Data Connection Showcases New Release of MeetingServer Web Conferencing at Supercomm - Adds Web Video, Recording and Integrated Audio Roster.CHICAGO & LONDON -- Data Connection Ltd (DCL (1) (Digital Command Language) Digital's standard command language for the VMS operating system on its VAX series. (2) (Data Compression L ) today announced version 3.0 of its MeetingServer 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. solution. The new release, on demonstration at Supercomm this week, adds webcam video support, conference recording, and tight integration with audio bridges, making it a one-stop solution for Service Providers wishing to provide integrated data, voice and 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. . MeetingServer's web conferencing facilities include application sharing A data conferencing capability that lets two or more users interactively work on the same application at the same time. The application is loaded and running in only one machine; however, keystrokes are transmitted from and screen changes are transmitted to the other participants. , presentations, text chat, whiteboarding, polling/voting, and - new in this release - video support, giving presenters the option to share their web cam See Webcam. feeds into the meeting. MeetingServer is pre-integrated with audio bridge equipment from a number of third-party vendors. This enables the integrated roster feature, which combines the participant lists from both web and audio conferences into a single, intuitive pane A rectangular area within an on-screen window that contains information for the user. A window may have many panes. See menu pane. in the PC user interface. From here, moderators can view and control participants' status, or initiate phone calls directly from the PC desktop using click-to-call technology. Web conferences can be recorded, including the audio. Recordings are stored in Windows Media Microsoft's audio and video framework for Windows, which embraces playback, encoding and streaming. Windows Media Player is the digital jukebox and media player that comes with every version of Windows. Format to make them accessible to a wide audience. Andy Nilssen, Senior Analyst and Partner at Wainhouse Research, welcomes the new features in this release. "Service Providers will find that by using MeetingServer's integrated roster, their customers can easily control both audio and web portions of a conference, and ease-of-use translates into increased take-up. The ability to record and subsequently stream meetings is increasingly important for a wide range of applications, and video support enhances the overall conferencing experience. Data Connection has successfully implemented these features while retaining MeetingServer's intuitive look-and-feel and renowned scalability." MeetingServer is widely licensed by Service Providers including British Telecom The telephone and communications carrier that provides services in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It used to be a division of the British Post Office, but was privatized in 1984 under Margaret Thatcher's administration. and France Telecom, and OEMed by equipment vendors and conferencing providers such as Cisco (Latitude). About Data Connection Data Connection Ltd (DCL) is the leading independent developer and supplier of Conferencing, Messaging, Directory and Network Protocol software. Data Connection is headquartered in London UK, with US offices in Reston, VA, Alameda CA and Dallas TX. It was founded in 1981 and is privately held. During each of the past 22 years, its profits have exceeded 20% of revenue. Last year sales exceeded $40 million, of which over 90% were outside the UK, mostly in the US. For more information on Data Connection, see www.dataconnection.com. For more information on MeetingServer, see www.meetingserver.com. Data Connection and MeetingServer are trademarks of Data Connection Limited and Data Connection Corporation. Brands and products referenced herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. |
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