28 January 2008. MASERGY is a privately-held global service provider specializing in providing converged IP networks with the highest QOS and resilience and serving enterprise customers in 45 countries throughout Europe, Asia, Latin and North America. MASERGY set out to be the best network provider in the world and annual revenues now exceed $100 million. MASERGY was/is the cho...   (read article)

28 January 2008. BCS Global is a worldwide provider of video conferencing and collaboration services headquartered in London, with offices in New York, Toronto and Shanghai.  It provides an IP-based, always-on service at a fixed charge per month under the brand name Virtual Presence. The on-demand service provides an unlimited-use video calling plan and gateway services be...   (read article)

28 January 2008. Glowpoint is a recognized leader in IP video managed services focused on delivering services for video conferencing, telepresence, broadcast, and call center applications. Their services are all delivered over a robust and highly scalable infrastructure and technology platform, including a global IP MPLS network, designed exclusively for video communications.&n...   (read article)

28 January 2008.  Network-i’s IP network dedicated to video conferencing is called In-Vision and was started four years ago. The service provides end-to-end connections to the UK, Ireland, Western Europe, and every major city in the United States.

In-Vision is an always-on service offered to customers at fixed cost per month independent of usage and at a fraction ...   (read article)

28 January 2008. vc-net - The collaboration Company achieved some significant technological and business milestones in 2007 and introduced an aggressive channel strategy for 2008 to facilitate further growth.

vc-net was founded in February 2000 as Europe’s first provider of a telecom network dedicated to videoconferencing. The company provides an “always-on” IP Network ...   (read article)

Using IP networks dedicated to videoconferencing rather than the Internet or corporate LAN and WAN provides a more robust connection for video and higher quality of service (QOS). The 2007 Awards were made to:

1.  vc-net - The Collaboration Company based in the City of London
2.  Network-i - In-Vision service for videoconferencing based in London
3.  Glowp...   (read article)

21 January 2008. The very powerful TANDBERG Codian MCU 4500 Series High Definition (HD) voice and video MCU was announced in December 2006 and became generally available in Q1 2007. Codian ClearVision™ was added in Q2 2007.

The TANDBERG Codian MCU 4500 Series of High Definition (HD) voice and video bridges is designed for HD videoconferencing deployments as well as use...   (read article)

21 January 2008. The next generation SCOPIA family of video conferencing and collaboration tools was launched by RADVISION in May 2006 with new and much more powerful hardware architecture and was further enhanced with important software updates in 2007. The SCOPIA Multipoint Control Unit’s (MCU) capabilities now includes HD Continuous Presence and the ability to mix HD and SD ...   (read article)

14 January 2008. One videoconferencing system does not fit each and every situation. When choosing the 10 best new  videoconferencing endpoints (systems) of 2007, we considered the requirements of in four different categories of users - A to D below. To qualify a videoconferencing system must have been launched or substantially improved in calendar 2007. We take the side o...   (read article)

14 January 2008. There were no major technical changes in the videoconferencing industry in 2007.  The Best new Videoconferencing Systems of the Year 2007 include two Telepresence Solutions, five High Definition Videoconferencing Systems and three Standard Definition VC endpoints.

The Year 2007 saw a continuation of the trend to offer High Definition videoconferen...   (read article)

Cisco Systems, LifeSize Communications, RADVISION, TANDBERG and the CEO of Cisco Systems win Awards from Videoconferencing Insight Newsletter for their Achievements in 2007

Awards are for: Telepresence Company of the Year 2007 (Cisco), Videoconferencing Company of the Year 2007 (LifeSize), Unified Visual Communications Company of the Year 2007 (RADVISION), The Most Innovative Videoc...   (read article)

7 January 2008. TANDBERG’s Codian ClearVision is chosen as Videoconferencing Insight’s “Most Innovative Videoconferencing Technology of the Year 2007”. Codian ClearVision increases the quality of images from standard and enhanced-definition video conferencing endpoints to give superior visual clarity for High Definition VC endpoint users on the same call.

Using theCodi...   (read article)

7 January 2008. John T. Chambers is chosen as Videoconferencing Insight’s “Industry Leader of the Year 2007” because Cisco Telepresence produced a new standard of excellence for videoconferencing systems in 2007. Cisco Telepresence in concept and in practice is in a separate league from systems offered by the rest of the videoconferencing industry. In addition, Cisco acquired W...   (read article)

7 January 2008. RADVISION is chosen as Videoconferencing Insight’s “Unified Visual Communications Company of the Year 2007”. RADVISION’s infrastructure products, management tools and applications provide unified visual communications over IP, 3G and emerging next generation networks. In 2007, they were made HD-ready and enabled to include High Definition VC endpoints. They now ...   (read article)

7 January 2008. LifeSize Communications is chosen as Videoconferencing Insight’s “Videoconferencing Company of the Year 2007”.  LifeSize was the first company to offer High Definition systems and remains the leader in price/performance terms today. The company focused on creating HD VC systems from the outset almost five years ago and its technology is the most innovative ...   (read article)

7 January 2008. Cisco Systems is chosen as Videoconferencing Insight’s “Telepresence Company of the Year 2007”. Cisco Telepresence Meeting systems are superior both in concept and in implementation to the telepresence systems of other videoconferencing vendors. In December 2007, Cisco added: (1) the capability to call Cisco Telepresence systems on other MPSL VPN networks and (2...   (read article)

Awards of Videoconferencing Insight for achievements in the year 2007 published on 7 January 2008.

1. Telepresence Company of the year 2007: Cisco Systems. (A new category this year)
2. Videoconferencing Company of the year 2007: LifeSize Communications.
3. Unified Visual Communications Company of the Year 2007: RADVISION.
4. Industry Leader of the Year 2007: J...   (read article)