Avistar Calls for Creation of Videoconferencing Industry Performance and Quality Standards.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 4, 2002 Proves Networked Desktop Video Best Tool for Fulfilling Business Communication Needs Avistar (Nasdaq: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 ), the leading provider of enterprise video communication solutions, calls on videoconferencing vendors to share information about their systems that would help to establish industry standards for quality and performance. Avistar declares that it has made video essential -- not a luxury -- in business communication by delivering video to the desktop with reliability, quality and usability that is believed unrivaled in the videoconferencing industry. Avistar, which first unveiled the news at the exclusive "Future of Video" event hosted by technology visionary Bob Metcalfe in Boston last Thursday, substantiates its claim with the data from Avistar's unique Call Reporting software The following is a list of notable reporting software. Commercial software
The reliability of Avistar video calls is approaching that of the telephone, a goal that has eluded conventional videoconferencing systems for years. Recent analysis showed that 93.5% of calls connect successfully -- and stay connected. Avistar's numbers are based on over 450,000 calls for major Avistar installations and include ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. WAN connectivity. As these sites increasingly implement IP WAN connectivity, now available from Avistar, the 5.6% of telco errors (which represent the majority of errors) should drop substantially, boosting reliability towards 99%. Industry analysts typically offer numbers in the 65% to 80% range as estimates for the reliability of conventional videoconferencing systems. Avistar is thus setting industry standards for reliability. Avistar's networked video system delivers visual presence to the desktop in a manner that group-to-group, room-to-room conferencing cannot match. Thousands of users depend on Avistar's TV-quality video and audio for the full immersion and immediacy that is a key benefit of desktop calling. Current latency performance (the time lapse between originator and receiver) is commonly cited at 250-400ms in videoconferencing, with web conferencing A videoconferencing session via the Internet. In order to interact with other participants, attendees use either a Web application or an application downloaded into their client machines. suffering even greater delay. This and other quality problems -- such as jitter A flicker or fluctuation in a transmission signal or display image. The term is used in several ways, but it always refers to some offset of time and space from the norm. For example, in a network transmission, jitter would be a bit arriving either ahead or behind a standard clock cycle -- interrupt, distract, or frustrate users. Avistar users, however, experience a latency of 30ms in the 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. and less than 250ms in the WAN while delivering 30 frames per second. Avistar is thus setting the standard among desktop systems for audio/video quality. Then, by scaling this quality system to thousands of desktops, Avistar increases its utility in the enterprise. "Our software platform and networked architecture enables Avistar to scale and to create the presence of talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to someone face-to-face," said Gerald J. Burnett, 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. of Avistar. "That's why busy professionals make video calling a part of their daily routine. We believe we've proved what users want and have developed the best way to measure it. We're calling on the industry to share product-specific metrics in order to establish an objective performance framework that ultimately benefits all video users." Avistar's Video Operating System (AvistarVOS) software and networked video infrastructure provides professionals with a full range of video communication services -- multi-party video calls, broadcast, video-on-demand, record and publish -- all provided directly from end-point desktops and rooms. Behind the scenes, the AvistarVOS software routes, retries re·tries v. Third person singular present tense of retry. , and monitors calls to maximize quality and reliability. The Avistar Call Reporting software tracks calling behavior, enabling network managers to quickly evaluate the system's needs and make adjustments to keep performance at its usual industry-leading levels. About Avistar Communications Corp. Avistar develops, markets and supports a comprehensive suite of networked video communication services for the enterprise. From the desktop, Avistar delivers TV-quality interactive video calling, content creation and publishing, broadcast origination and distribution, video-on-demand, and integrated data sharing. The Avistar video and data collaboration applications are all managed by the AvistarVOS(TM) video operating system. Founded in 1993, Avistar Communications Corp. (Nasdaq:AVSR) is headquartered in Redwood Shores, Calif., 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. 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, ., 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 Communications Corp., holds a broad portfolio of patents covering the AvistarVOS platform as well as multiple software and hardware video collaboration products. For more information on Avistar, visit www.avistar.com. Note to Editors: Avistar, AvistarVOS, and the Avistar logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Avistar Communications Corp. |
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