RadiSys Introduces Continuous Presence Video Conferencing
Capabilities for Convedia Media Server Family
Added Features Equip RadiSys Application Development Partners and
Service Provider Customers with New Tools to Add Video Conferencing to
Their Unified Communications Solutions
HILLSBORO, Ore. (Business Wire EON) June 11, 2008 --
RadiSys®
Corporation (NASDAQ:RSYS), the leading independent
provider of open, standards-based media server platforms and advanced
embedded solutions, today announced new video conferencing enhancements
to its market-leading Convedia® media server
family. The RadiSys Convedia
media server’s new “continuous
presence” (CP) video conferencing mode
supports multiple real-time video streams within a unified multi-pane
display to deliver an “immersive”
video experience for desktop conferencing users. This new capability is
available now for the RadiSys CMS-9000 Media Server at no additional
charge.
Commenting on the announcement, Andrew W. Davis, Managing Partner at
Wainhouse Research said “Multi-service IP
media servers play an important and growing role in service provider
Voice over IP (VoIP) and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) deployments.
Adding video mixing capabilities such as continuous presence video
conferencing, and enabling the control of these capabilities through
open standards-based interfaces, brings significant benefits to
application service providers who wish to add video conferencing
capabilities rapidly to their unified communications solutions.”
David Smith, General Manager of the Media Service Business Unit at
RadiSys, explained “RadiSys continues to
build out its vision of the IP media server being a versatile, shared
media processing platform in a multi-service VoIP and IMS deployment.
This new video feature is yet another example of RadiSys’
penetration into a broader range of VoIP and real-time video
communication markets.” Smith added, “Our
continuous presence video conferencing feature delivers an open
standards-based approach for application developers to offer
feature-rich video conferencing services.”
Support for Continuous Presence Video Opens Window of Opportunity
Continuous presence video adds a new mode of video conferencing support
for video conferencing application developers. The RadiSys Convedia
CMS-9000 media server already supports Voice-Activated Switching (VAS)
so that all video conference participants see an identical real-time
video stream of the active speaker. VAS is particularly beneficial for
participants using mobile handsets where limited screen size makes
multi-pane display impractical. With the new CP video conferencing
capability, which includes parameters to specify border size and colors,
as well as active speaker highlights, RadiSys now offers an alternative
video conferencing capability ideally suited for immersive desktop
unified communications offerings.
Open, Standards-Based Solutions to Drive Collaborative Multimedia
Conferencing Deployments
The RadiSys approach of offering video mixing capabilities through an
open standards-based Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and Media Server
Markup Language (MSML) interface offers distinct benefits compared to
traditional Multimedia Conferencing Unit (MCU) products. RadiSys
Convedia media servers bring to SIP audio application developers the
opportunity to economically add video features to their solutions,
accelerating their ability to introduce and integrate feature-rich IP
video conferencing capabilities into a unified communications solution.
The result is an improved business case for the widespread rollout of
video conferencing capabilities. Better economics will drive the
migration and benefits of collaborative multimedia conferencing
solutions out of the purpose-built, expensive video conference rooms of
the past, and towards the desktops, mobile laptops, and 3G mobile phones
of future video-enabled organizations and online communities.
Availability
Video conferencing capabilities supporting both H.263 and H.264/MPEG4
(Part 10) video codecs are available immediately for the RadiSys
Convedia CMS-9000 media server.
Additional Information Resources
Convedia
Media Servers Data Sheet
Convedia
Video Conferencing Solutions Sheet
About RadiSys Convedia Media Servers
Ranked the market leading IP media server vendor for four consecutive
years by market research firms Infonetics and iLocus, RadiSys Convedia
media servers support a broad set of IP media processing features
essential for next-generation VoIP conferencing applications in
conference service provider (CSP) and enterprise conferencing
environments. The RadiSys Convedia CMS-9000 Media Server delivers
optimal performance and reliability, scalability, and a low total cost
of ownership for media-intensive IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) networks
and services. These media servers enable fixed mobile convergence by
delivering a shared IP media processing resource for any access network,
including wireless, broadband, cable, PSTN or satellite. The system’s
multi-service versatility enables revenue-generating IMS applications,
including multimedia conferencing, IP Centrex, ringback tones, network
gaming, video communications, and complex audio/video transcoding.
Nine of the top ten CSPs worldwide deploy RadiSys Convedia media servers
in their networks.
About RadiSys Corporation
RadiSys (NASDAQ:RSYS) is a leading provider of advanced solutions for
the communications networking and commercial systems markets. Through
intimate customer collaboration and combining innovative technologies
and industry leading architecture, RadiSys helps OEMs, systems
integrators, and solution providers bring better products to market
faster and more economically. RadiSys products include embedded boards,
application enabling platforms, the OS-9®
operating system, and turn-key systems, which are used in today's
complex computing, processing, and network-intensive applications. For
more information, visit http://www.radisys.com,
e-mail info@radisys.com, or call
800-950-0044 or 503-615-1100. Editors seeking more information may
contact Lyn Pangares at RadiSys Corporation at 503-615-1220 or lyn.pangares@radisys.com.
RadiSys and Convedia, are registered trademarks of RadiSys
Corporation.
All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
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