MINNETONKA, Minn. and
MURRAY HILL, N.J., Jan. 17,
2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Datatrend Technologies, an IT solutions
provider, today announced a Unified Communications and
Collaboration (UCC) appliance integrated with the Virtual Video
Room from Glowpoint (NYSE Amex: GLOW), a leading provider of cloud
managed video services. The new solution provides a true enterprise
grade HD desktop videoconferencing experience, integrated with the
comprehensive collaboration capabilities of the IBM Sametime
platform delivering what organizations need to improve their
operational efficiency and reduce costs.
The solution enables organizations to get more out of their UCC
and video environments by cost effectively expanding HD video to
employee desktops, and allows employees to collaborate with users
of telepresence and HD videoconferencing systems inside their own
company or with customers, partners, suppliers, and remote/mobile
colleagues. The solution reduces travel and operating expenses
through increased use of telepresence and videoconferencing systems
without the large, upfront investment required by other
solutions.
The UCC appliance delivers the UCC and video capabilities in a
simple, integrated IT solution, complete with workload optimized
IBM server hardware to run efficiently and cost-effectively. The
integrated collaboration is enabled by IBM Sametime with Sametime
Unified Telephony (SUT) Lite® installed on an IBM BladeCenter® or
IBM System x® server precisely configured for the video and IBM
Sametime interfaces. Unlike other solutions that provide a consumer
grade video experience and require significant upfront capital
expenditure, this turn-key solution provides a professional grade
yet personal telepresence experience with low or even no upfront
costs and is offered at a predictable, low monthly fee.
"Organizations are increasingly requiring ad hoc video
conferencing capabilities similar to reservation-less audio
conferencing to improve collaboration and reduce travel expense.
And they want this capability combined with other collaboration
technologies such as instant messaging, online meetings, integrated
presence, etc.," remarks Charlie
Cox, President of Technology Infrastructure Solutions for
Datatrend. "The UCC Appliance is quick to deploy and enables social
business and unified communications in a simple, affordable manner
that reduces TCO and delivers a real return on investment
(ROI)."
"Glowpoint is excited at the opportunity to partner with IBM and
Datatrend to deliver a complete unified communications solution for
business customers including on-demand high definition
videoconferencing," stated Joe
Laezza, President and CEO of Glowpoint. "Our Virtual Video
Room offering delivered from our OpenVideo™ cloud will provide IBM
Sametime customers with a consistent, high quality video experience
wherever they are. More and more business customers are turning to
cloud based videoconferencing offerings to be able to quickly adopt
new solutions without investing in on premise infrastructure and
support."
The UCC Appliance with HD Video Conferencing is secure, simple
to use, lowers costs, improves operational efficiency, and gives
workforces more capabilities to leverage their skills with others.
The net result is that organizations have a way to finally realize
the full value of their UCC and telepresence investments.
Datatrend is demonstrating the solution at Lotusphere in booth #
711.
About Datatrend
Founded in 1987, Datatrend Technologies is a national IT
solutions provider dedicated to helping companies optimize their IT
environments and enhance their business. Datatrend specializes in
best-in-class data center consulting; server and storage solutions;
and network infrastructure services. By providing exceptional
thought leadership and a customer-intimate approach, Datatrend has
earned the respect of customers everywhere as a trusted advisor on
business and technology issues.
Visit Datatrend online at:
Company Website: www.datatrend.com
Company Blog: www.datatrend.com/optimize-it/
About Glowpoint
Glowpoint, Inc. provides cloud managed video services that make
the delivery of consistently high-quality video conferencing and
telepresence service as simple as using the internet, between any
technology, network and business. Using their OpenVideo cloud
architecture, Glowpoint enables organizations of all sizes to adopt
business-class video easily, scale instantly and collaborate
openly, yet securely across technology boundaries – to realize the
full value of visual communications.
Visit Glowpoint online at:
Company Website: www.glowpoint.com
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Contact
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Contact
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Darren
Waldrep
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Darren
Podrabsky
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612-849-0910
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541-979-3441
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darren.waldrep@datatrend.com
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darren.podrabsky@glowpoint.com
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Lotusphere booth # 711
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SOURCE Glowpoint, Inc.