Vidyo First to Achieve 100 HD Rate Matching Ports on a Virtualized Machine over Amazon Web Services and VMware

Hackensack, NJ – November 8, 2011 — Vidyo®, Inc., the first company to deliver personal telepresence, today announced it has virtualized the first video conferencing infrastructure and delivered an HD video conference on over 100 concurrent lines. To date, virtualization in the video conferencing market has been limited to call control. Vidyo has now virtualized media processing, enabling service providers to offer unlimited multipoint scalability and low latency rate matching capability on demand to accelerate the adoption of high quality, universal video conferencing on any endpoint.

“Vidyo’s virtualization of the media plane is as significant to the video conferencing industry as VMware’s virtualization of the compute plane was to the data center,” said Ofer Shapiro, co-founder and CEO of Vidyo.  “Vidyo has already enabled service providers to offer telepresence calls at pennies instead of dollars per minute. Today’s technology announcement marks a new era of virtualized video conferencing with unprecedented scalability, flexibility and affordability by providing media processing when and where it is required. Hardware-based solutions are not scalable and have limited capacity for multipoint video conferencing, requiring costly MCU devices that have to be pre-provisioned in data centers instead of providing availability on-demand.”

This is an actual unphotoshopped screenshot of a Vidyo conference running over a virtual machine

“Virtualization has affected almost every aspect of IT, and network infrastructure is the last untapped bastion,” said Zeus Kerravala, Principal Analyst, ZK Research. “Vidyo is the first company to demonstrate the impact of virtualized video conferencing in terms of scalability and economics on the most expensive part of the network infrastructure. There is no longer a reason for video conferencing to be a hardware investment; customers need to select a software-based architecture today that can address tomorrow’s future growth needs.”

Multipoint media processing mixes multiple video streams, a function traditionally performed by a transcoding multipoint control unit (MCU) which is not scalable.  Expanding video conferencing services from hundreds of thousands of rooms to hundreds of millions of mobile and desktop endpoints requires a new approach for multipoint scalability. Leveraging virtual machines allows service providers and enterprise companies to scale video conferencing capacity on demand by creating a virtual machine and running a VidyoRouter™, with no incremental hardware required.  Companies still get all the benefits of Vidyo’s patented Adaptive Video Layering™ technology, which provides the most efficient bandwidth utilization, local error correction, and real time video optimization for unprecedented video quality over the Internet.

The Vidyo Difference

The Vidyo communication and collaboration platform is software-based, highly flexible and can be easily customized for individual enterprise and vertical market video conferencing needs. The patented VidyoRouter™ architecture introduces Adaptive Video Layering™, which dynamically optimizes the video for each endpoint leveraging H.264 Scalable Video Coding (SVC)-based compression technology and Vidyo’s IP. Adaptive Video Layering eliminates the MCU and offers unprecedented error resiliency and low latency rate matching thus enabling natural, affordable, high-quality video to work over the Internet, LTE, 3G and 4G networks. The platform allows users to quickly leverage the latest hardware innovations and new consumer devices, making it uniquely attractive to partners. Vidyo has been active driving H.264 SVC and SIP videoconferencing interoperability in various standards bodies since 2005.

About Vidyo, Inc.

Vidyo, Inc. pioneered Personal Telepresence enabling natural, HD multi-point videoconferences on tablets and smart phones, PCs and Macs, room systems, telepresence solutions and gateways that interoperate with H.323 and SIP endpoints. Vidyo’s patented VidyoRouter architecture eliminates an MCU and utilizes H.264/Scalable Video Coding (SVC) delivering the industry’s best error resilience and lowest latency videoconferencing solutions over the Internet.   Learn more at www.vidyo.com, on the Blog or follow @vidyo on Twitter.

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Vidyo Contact:

Mari Mineta Clapp
press@vidyo.com
+1 (408) 398-6433

HACKENSACK, NJ – October 17, 2011 — Vidyo, Inc., today announced the general availability of VidyoMobile™ for the iPhone 4S, and showed a video conference with four endpoints plus content sharing on Apple’s latest smart phone. With the stronger processor of the iPhone 4S, Vidyo delivers the same unmatched experience on the iPhone 4S that it delivers on the iPad2 including a pinch to zoom capability which enables a better user experience when sharing content on a small screen or even enlarging a given participant. VidyoMobile allows Vidyo’s enterprise customers to offer mobile workers the ability to participate seamlessly in company video conferences from their iPhone 4S, expanding access to conferences that already connect laptops, desktops, telepresence and HD room systems. VidyoMobile on iOS 5 for the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 is available now on the Apple App Store.

“VidyoMobile delivers an unmatched multipoint experience on the iPhone 4S and enables mobile workers to hold a true enterprise video conference system in the palms of their hands,” said Ofer Shapiro, CEO and co-founder of Vidyo. “VidyoMobile on the iPhone 4S demonstrates the power of Vidyo’s software-based approach to videoconferencing and our ability to leverage the advancement of mobile processing power and accommodate an increasingly mobile and global workforce. Today, only VidyoMobile enables a multiparty video conference with telepresence quality on the iPhone 4S.”

Like all Vidyo endpoints, VidyoMobile can participate in conferences with more than 100 participants- displaying up to 4 participants at a time on the iPhone 4S and  iPad2 and provides the user the ability to customize the view and select presentation materials to improve collaboration.  Participants are displayed using the active speaker feature, which automatically displays the current and last few speakers.

