Accord Networks Announces Web Commander, Enabling Service Providers such as ISPs, ASPs and CLECs to Offer an Unprecedented Range of IP-based Visual Communications Services.Business Editors ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 2000 Visual Communications Applications Including Visual Call Centers and e-conferencing Allow Telecommunications Companies See telecom company. to Easily Differentiate Their Offerings Accord Networks, a leading developer, manufacturer and distributor of an advanced switching and networking system that enables real-time, interactive visual communications, today announced the Accord(R) Web Commander, a web-interface for managing visual applications that allows service providers such as ISPs, ASPs and CLECs to offer an unprecedented range of multi-network visual communications services, including virtual classrooms, visual chat rooms, telemedicine, and e-conferencing applications. The announcement was made at CLECexpo in Orlando, Florida The city of Orlando is a major city in central Florida and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida. According to the 2000 census, the city population was 185,951. A 2006 U.S. . The company is demonstrating these new visual applications in booth #1901. Web Commander drives the Accord MGC MGC Mammalian Gene Collection MGC Media Gateway Controller MGC Middle Georgia College MGC Museums and Galleries Commission (UK government) MGC Mississippi Gaming Commission MGC Manual Gain Control networking system, and together the integrated solution allows users to start and control virtual chat rooms, virtual classrooms and more traditional business-to-business visual conferences. "Solutions like the Accord Web Commander and the Accord MGC will help drive the growth in IP visual communications. Customers today are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. flexible architectures that will help them bridge the ISDN-to-IP transition and that give them web-based command and control of resources," said Andrew Davis, managing partner of Wainhouse Research. Several groups of users will benefit from Web Commander. Traditional service providers as well as the new generation of service providers, including ISPs, ASPs and CLECs, can now easily differentiate their offerings with a high-quality visual communications solution. In addition, business enterprises, service providers, medical and educational institutions and government agencies that already have an installed base of video-enabled endpoints can deploy Web Commander and offer their employees a way to access a web site to schedule and manage their meetings that are running over IP networks as well as ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. and ATM networks. "As a web communications service provider A Communications Service Provider or CSP is a company that transports information electronically. The term encompasses public and private companies in the wireline, wireless, Internet, cable, satellite, and managed services businesses. , Video-On has staked its reputation on offering effective telecommunications solutions to businesses of all sizes," said Matt Harding Matthew "Matt (Mathias)" Harding (born September 27, 1976) is an American video game developer and Internet celebrity known as Dancing Matt for his viral videos that show him dancing in front of landmarks and street scenes in various international locations. , director of operations at Video-On. "Web Commander helps us to serve our customers' needs for instant conference scheduling. It is a powerful tool for managing workplace communications." Recently named Product of the Year in its category by the publishers of Internet Telephony Another term for IP telephony and VoIP. In the late 1990s, some people made a distinction between Internet Telephony and VoIP: Internet telephony referred to voice over the public Internet, while VoIP referred to voice over private IP networks. , the Accord MGC is chosen by customers for its multiple screen layout options and high video quality over IP networks. In addition, it is the only single platform networking solution that enables multiple participants to communicate via video, audio and data over multiple networks including IP, ATM, and ISDN, and transcodes all elements of a visual communications session including line rates, frame rates, resolutions and audio compression Encoding digital audio data to take up less storage space and transmission bandwidth. Audio compression typically uses lossy methods, which eliminate bits that are not restored at the other end. ADPCM and MP3 are examples of audio compression methods. See audio codec and data compression. algorithms. The MGC is the only solution that offers multiple layouts of Continuous Presence -- a feature often compared to the Brady Bunch and Hollywood Squares For the musical group of the same name, see . The Hollywood Squares is an American television comedy and game show in which two contestants play tic-tac-toe to win money and prizes. -- that gives the user several options of visual screen layouts and is required for next generation visual applications including visual chat rooms. "This is an exciting time to be in the visual communications industry communications industry, broadly defined, the business of conveying information. Although communication by means of symbols and gestures dates to the beginning of human history, the term generally refers to mass communications. and we are looking forward to working with all types of organizations to help them develop unique, revenue-generating visual communications solutions. Products like Web Commander and the Accord MGC allow us to bring the highest-quality and most reliable products to this growing market," said Phil Keenan, vice president of worldwide sales and marketing, at Accord Networks, Inc. MGC Web Commander The MGC Web Commander is available in three packages, the Meeting Scheduler, the Meeting Director, and the MeetingPro version. The Meeting Scheduler video enables users to set up their visual communications call from a web site. The Meeting Director allows users to instantaneously change the characteristics of their session via the web. This includes the ability to change screen layouts, as well as adding and deleting participants. The MeetingPro version is the combination of both the Meeting Scheduler and the Meeting Director. Pricing and Availability The Web Commander will begin shipping immediately. The Meeting Scheduler is $10,000, the Meeting Director is $15,000 and the MeetingPro version is $25,000. About Accord Networks Accord Networks is a leading developer, manufacturer and distributor of an advanced switching and networking system that enables real-time, interactive visual communications. Accord's system is known for its robust architecture, advanced feature set, simple to use yet powerful management functions, ease of maintenance and single platform multi-network connectivity - including ISDN, ATM and IP (LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. , intranet, Internet) networks. Accord's system supports multiple media types in a single session, including real-time audio, video and data. Accord's system is also compatible with multiple endpoints, ranging from telephones, PCs and TV set-top units, to high-end videoconferencing A real time video session between two or more users or between two or more locations. Although the first videoconferencing was done with traditional analog TV and satellites, inhouse room systems became popular in the early 1980s after Compression Labs pioneered digitized video systems terminals. Accord's system is used today by business enterprises, service providers, medical and educational institutions and government agencies to deliver a broad range of visual communications services including business conferencing, distance learning and telemedicine. Accord's system is ideally suited for ISPs, ASPs and CLECs to deliver new valued-added visual communications services - such as visual e-commerce, visually enabled call centers and visual chat rooms - across broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. networks like xDSL and cable modems cable modem Modem used to convert analog data signals to digital form and vise versa, for transmission or receipt over cable television lines, especially for connecting to the Internet. . Accord also provides the ability to rapidly deploy these new visual services using the Accord real-time enabling network architecture. Accord's architecture provides the ability to develop new visual communications applications that are compatible with ISDN, ATM and IP networks. For more information visit the Accord Web Site at www.accordnetworks.com Accord is a registered trademark of Accord Networks, Inc. MGC is a trademark of Accord Networks, Inc. |
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