DIRECT VISUAL LAUNCHES UK'S FIRST GLOBAL BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS IP VIDEOCONFERENCING NETWORK

Direct Visual has become the first UK videoconferencing company to launch a complete videoconferencing solution over IP networks with guaranteed quality of service.

The announcement is a major coup for the West Yorkshire-based visual applications specialist which has now secured a leading position in the marketplace where other organisations have failed to deliver IP solutions which have been long demanded by many businesses.

Traditional IP backbones were not designed to handle the demanding performance requirements of high quality videoconferencing. Packet loss, jitter and out-of-order packet delivery often resulted in degraded video and audio quality.

Historically, this lack of predictable performance has limited the viability of IP transport for real-time videoconferencing.

In contrast Direct Visual's network, powered by global service provider MASERGY, ensures that video information packets travel in-sequence and at the highest priority, end-to-end, thereby delivering video-over-IP with guaranteed quality of service.

In addition, the network facilitates:

• MCU Services
• Gateway Services (ISDN, 3G Mobile)
  
• Reserved and Reservation-Less Conferencing
  
• Management Statistics Reporting
  
• Fully Managed Service

Direct Visual Chairman Mike Phillips comments: "This is a unique industry first and clear proof of Direct Visual's commitment to driving the video communications marketplace forward by meeting market demands with high quality, knowledge-based solutions."

Chris Carr, Director of Video Markets for MASERGY, adds: "We believe this partnership offers today's business customers a vastly superior alternative to legacy videoconferencing solutions in regards to reliability, quality and cost."