Avistar Delivers Simple, Seamless, Enterprise-Class Video Capability to Remote and Mobile Workers.REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. -- Avistar Communications Corp., (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 the launch of AvistarVOS(TM) v8.5, an advanced video operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. that extends enterprise-class video calling and services to more small branch offices, home and mobile workers and other limited-bandwidth network environments than ever before. Bringing powerful visual communications into the daily workflow of users with modest network resources, Avistar's latest software offers satellite and home offices the stable, reliable, feature-rich "face-to-face" video services found within larger business environments. With support for bandwidths 1/3 the size of previous versions, and new network resilience and diagnostic tools, Avistar's full suite of video collaboration applications can now reach a wider, more varied group of distributed and mobile workers. AvistarVOS(TM) v8.5 provides users with capabilities that range from making a simple one-on-one video call to bringing multiple distributed co-workers together for an ad-hoc video meeting; from data sharing The ability to share the same data resource with multiple applications or users. It implies that the data are stored in one or more servers in the network and that there is some software locking mechanism that prevents the same set of data from being changed by two people at the same time. in real time to pre-recording content for later publication via e-mail or a website; from large-scale presentations using Interactive Broadcast functionality to individual, presence-based, one-click video links from applications such as e-mail, documents, e-meetings and instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or . The new AvistarVOS(TM) v8.5 automatically re-establishes video services in the event of network interruptions, which can be critical to providing unstable environments with the ability to recover from network outages transparently. It also supports dynamic IP addressing, offering remote users the flexibility to utilize Avistar's video solutions from multiple locations. "Avistar users need the ability to tap the power of visual communications not only from the formal workplace, but also from their home offices, customer sites and other remote locations," said Gerald J. Burnett, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Avistar. "Supporting a distributed and mobile workforce is increasingly important in today's global economy. Teams need to be flexible, responsive and productive wherever they are and whatever the time of day." This new release should be of particular interest to companies looking to improve communications with mobile workers who are on the road or at customer sites; provide the benefits of visual communications to executives and others working from home offices; improve business continuity by distributing their workforce more broadly; connect advisors and customers in small branch bank offices; and reduce expenses by relocating workers to lower cost areas. Diagnostic information is also introduced with the AvistarVOS(TM) v8.5 software, enabling administrators to troubleshoot issues for remote users by providing information on the status of network connections and traffic. Detailed readouts provide call statistics, traffic type and port usage, resources used, call routing and endpoint connectivity -- all critical information to proactively manage network environments. The AvistarVOS(TM) 8.5 software is now available. Existing Avistar customers can upgrade at no charge as part of their maintenance agreement. For more information, visit www.avistar.com. 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 business-quality video calling, recording, publishing to web and emails, video-on-demand, broadcast origination and distribution, and document sharing See data conferencing. . 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 69 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 licenses to its patent portfolio and Avistar's video-enabling technologies to companies in the video conferencing See videoconferencing. (communications) video conferencing - A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications. , rich-media services, public networking, and related industries. For more information, visit www.avistar.com. Copyright (c) 2005 Avistar Communications Corporation. All rights reserved. Avistar, AvistarVOS, and the Avistar logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Avistar Communications Corporation. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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