DiamondWare Partners with HelloSoft to Enhance its Palantir Offering; Palantir is Showing in Booth #502 at Spring VON Conference and Expo 2004.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Spring VON 2004 SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2004 HelloSoft Inc., a leading provider of communication Intellectual Property, and DiamondWare, Ltd., a leading developer of converged VoIP solutions, today announced their partnership. HelloVoice(TM) is embedded in Palantir(TM) to increase robustness and sound quality. Palantir is DiamondWare's collaborative communications product that provides secure instant messaging, presence and availability, voice, conferencing, and unique processing such as 3D positioning and voice colorizing for improved speaker identification and intelligibility. It now scales up to 60 simultaneous users on a 1GHz P3, making it inexpensive to deploy in SOHO Soho (sōhō`, sə–), district of Westminster, London, England, known for its continental restaurants. Once a fashionable quarter, it became popular among writers and artists in the 19th cent. and SME markets. Palantir integrates HelloSoft's G.167 Acoustic Echo Cancellation (AEC AEC US Atomic Energy Commission Noun 1. AEC - a former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States Atomic Energy Commission ) to meet customer expectations of audio quality. The AEC can handle echo tails up to 250ms, a typical worst-case for speakerphones, efficiently canceling the acoustic feedback without audible artifacts like clipping. DiamondWare has also committed to integrating HelloSoft's Voice Activity Detection algorithm to improve overall system performance. Future versions of Palantir will migrate to the other world-class technologies in HelloVoice. HelloVoice is suite of voice-processing technologies from HelloSoft, consisting of DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive , packet handling, protocol, and Quality of Service components to implement VoIP on devices ranging from inexpensive IP phones to high-end gateways. It is available in various combinations of DSP and CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. platforms or completely on a single RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. processor--which is ideal for IP phone or Voice over WLAN See voice over Wi-Fi. applications. "We are assembling a converged VoIP solution based on the most advanced technologies available. Where we don't have a piece, we are seeking the best of breed. HelloSoft's voice processing will help us deliver the kind of product that can win in the market," said Keith Weiner, 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 DiamondWare. "They have a proven track record, and we know they will be here to support us in the future as VoIP becomes a mass market, and as the industry consolidates," he added. "DiamondWare's military-proven collaborative technology has won several industry awards, and this demonstrates the capability of their team and product offerings," stated Krishna Yarlagadda, CEO of HelloSoft. "We are delighted to be able to enhance their unique conferencing product, and look forward to a successful partnership." About HelloSoft HelloSoft licenses customizable Physical Layer and Networking Protocol IP to semiconductor companies and OEMs for Voice-over-Packet, Wireless LAN, and 2.5G/3G Wireless. HelloSoft's solutions are provided as a suite of integrated products that include DSP software, Networking software, RTL (Register Transfer Level) A high-level hardware description language (HDL) for defining digital circuits. The circuits are described as a collection of registers, Boolean equations, control logic such as "if-then-else" statements as well as complex event sequences; , a complete reference design and design services to customize these solutions to customer needs. Through this total solutions approach and strategy of offering Software and Hardware IP and engineering services, HelloSoft allows companies to acquire "off-the-shelf" technology that can accelerate new product development in an industry that is driven by complexity, change and innovation. For more information, visit www.hellosoft.com. About DiamondWare DiamondWare is a software developer focused on strategic voice technologies for the telephony, military and game markets. Since 1994, it has delivered firsts and bests including most efficient 16-voice mixer, lowest-latency softphone, PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). software destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. to replace the cellular phone, and a complete software-based conference system that runs on commodity hardware. Product and company names mentioned herein are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies # # # |
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