:24, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Keep per the significant coverage in reliable sources. Notability (organizations and companies) says (my bolding): "There has been considerable discussion over time whether publicly traded corporations, or at least publicly traded corporations listed on major stock exchanges such as the NYSE and other comparable international stock exchanges, are inherently notable. Consensus has been that notability is not automatic in this (or any other) case. However, sufficient independent sources almost always exist for such companies, so that notability can be established using the primary criterion discussed above. Examples of such sources include independent press coverage and analyst reports. Accordingly, article authors should make sure to seek out such coverage and add references to such articles to properly establish notability. Editors coming across an article on such a company without such references are encouraged to search (or request that others search) prior to nominating for deletion, given the very high (but not certain) likelihood that a publicly traded company is actually notable according to the primary criterion."  The article notes: "Glowpoint, known until last month as Wire One Technologies, says it will expand beyond videoconferencing services and into Webcasting by year-end. The company, which earlier this month shed its videoconferencing product line to focus exclusively on services, says it Glowpoint Webcasting offering will let existing videoconferencing customers set up on-demand or live streaming-media sessions over the company's network."  The article notes: "The Nasdaq delisted Hillside-based GlowPoint on Wednesday because of accounting problems. The supplier of videoconferencing services said in a statement that market officials were not satisfied with GlowPoint's compliance plan to remedy deficiencies in its financial reporting. ... Nasdaq's decision followed a Sept. 15 hearing of the market's Listing Qualifications Panel. GlowPoint - which expects now to trade on Pink Sheets - said it is considering whether to appeal.  The delisting marred a day that otherwise would have been a good one for GlowPoint, which was created in 2000 when it was spun off from WireOne, a seller of videoconferencing gear."  The article notes: "GlowPoint's network operates on three continents and carries on average more than 20,000 video calls per month, according to the company. Since the network was introduced in 2000, GlowPoint has carried more than 23 million (Internet Protocol) video minutes. GlowPoint's IP-based network aims to make videoconferencing - historically a tricky technology to operate - as easy to use as possible. The system features a video answering machine that lets customers record an 'outgoing' video message that can be displayed if they aren't available."  The article notes: "GlowPoint sells broadcast-quality, Internet Protocol-based videoconferencing service. The company is publicly traded and has a network that spans three continents and carries on average more than 20,000 video calls per month worldwide."  The article notes: "This week, GlowPoint (ticker: GLOW) joins the new Russell Microcap Index, which will track 1,000 small-cap securities for institutional investors. 'It's a vote of confidence, it's recognition, elevating our visibility to the investors we're looking to target - the institutional investors,' GlowPoint Chief Executive David Trachtenberg said. Since 2000, GlowPoint has relayed more than 23 million minutes of video via the Internet for business teleconferences and broadcasters. The 100-employee company, which had $16 million in revenue last year, is hoping this year to end a string of annual losses."</li> <li> The article notes: "Glowpoint, which has been sending broadcast-quality video via the Internet since 2000, said in a statement its business model remains premised on being an independent company, but added it is appropriate to explore strategic partnerships at this time. The company said there can be no assurance that a review of strategic alternatives will result in a transaction of any nature. While Glowpoint provides two-way video communications to thousands of business and government locations and broadcast services to leading networks and sports organizations, it has posted losses for much of its existence."</li> <li> The article notes: "A similar service, the Glowpoint IP Video Communications Network, is to be offered next month by Wire One Technologies, a videoconferencing services company in Hillsdale, N.J. (The company was formed earlier this year by the merger of All Communications and View Tech.) It consists of a network backbone provided by Exodus Communications and D.S.L. connections to Glowpoint customers provided by Covad Communications. Glowpoint was tested successfully in September, said Kelly Harman, a vice president of marketing at Wire One. Like those of QVSB, its customers will be able to call people inside and outside the network, if they have the requisite broadband access. According to Ms. Harman, Glowpoint will be offering subscriptions to customers for as low as $199 a month."