READING, England and SAN MATEO, California, August 5 /PRNewswire/ --
- Touchline Video's Extensive Channel Network Adds Avistar Technology as Users See Real Cost and Time Benefits of C3 Standards-Based Desktop Solution
Avistar's proven, award-winning C3 desktop videoconferencing solutions are now available through Touchline Video, a leading specialist distributor of videoconferencing solutions in the United Kingdom, and its extensive channel network. Avistar Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: AVSR), a leading provider of unified visual communications solutions, made the announcement today as the demand for desktop videoconferencing grows significantly in light of the increasing costs of travel and companies seeking more effective methods for improving employee productivity and reducing their impact on the environment.
Darren Innes, General Manager, Worldwide Sales, Avistar, said, "Interest in the U.K. is high for videoconferencing in general and desktop solutions in particular. The costs of time, travel, and fuel, along with an overall demand to reduce environmental impact, are driving the demand. Touchline, already a well-known name and large distributor for quality brands such as LifeSize, has opened a new avenue to get Avistar's proven desktop technology into the hands of customers. They are more than just a 'box' seller; they offer full technical back-up services, system design, implementation and more, and complement the technical strengths of Avistar and our product line."
Barry Cross, Managing Director for Touchline Video, said, "Savvy users want a proven solution with the bells and whistles needed for videoconferencing on the desktop and connection to their larger room installations. Our partnership with Avistar, with its 10-plus year history of desktop videoconferencing installations, has our resellers and users clamoring for C3 technology as it provides a great, standards-based solution that works well today and greatly extends our customers' ROI."
C3 delivers unparalleled communication and collaboration functionality while ensuring industry leading bandwidth management, connectivity and quality of service, all without requiring additional network capacity. Select key features include:
-- Digital voice, video communication and collaboration at the desktop or on the move. -- Proven quality, reliability and scalability. -- Dynamic network and bandwidth management technology without requiring additional network capacity. -- Interoperability to leverage a customer's existing videoconferencing room systems, IM and Voice Over IP (VOIP) platform. -- Integration with business applications such as Microsoft Office or IBM Lotus products.
Avistar's desktop solutions are available immediately through Touchline and its resellers.
About Touchline Video UK Ltd
Touchline Video UK Ltd, headquartered near Reading, Berkshire is a U.K.-wide value-added distributor in the audio, video and web collaboration industries. Touchline Video has contracts with industry leading vendors to offer a comprehensive range of video conferencing and complementary products, from stock to its reseller base. Touchline Video uses its industry-leading Touchline service division to provide its customers with product and technical support and both reseller and end-user training. For more information, please contact Touchline by phone at +44(0)118 970 1313 or visit http://www.touchlinevideo.co.uk.
About Avistar Communications Corporation
Avistar (Nasdaq: AVSR) creates technology that provides the missing critical element in unified communications: bringing people in organizations face-to-face, through enhanced communications, for true collaboration anytime, anyplace. Its latest product, Avistar C3, draws on more than a decade of market experience to deliver a single-click desktop videoconferencing and collaboration experience that moves business communications into a new era. Available as a stand-alone solution, or integrated with existing unified communications software from other vendors, Avistar C3 provides users instant messaging-style ability to initiate video communications across and outside the enterprise. Bandwidth management enables thousands of users to access desktop videoconferencing, VoIP and streaming media, without requiring substantial new network investment or impairing network performance.
Avistar's desktop videoconferencing and collaboration installations are among the world's largest, including more than 18,000 seats sold in more than 40 countries. Clients report as much as a 20 percent reduction in travel expense and carbon emissions, increases in productivity, and immeasurably improved relationship building within their organizations, as well as with suppliers and customers. Avistar holds a portfolio of 80 patents for inventions in video and network technology and licenses IP to videoconferencing, rich-media services, public networking and related industries. Current licensees include Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI), Polycom, Inc., Tandberg ASA, Radvision Ltd., LifeSize Communications, Inc. and Emblaze-VCON.
For more information, visit http://www.avistar.com.
Forward Looking Statements
Statements made in this news release that are not purely historical, including but not limited to statements regarding Avistar's projected integration of its technology into LifeSize Communication's products and the licensing and distribution of technology and intellectual property, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including such factors, among others, as the technical challenges associated with technology integration and the acceptance of the integrated product in the marketplace. As a result of these and other factors, Avistar expects to experience significant fluctuations in revenue and operating results, and there can be no assurance that Avistar will become or remain profitable in the future, or that its future results will meet expectations. These and other risk factors are discussed in Avistar's Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time. Avistar disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
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