Latest conferencing products - Product Announcement

Communications News, Feb, 2001

VoIP application

EASILY DEPLOY VOIP CONFERENCING, combining high-quality voice solutions with increased end-user convenience and control. Voyant's native IP-conferencing solution, Instant Conferencing Enabler (ICE), permits on-demand, instant multipoint collaboration using the session initiation protocol (SIP). By leveraging SIP, ICE can empower end users with the ability to immediately launch voice conferences without prior subscription. Interoperating with all SIP-compliant end points, ICE is a robust, scalable voice application that sits on top of Voyant's IP platform to provide a rack-and-stack configuration that can be deployed quickly and easily. Additionally, the ICE open application interface can enable Internet control of conferences, as well as add voice collaboration to existing applications, such as data conferencing or instant messaging.--Voyant Technologies

www.voyanttech.com

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Quality videoconferencing

UPGRADE THE QUALITY OF VIDEOCONFERENCES without having to learn a new application. Conferencer is an H.323-compliant, IP-based videoconferencing solution that integrates easily with current and future broadband networking architecture, including ethernet, ATM, token ring, T-1, FDDI, cable modem, DSL and other IP networks. Conferencer accelerates Microsoft's NetMeeting videoconferencing and visual-collaboration application software, raising quality to that of expensive, room-based videoconferencing systems. Simply install the Conferencer PCI card, load the software and connect the camera for seamless, business-quality videoconferencing. By offloading the video and audio processing from the PC to Array's proprietary VideoFLOW semiconductor hardware, Conferencer improves not only the audio and video quality, but also the performance and reliability of other applications, such as NetMeeting's T.120 visual collaboration tools, white board and application-sharing capabilities.--Array Microsystems

www.array.com

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Flexible cserver

IP APPLICATION SERVER hosts a unique business conferencing application, eSee Conferencing offers native IP phone-to-phone conference calling, which does not require reservations or operator assistance, audio streaming, as well as document sharing--with no need to upload anything. Hosts can manage calls via the Web, including muting, disconnecting and dialing out to add participants, who then can call in via the phone or listen via streaming. Hosts also have the benefit of a permanent conference ID and dial-in number for every call. Additional applications are available to offer a virtual classroom environment, with synchronous applications to enable the typical interaction of a live classroom.-eYak

www.eyak.com

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IP multiservice platform

ALL-IN-ONE SOLUTION deploys IP-centric voice, video and conferencing services. The new chassis-based viaIP multiservice platform is designed for next-generation communication networks, addressing the IP communication requirements of service providers, and large enterprise and government networks. The viaIP solution integrates multimedia gateway, multipoint conferencing, data collaboration and gatekeeper intelligence into a single, standards-based platform. This cost-effective, voice- and video-over-IP solution provides the scalability and interoperability needed for deploying IP-centric voice, video and data networks. The viaIP uses a four-slot CompactPCI architecture that supports hot-swappable, mix-and-match functionality. This highly configurable and scalable design provides maximum flexibility for meeting a wide variety of functional and performance application requirements. The system is easy to install and maintain, with mix-and-match configuration options that include: MCU cards for multipoint conferencing functionality, with support for up to 100 conferencing ports per card; multimedia gateway cards, with two PRI interfaces per card for translation between H.320 and H.323; and high-performance Windows NT application server cards for running viaIP applications.--RADVision

www.radvision.com

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QoS performance

COMPLETE SUPPORT FOR ISDN PRI, QoS performance enhancements and full global management system software support are now available. The ViewStation FX and VS4000 group video communication systems now feature version 2.5 software. In addition to the existing support of ISDN PRI for T-1, the new software completely supports ISDN PRI video communications over the E-1 standard for Europe and the Pacific Rim. The increased bandwidth allows these regions to experience TV quality, 60 fps NTSC and 50 fps PAL, interlaced video communications at data rates of 512 kbps to 2 Mbps over circuit-switched or IP networks. QoS enhancements include on-screen diagnostics, packet and jitter control, and IP precedence, an H.323 standard that allows prioritization of audio and video data. The software also supports dynamic bandwidth allocation, adjusting the data rate to ensure the integrity of the audio and video on an IP call. The software's Global Management System feature is a Web-based architecture to enable remote management of an entire ViewStation network through any standard browser. This management tool also provides features, such as zero administration directory services, remote alert notification, software update, call detail record and LDAP/ ILS compliance.--Polycom