Videoconferencing Software enables multipoint collaboration.May 7, 2009 -
Elluminate VCS(TM) allows organizations to utilize existing videoconferencing equipment and scales to thousands of endpoints and hundreds of multipoint ports. Requiring Customer Premise Equipment server, it includes presence awareness and session scheduling and management tools. It also includes chat, whiteboard, application and desktop sharing, file transfer, and document presentation. Interoperable with H.323 equipment, program supports Windows XP and Vista computers.
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Original Press release
Elluminate Inc.
Suite 304, 3016 5th Ave. NE
Alberta, , T2A 6K4
Canada
Elluminate Expands Product Line with Next-Generation Video Collaboration Solution
Ground-Breaking Product Provides Best-in-Class Desktop Video, Real-Time Collaboration Tools, and Interoperability with Existing Videoconferencing at an Affordable Price
PLEASANTON, Calif., April 21 / / - Elluminate, Inc. is expanding its role as the leading vendor for live, online communication, collaboration, and education for the academic market with Elluminate VCS(TM), an affordable, high-quality, multipoint video collaboration solution.
While there are currently excellent videoconferencing products on the market, Elluminate developed its newest product in response to customer feedback about challenges with some of these offerings. Issues include exorbitant costs, limited scalability, significant hardware requirements, ongoing reliance on IT support, and the inability to invite participants on an ad hoc basis.
Elluminate VCS leverages these large investments in videoconferencing systems, while increasing ROI through integration and endpoint extension at low cost. In addition, traditional videoconferencing does not provide the ease of use, interactive tools, data sharing, ad hoc invitations, and easy access needed to facilitate a truly collaborative experience for a wide audience.
The product enables academic institutions, corporations, and other organizations to leverage large investments in legacy videoconferencing infrastructure by including desktop PCs. Primarily a software solution, Elluminate VCS requires a Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) server that operates exceptionally well on network speeds less than typical DSL connections and works with existing legacy H.323 infrastructure.
Elluminate VCS extends video endpoints to reach more participants in a significantly more convenient and cost-effective way, adding an interactive collaborative environment that includes intuitive presence awareness and session scheduling and management tools. Easy to deploy and use, the product includes chat, whiteboard, application and desktop sharing, file transfer, and document presentation.
Features and Functionality
Elluminate VCS provides:
High-resolution, high-frame-rate, multipoint video collaboration
Dramatic cost savings over traditional videoconferencing
Interoperability with legacy H.323 videoconferencing
Web 2.0-style portal for session scheduling and management
Powerful, multi-user data collaboration tools
Low-bandwidth requirements and minimal processor demands
Connection over most firewalls and proxies deployed in academic environments
Support for standard Windows XP and Vista computers
Scalability to thousands of endpoints and hundreds of multipoint ports
Presence client for ad hoc invitations and instant messaging
Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) server
"Elluminate VCS offers a viable, low-cost solution for interactive video," said Executive Director Mickey Slimp, Northeast Texas Consortium of Colleges & Universities. "We have a number of sites without the people or budget to make traditional H.323 solutions realistic. A product like Elluminate VCS suddenly puts those sites into the game and opens quite an array of possibilities. I'm exploring possibilities with direct-to-the-student video instruction, telehealth/telemedicine consults, and rural dual credit. The sound quality of Elluminate VCS was what first impressed me. Voice quality with minimal delay - who would have ever thought of that!"
"At Elluminate, we understand that videoconferencing designed for business users doesn't become video collaboration for educators until it can leverage truly interactive multipoint presentation and data collaboration," said Maurice Heiblum, President, Elluminate, Inc. "At the same time, it must easily bring people into sessions from a variety of locations with limited IT support, and scale at a cost where a critical mass of participants has easy access to the technology on a variety of networks and computers. Today's educators and students don't want to choose between real-time interaction and high-quality video. Now they can have both with Elluminate VCS."
About Elluminate, Inc.
Elluminate, Inc. provides proven, best-in-class solutions for real-time online learning and collaboration that deliver exceptional outcomes, including enhanced learning experiences, increased retention and completion rates, and higher ROI. Elluminate has served more than 600 million web-collaboration minutes to over 3 million teachers and students located in 185 different countries. The winner of several prestigious awards, the company is also one of Deloitte's 50 Fastest Growing Technology Companies and is positioned in the Visionaries Quadrant of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Web Conferencing, 2008.
Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and Pleasanton, California, Elluminate is the trusted choice of prominent academic institutions and corporations, including ADP, Apple Computer, California State University, Florida Virtual School, Georgetown University, K12 Inc., London Knowledge Lab, Los Angeles Unified School District, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Novell, Queen's University, Royal Veterinary College, Red Hat, Sun Microsystems, and many more. For more information, visit http://www.elluminate.com.
Elluminate Live! is a registered trademark of Elluminate, Inc., Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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