IP Unity to Launch Beta Trials of Mereon(R) Video Conferencing; Customer Demand Triggers Expanded Videoconferencing Features, Precedes GA in 4Q 2006.BOSTON -- IP Unity, the leader in carrier-grade media servers, application servers and real-time multimedia applications, is beginning an eight-week 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. beta trial program with current users of its Mereon Conferencing and Mereon 6000 Media Server platforms. The company recently announced its newest rich media application, Mereon Video Conferencing, which builds on the real-time Audio and 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. and Collaboration IP Unity provides. The company will now commence field trials with three current service provider and enterprise customers in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . "These trials will confirm the value and interoperability of the video conferencing features we have developed, and will allow us to test and stabilize new highly-demanded video capabilities that customers are asking us to add to the delivery schedule," stated Keith Bhatia, IP Unity CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. and Senior Vice President of Business Development. "We have created audio and video content recording, video color ringback tones and click-to-conference feature sets to augment the substantial list of functions for this application, and are gratified grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. by customer interest in beta trials and solution availability." IP Unity anticipates beta trials of its Mereon Video Conferencing solution to run from late September through mid-November, and general availability of the solution in December 2006. Features included in beta testing (programming) beta testing - Testing a pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software by making it available to selected users. This term derives from early 1960s terminology for product cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout the will include --Multipoint conferencing with up to sixteen simultaneous video and 100 audio participants/conference --High-resolution participant display, and support for H.263 and MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). 4 clients --Automatic transcoding and rate matching between video streams --Extensive audio and web conferencing service features, e.g., easy-to-use moderator controls, multiple skin options, operator assistance --Moderator controls, e.g., in-conference paging, on-demand provisioning, whisper mode --Voice-activated switching with highlighted active speaker --Video and audio recording and playback All IP Unity enterprise and service provider customers interested in Mereon Video Conferencing beta trials are encouraged to contact their IP Unity account managers or call 408-582-1100 for more information. During Fall VON 2006, IP Unity will exhibit a range of solutions at booth 429 on the show floor. Its fully featured Video Conferencing system will be demonstrated with multiple templates, Voice Activated switching and special features. The flagship Mereon 6000 Media Server and Mereon Application Server will be shown equipped with Mereon Video Messaging and Mereon Unified Messaging Having access to e-mail, voice mail and faxes via a common computer application or by telephone. For example, unified messaging may send faxes and digitized voice mail to a mail server that turns them into e-mail attachments. as well as conferencing and collaboration. The company will also demonstrate network-based Mereon Color Ringback Tone Services for Fixed-Mobile Convergence (FMC See fixed mobile convergence. ) operators. This solution is independent of both handset and Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMs), and deliverable to any subscriber type. Finally, IP Unity's 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. and Chairman Arun Sobti has been invited to deliver a keynote Industry Perspective, and Vasu Dalal, Senior Product Manager, Media Server, will speak on a panel addressing Video Ringback Tones. About IP Unity IP Unity is the leader in delivering carrier-grade media servers, application servers and real-time multimedia applications over IP, TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) A technology that transmits multiple signals simultaneously over a single transmission path. Each lower-speed signal is time sliced into one high-speed transmission. and enterprise networks. The company's open and modular Mereon(R) solutions let service providers, large enterprises and public institutions quickly deploy services ranging from simple personal communications to complex rich media information and enterprise services. IP Unity solutions feature carrier-class reliability and scalability, intelligent resource management and ease of customization, resulting in optimal total cost of ownership. IP Unity's comprehensive multiservice solutions are deployed across traditional and all-IP broadband, fixed, mobile and FMC networks around the world. For more information, go to www.ip-unity.com or call 408-582-1100. Mereon is a registered trademark of IP Unity. |
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