Avistar Awarded the Silver 2005 Lotus Advisor Magazine Editors' Choice Award.REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. -- Avistar Communications Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :AVSR (Audio Visual Speech Recognition) Using lip reading software to enhance speech recognition. In noisy environments where a camera can be included, AVSR improves the computer's ability to recognize the speaker's words by visually tracking lip movement and ), a video collaboration platform An emerging category of computer software, collaboration platforms are unified electronic platforms that support synchronous and asynchronous communication through a variety of devices and channels. provider, today announced that it had been selected as the recipient of the Silver 2005 Lotus Advisor Editors' Choice Award in the Collaboration/Virtual Meeting category. The Silver medal was awarded to Avistar for its video collaboration platform and AvistarVOS video operating software which were showcased at Lotusphere 2005. Avistar demonstrated the first stage integration of its video solution with the newly released beta version A pre-shipping release of hardware or software that has gone through alpha test. A beta version of software is supposed to be very close to the final product, but, in practice, it is more a way of getting users to test the software in the first place under real conditions. of IBM Workplace IBM Workplace was a brand of collaborative software applications from IBM's Lotus Software division. It was intended to be the next generation of collaboration software that would work with IBM's Java EE-based WebSphere Portal server software. Client Technology V2.5. The AvistarVOS software is expected to enhance IBM's collaboration platform by adding desktop videoconferencing to the mix of applications, enabling more efficient and effective business communication. With instant messaging, email, and video options, end-users will have the ability to choose the desired communications medium from an integrated technology platform. This video integration utilizes presence information associated with user names to facilitate interactions while in the context of a message or document. "The editors of Lotus Advisor Magazine are pleased to acknowledge the notable achievement of Avistar Communications Corporation with a 2005 Lotus Advisor Editors' Choice Silver Award for its innovative product, AvistarVOS," said John Hawkins, Editorial Director, Lotus Advisor Magazine. "The Award recognizes and celebrates strong tools and products for Lotus application architects, developers, and administrators." "We believe that presence-based, contextual collaboration will be a key part of rich media collaboration, which is fast taking hold among businesses globally," said Jerry Burnett, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Avistar Communications. "Our commitment in this area is exemplified by the integration of our AvistarVOS with IBM WorkPlace Client Technology. We are happy that Lotus Advisor Magazine recognizes these efforts." The competition among exhibitors of collaboration/virtual meeting technology took place at Lotusphere 2005 in January and was judged by a team of industry experts assembled on behalf of Lotus Advisor Magazine. The annual Editors' Choice Award seeks out the most innovative technology products for Lotus applications on the market today. About Avistar Communications Corporation Avistar Communications Corporation develops, markets, and supports a video collaboration platform for the enterprise, all powered by the AvistarVOS(TM) software. From the desktop, Avistar delivers TV-quality video calling, recording, publishing to web and emails, video-on-demand, broadcast origination and distribution, and document sharing. Avistar video-enables business processes by integrating visual communications into the daily workflow and connecting communities of users within and across enterprises. Founded in 1993, Avistar is headquartered in Redwood Shores, California Redwood Shores is an upscale and desirable [1] waterfront neighborhood on the San Francisco Peninsula in California. It is located on the eastern edge of Belmont, but is actually part of incorporated Redwood City. , with sales offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and London. Avistar's technology is used in more than 35 countries. Collaboration Properties, Inc Collaboration Properties, Inc. (CPI) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Avistar Communications Corporation. It holds US and foreign patents in the primary areas of presence-based interactions, desktop video, recorded and live media at the desktop, multimedia documents, data sharing, . (CPI (1) (Characters Per Inch) The measurement of the density of characters per inch on tape or paper. A printer's CPI button switches character pitch. (2) (Counts Per I ), a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Avistar, holds a current portfolio of 66 patents for inventions in the primary areas of video and network technology. CPI pursues patents for presence-based interactions, desktop video, recorded and live media at the desktop, multimedia documents, data sharing, and a rich-service network video architecture to support Avistar's product suite and customers. CPI offers this intellectual property by licensing its patent portfolio and Avistar's video-enabling technologies to companies in the video conferencing, rich-media services, public networking, and related industries. For more information, visit www.avistar.com. Forward Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements including statements regarding the performance, impact and benefits of Avistar's suite of video applications and the integration of such applications with IBM's Workplace Client Technology. In some cases, these forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as "expects," "expected to," "intends to," or "plans." Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including such factors, among others, as technical difficulties, difficulties and delays in completion of the integration process, the development of competitive technology and solutions and delays in adoption or acceptance of video collaboration technology. We refer you to the documents that Avistar files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in particular the section entitled "Factors Affecting Future Operating Results" in Avistar's annual report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. and its quarterly reports on Forms 10-Q. Copyright (c) 2005 Avistar Communications Corporation. All rights reserved. Avistar, AvistarVOS, and the Avistar logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Avistar Communications Corporation. IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , IBM Workplace Client Technology, and Lotusphere registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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