 VidyoMobile for iPhone 4S Industry Firsts:

• First to bring to the iPhone 4S a telepresence grade, low latency multipoint video conference with 4 participants and multiple sharing without transcoding
• First to support selection from multiple content shares in a multipoint call
• First to connect smart phones, tablets, laptops, desktops, room systems and immersive telepresence systems all in the same multipoint call without transcoding
• First to enhance the user experience on the smaller screen size of a smart phone with a pinch to zoom capability on a per participant basis as well as shared content

The Vidyo Difference

The Vidyo communication and collaboration platform is software-based, highly flexible and can be easily customized for individual enterprise and vertical market video conferencing needs. The VidyoRouter is based on the company’s patented AdaptiveVideoLayering™ architecture and leverages H.264 Scalable Video Coding (SVC)-based technology.  It eliminates the MCU and offers unprecedented error resiliency, low latency and rate matching enabling natural, affordable, high quality video to work over the Internet, LTE, 3G and 4G networks. The Vidyo platform allows users to quickly leverage the latest hardware innovations and new consumer devices, making it uniquely attractive to partners. Vidyo has been active driving H.264 SVC and SIP videoconferencing interoperability in various standards bodies since 2005.

About Vidyo, Inc.

Vidyo, Inc. pioneered Personal Telepresence enabling natural, HD multi-point videoconferences on tablets and smart phones, PCs and Macs, room systems, gateways that interoperate with H.323 and SIP endpoints, telepresence solutions and affordable cloud-based broadcast solutions.  Learn more at www.vidyo.com, on the Blog or follow @vidyo on Twitter.

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The VIDYO logo is a registered trademark of Vidyo, Inc., VIDYO and the trademarks of the VIDYO family of products are trademarks of Vidyo, Inc. and the other trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners.

Vidyo Contact:
Kerry Ogata

kogata@vidyo.com

(301) 717-4224

HACKENSACK, NJ – October 6, 2011 — Vidyo, Inc., today announced availability of VidyoMobile™ for iOS 4.x on iPads, iPhones and the iPod Touch on the Apple App Store. The VidyoMobile application allows Vidyo’s enterprise customers to seamlessly offer mobile workers the ability to participate in company video conferences from their  iOS or Android mobile devices, expanding access to conferences that already connect laptops, desktops, telepresence and HD room systems (including interoperability with Polycom, Cisco/Tandberg and other H.323 and SIP endpoints). To see VidyoMobile on an iPad 2 click here.

“VidyoMobile turns hundreds of millions of mobile devices into video conferencing and communication endpoints delivering up to 720p HD resolution with shared content viewing capability,” said Ofer Shapiro, CEO and co-founder of Vidyo. “Equally as important is that participants are able to connect to video conferences beyond their mobile devices – with desktop and laptop computers and telepresence room systems — and experience the same low latency, high quality performance that is Vidyo’s hallmark.”

Vidyo sells enterprise video conferencing and collaboration solutions through a worldwide network of resellers and service providers. The company also announced today global service provider support for VidyoMobile from ArkadinGlobal, Auralink, BCSGlobal, DoXom, Elisa, IDSolutions, Powwownow, VideoCall and VuCall.

“Alcatel-Lucent has been working with Vidyo to demonstrate high quality video communication between international locations over our lightRadio LTE network.  VidyoMobile has performed flawlessly, is intuitive to use, and is the kind of innovative solution that will drive explosive adoption of mobile video conferencing  in the future,” said Wim Sweldens, President of Alcatel- Lucent Wireless.

VidyoMobile is for business customers that currently offer their employees access to Vidyo’s software-based infrastructure through their enterprise IT department or through service providers who offer Vidyo as a service.  Users simply need to download the app from the iOS or Android App Store and log in to their existing account and begin using VidyoMobile on their mobile device.

Like all Vidyo endpoints, VidyoMobile can participate in conferences with more than 100 participants- displaying up to 4 participants at a time on the iPad2- and provides the user the ability to customize the view and select presentation materials.  Additionally, participants are displayed using the active speaker feature, which automatically displays the current and last few speakers.

VidyoMobile for iOS 4.x is available now and support for the iPhone 4S will be coming soon. VidyoMobile for Android smart phones and tablets is in Beta and will be available for select certified devices in November. Service packages and pricing vary by provider and region.

The Vidyo Difference

The Vidyo communication and collaboration platform is software-based, highly flexible and can be easily customized for individual enterprise and vertical market video conferencing needs. The VidyoRouter is based on the company’s patented AdaptiveVideoLayering™ architecture and leverages H.264 Scalable Video Coding (SVC)-based technology.  It eliminates the MCU and offers unprecedented error resiliency, low latency and rate matching enabling natural, affordable, high quality video to work over the Internet, LTE, 3G and 4G networks. The Vidyo platform allows users to quickly leverage the latest hardware innovations and new consumer devices, making it uniquely attractive to partners. Vidyo has been active driving H.264 SVC and SIP videoconferencing interoperability in various standards bodies since 2005.

About Vidyo, Inc.

Vidyo, Inc. pioneered Personal Telepresence enabling natural, HD multi-point videoconferences on tablets and smart phones, PCs and Macs, room systems, gateways that interoperate with H.323 and SIP endpoints, telepresence solutions and affordable cloud-based broadcast solutions.  Learn more at www.vidyo.com, on the Blog or follow @vidyo on Twitter.

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Vidyo Contact:
Mari Mineta Clapp
mari@vidyo.com
(408) 398-6433

The VIDYO logo is a registered trademark of Vidyo, Inc., VIDYO and the trademarks of the VIDYO family of products are trademarks of Vidyo, Inc. and the other trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners.