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Monday, December 6, 2010

Web Conferencing: UC and Trends in Videoconferencing Discussed by Avistar

By Calvin Azuri, TMCnet Contributor

The Chief Marketing Officer of Avistar Communications Corporation, Stephen Epstein recently interviewed the Chief Executive Officer of TMC, Rich Tehrani. The video interview discussed unified communications also known as UC and trends in videoconferencing. The interview also covered business videoconferencing, trends, challenges and more. TMC is the largest communications and technology community in the world.


UC solutions like Microsoft OCS and IBM Lotus Sametime have been introduced to desktop videoconferencing by Avistar in 2010. Desktop videoconferencing has also been introduced by Avistar to VDI-enabled environments. These environments are able to run on thin terminals and VDI solutions like Citrix. Among others, Xenapp and XenDesktop have also been introduced to desktop solutions by Avistar.

Across different sectors, there is a tremendous momentum for desktop videoconferencing. As per the key industry trends, companies want to be able to improve productivity. At the same time the companies feel it is important to be able to reduce travel expense.

Companies are making changes to their desktop, platform and infrastructure strategies. Some of the important reasons for these changes are attributed to virtualization and cloud computing. With UC strategies being embraced, deployed and adopted, one of the key industry trends is also the next-phase growth for Unified Communications.

Some of the critical requirements for commercial-grade desktop videoconferencing solutions continue to be delivering on cost, convenience, security, scalability, performance and quality. A glimpse into the future is represented by mobile devices that are VDI-enabled.

The full interview between Stephen Epstein and Rich Tehrani can be viewed at the YouTube Channel of Avistar.

The top innovation company in the unified visual communications industry is Avistar Communications Corporation. Business-class desktop videoconferencing technology is being provided by Avistar for more than 15 years. The company was founded in 1994.

A broad spectrum of industries is covered by solutions from Avistar. The solutions deployed by Avistar can support a range of 30-30,000 users. Solutions from IBM, LifeSize, Logitech and many other leading unified communications vendors are also powered by Avistar’s technology. Some of the largest corporations in the world spanning more than 40 countries are also delivered end user videoconferencing solutions by Avistar.

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