Video conferencing gets even better |
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TandbergTandberg
and HPHP
yesterday announced a global service designed to provide traditional video conferencing clients with greater quality, reliability and productivity, while decreasing travel costs.The HPHP
Halo Video Collaboration Service will be available for the full range of TandbergTandberg
conferencing systems, including Tandberg Total Telepresence offerings.HPHP
and TandbergTandberg
are expanding their reseller agreement to give more customers additional flexibility and choice in purchasing collaboration products and services. HPHP
and TandbergTandberg
are offering customers one of the most robust portfolios of collaboration products and services on the market today, ultimately helping customers increase enterprise-wide productivity and realise total resource savings."Our new managed service offering allows traditional video conferencing customers to experience a level of service and return on investment that other vendors only promise," said David Murphy, Senior Vice-President, Imaging and Printing Group, HPHP
. "HPHP
and TandbergTandberg
are offering the industry's highest level of managed services to support video collaboration globally across the enterprise, from a single source."As part of the new service video conferencing endpoints will be hosted directly on the Halo video exchange network - a fibre optic network designed for video collaboration that, unlike other networks, can easily allow company-to-company connections, has true worldwide reach and does not require bandwidth scheduling. The Halo video exchange network and TandbergTandberg
's network infrastructure technology allow users to enjoy increased reliability, flexibility and improved video and audio quality. These improvements in the video collaboration experience can drive significantly higher usage rates that can increase productivity at the workplace while decreasing travel costs and carbon emissions."This extension of the relationship between TandbergTandberg
and HPHP
will allow our customers to take full advantage of the strengths we both bring to telepresence and visual communications," said TandbergTandberg
CEO Fredrik Halvorsen. "We are best placed to define a universal standard for telepresence, which can protect an organisation's investments."Andy Sanctuary, General Manager, Middle East, at TandbergTandberg
, said: "This latest announcement between TandbergTandberg
and HPHP
will provide our customers with a comprehensive service level offering that they can use to help manage their video infrastructure and derive maximum productivity out of it."The Halo Video Collaboration Service provides management and support from HPHP
, including technical support, directory management and auto meeting initiation. It also includes the capability to connect to other video conferencing solutions, both on and off of the Halo video exchange network, enabling customers to collaborate even more effectively with colleagues, partners, vendors and suppliers.The HPHP
Halo Video Collaboration Service, which complements the HPHP
Halo Telepresence Solutions portfolio, is expected to be available for customer installations in the first half of next year.Through the HPHP
and TandbergTandberg
alliance, both companies will offer customers greater access to products and services that can unite globally dispersed teams and enhance the communication experience. Following are the highlights of the TandbergTandberg
and HPHP
alliance:HPHP
will resell Tandberg telepresence and high-definition visual communication products to enterprise customers who also purchase HPHP
Halo managed service offerings.TandbergTandberg
will provide HPHP
's world-class managed service and global network solution, the HPHP
Halo Video Collaboration Service, as an option for its global customer base.HPHP
will continue to manufacture and sell its current line of fully immersive telepresence hardware solutions. Additionally, it will continue research and development of telepresence products and services.By Staff Writer
© Emirates Business 24/7 2008
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