</li> <li>Glowpoint is a publicly traded corporation. According to Notability (organizations and companies): "sufficient independent sources almost always exist for such companies, so that notability can be established using the primary criterion discussed above. Examples of such sources include independent press coverage and analyst reports." http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/analystResearch?symbol=GLOW.AWebCite lists several analyst reports about Glowpoint: <ol> <li>Published 27 May 2016 by Thomson Reuters Stock Report (12 pages). "Glowpoint Inc (GLOW-A) Thomson Reuters Stock Report."</li> <li>Published 26 May 2016 by New Constructs, LLC (10 pages). "GLOW: Due Diligence Review: Forensic Earnings and Valuation."</li> <li>Published 20 May 2016 by Pechala's Reports (2 pages). "GLOWPOINT INC (GLOW=US) - SHORT AND LONG TERM FORECASTS FOR ACTIVE TRADERS."</li> <li>Published 20 May 2016 by Reuters Investment Profile (12 pages). "Glowpoint Inc: Business description, financial summary, 3yr and interim financials, key statistics/ratios and historical ratio analysis."</li> <li>Published 15 May 2016 by Thomson Reuters Stock Report (12 pages). "Thomson Reuters Stock Report - Glowpoint Inc (GLOW-A)."</li> <li>Published 10 May 2016 by GlobalData (33 pages). "Glowpoint, Inc. (GLOW) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review."</li> <li>Published 6 May 2016 by Wright Reports (56 pages). "Wright Investors Service Comprehensive Report for Glowpoint, Inc."</li> </ol> </ol>Here is coverage of the company when it was known as "Wire One Technologies":<ol> <li> The article notes: "The economy may be slowing, but that hasn't sidetracked Wire One Technologies Inc., a Hillside-based video conferencing company. Its stock has nearly doubled in the past six weeks, and a recent survey named it one of the nation's fastest-growing technology companies. And even before Sept. 11, the market for videoconferencing was booming. ... The network, launched in December 2000, aims to solve problems that had hindered videoconferencing in the past - poor quality and poor reliability.  Richard Reiss, chairman and chief executive of Wire One, said his new Glowpoint network allows the company to deliver CNN-quality video at half the price of using a traditional phone-line based video conference network."</li> <li> The article notes: "Wire One Technologies, the largest independent provider of videoconferencing service in the United States, estimates its business jumped 20 percent, according to Richard Reiss, chief executive of the Hillside-based firm. AT&T Corp. reports the same boost in volume."</li> <li> The article notes: "WHAT IT DOES: The company provides a range of video communications services, including an Internet protocol-based network for video conferencing. Wire One counts 2,500 companies on its growing list of customers. EMPLOYEES: 265. CHIEF EXECUTIVE: Richard Reiss, chairman, president and CEO. ABOUT THE BUSINESS: The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks may change some things in the business world, and Wire One is likely to be among the benefactors as more companies opt for video conferencing to conduct business. In August, the company raised $11 million by selling shares of stock to limited institutional investors. The money will help pay for expanding the companys Internet protocol-based video communications network. Wire Ones growth isnt going unnoticed. Bloomberg Personal Finance magazine put the company on its new list of the 100 fastest growing tech companies."</li> </ol>There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Glowpoint to pass Notability, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject". Cunard (talk) 22:41, 30 May 2016 (UTC) </li></ul>
 * These are all short company profiles and not independent press coverage or analyst reports. — kashmiri  <sup style="font-family:Candara; color:#80F;">TALK  22:50, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
 * That is incorrect. The analyst reports listed by Reuters here are not "short company profiles". The page lists a 12-page Reuters Investment Profile of Glowpoint, a 56-page Wright Reports report for Glowpoint, and a 32-page GlobalData "Analysis Review" of Glowpoint among other analyst reports. There is also substantial coverage of Glowpoint in Network World, The Star-Ledger, and The Record. Cunard (talk) 23:03, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Isn't it that Reuters, et al., offer analyses of every single company noted on major stock exchanges? I would think so, and in such a case these investor reports should be considered technical documents and not factors that establish any notability per se. — kashmiri  <sup style="font-family:Candara; color:#80F;">TALK  08:19, 31 May 2016 (UTC)



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 * Keep – Meets WP:CORPDEPTH per the coverage about Glowpoint and Wire One Technologies. In addition to sources presented above by, below are some more. North America1000 09:31, 2 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Computer World
 * Plunkett's Telecommunications Industry Almanac 2008


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