Avistar Democratizes Videoconferencing with Self-Service Room Suite; Inexpensive Video Collaboration Tools Designed for Conference Rooms and Workspaces.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 16, 2003 Avistar Communications Corporation (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 ), a provider of business video collaboration solutions -- vBusiness, today announced the release of its Self-Service Room Suite, a trio of cost-effective 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 solutions that provide easy-to-use video-equipped workspaces to accommodate small, medium and large work groups. Powered by the AvistarVOS(TM) software which delivers reliable, TV-quality video through a single easy-to-use interface combined with intelligent network management capability, the Avistar Self-Service Room Suite enables "self-service" in all work environments and eliminates the need for operator assistance. As an extension of the Avistar desktop video network, the Self-Service Room Suite allows presence-based video collaboration with access to a full array of video collaboration applications including interactive video calling, recording and publishing, live document sharing See data conferencing. , and broadcasting. The Avistar(R) Workspace is a low-cost, full-feature configuration designed to enable small rooms or cubicles cubicles individual cow bed spaces separated by half height and half length partitions. Usually located in loose housing cow accommodation in which the cow is free to wander at will. with video collaboration tools. Accommodating one to five people, the Avistar Workspace is easy to deploy at a large scale for a fraction of the cost of traditional videoconferencing rooms. It combines the benefits of self-service and accessibility of workspaces with the high quality and reliability of the Avistar infrastructure. "When many video-enabled workspaces are conveniently available, users are encouraged to use video for impromptu meetings", commented Jerry 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. "Traditional conference rooms are typically big meeting places equipped with video endpoints that require both a technician to operate and advance scheduling for use. The Avistar Self-Service Room Suite is a practical alternative in tune with today's business Today's Business is a show on CNBC that aired in the early morning, 5 to 7AM ET timeslot, hosted by Liz Claman and Bob Sellers, and it was replaced by Wake Up Call on Feb 4, 2002. need to collaborate quickly and easily. It is an inexpensive video solution designed to increase the utility of videoconferencing." To complement the Avistar Workspace, the Avistar Team Room configuration accommodates up to eight people, and includes additional features such as Avistar Room Controls that allow audio-only participants to be added from a phone, cell phone or audio conference, and a pan/tilt/zoom camera that allows either views of all participants or close-up view of the speaker. For larger conference rooms designed for nine participants or more, the Avistar Board Room configuration offers the same business advantages as the Avistar Team Room but additionally includes an enhanced audio system, ceiling speakers, additional microphones and larger monitors. Avistar's centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. administration and maintenance tools allow systems administrators to perform most network support functions remotely over the data network, and easily and inexpensively add meeting rooms into the Avistar video network. Avistar is compatible with industry video standards such as H.320 and H.323, making it possible to communicate with other manufacturers' video endpoints. Most videoconference room equipment can be converted into an Avistar video-enabled room system. This allows existing rooms to be added to the Avistar video network thus allowing users to access Avistar's full suite of real-time and non real-time video applications and benefit from the presence-based calling capability. The Avistar Self-Service Room Suite starts at US$1,599 for the Avistar Workspace. For more information, contact Avistar at info@avistar.com. About Avistar Communications Corporation Avistar develops, markets and supports video collaboration solutions for the enterprise, all powered by the AvistarVOS software. From the desktop, Avistar delivers TV-quality video calling, recording, publishing to web and emails, video-on-demand, broadcast, and document sharing. Avistar delivers on vBusiness -- video-enabling business - by integrating visual communications into the daily workflow and connecting communities of users within and across enterprises. Founded in 1993, Avistar Communications Corporation 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, ., 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 Corporation, holds a broad portfolio of patents covering the AvistarVOS platform as well as multiple software and hardware video collaboration products See collaborative software. . For more information, visit www.avistar.com. Avistar, AvistarVOS, and the Avistar logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Avistar Communications Corporation. |
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