Avistar (News - Alert) Unveils New Desktop Videoconferencing, UC Solutions

  

Avistar Communications Corp. today at VoiceCon announced additions to its family of Avistar C3 (News - Alert) software solutions. New are the Avistar C3 Unified - Microsoft OCS Edition and the Avistar C3 Integrator - Citrix Editionsolutions.

 

“The Avistar C3 Unified - Microsoft (News - Alert) OCS Edition solution picks up where Microsoft OCS leaves off,” says Avistar CTO Chris Lauwers. “Our solution extends Microsoft OCS and delivers a desktop visual communications experience that is vibrant, feature-rich and interoperable. The Avistar C3 Unified – Microsoft OCS Edition solution is designed to marry the unified communication features found within Microsoft OCS, while delivering a business-class desktop videoconferencing experience built to leverage our clients’ videoconferencing infrastructure and networks. This helps to lower overall operating costs and increase productivity, while extending the value of OCS implementations.”

 

The Avistar C3 Unified - Microsoft OCS Edition, which delivers commercial-grade desktop videoconferencing, enables direct interoperability between desktop video solutions and SIP- and H.323- enabled room solutions. The solution also supports presence multiparty videoconferencing and HD (720p) video resolution. And it leverages Microsoft OCS presence and desktop integration features.

 

It also offers full bandwidth management and call admission control.

 

The Avistar C3 Integrator - Citrix Edition, meanwhile, is a desktop videoconferencing solution designed specifically to run on the Citrix ICA protocol. It can be accessed through the Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp solutions as well as via Wyse thin terminals.