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New Avistar Video Software Enhances Call Quality and Reliability for Mobile Workers

Posted on: Wednesday, 17 January 2007, 09:00 CST

Delivering flexibility and support for video-enabled workers wherever they are, Avistar Communications Corp. (NASDAQ: AVSR) today announced a new desktop video software release that enhances video call quality and reliability, and eases system administration for users of its video collaboration products.

The new AvistarVOS™ v8.8 software automatically detects the network bandwidth available to an end user and adjusts the parameters of each Avistar video call accordingly. For mobile workers, this assures that calls are placed at a rate that helps maximize call quality, given their current connection, and helps avoid the allocation of unnecessary bandwidth. To increase reliability and user satisfaction, the software also tests end-to-end connectivity before a call is placed. This assessment detects network blockages -- due to firewalls or other network elements -- that would prevent call completion or degrade call quality.

IT administrators will benefit from the introduction of Avistar System Central, a centralized web-based tool that manages administrative users and their access to Avistar infrastructure products, and centrally logs all administrative activity. Also, the new software user interface features a simple, one-click "support" icon that enables end-users to request support. These requests capture real time user, system and call information and can be sent directly to the enterprise helpdesk or trouble ticket applications so that organizations can leverage their existing support and tracking systems.

With large deployments of desktop video applications at a number of the world's largest financial institutions, Avistar brings critical 'face-to-face' communications and clarity to daily business processes in today's increasingly mobile, and globally distributed work environment. Avistar's integrated suite of presence-based video solutions includes one-to-one and multiparty video calling for ad-hoc collaboration; broadcasting of interactive meetings and presentations to large audiences; video recording, on-demand playback and publishing via e-mail and websites; and real-time data sharing that increases the accuracy and speed of information exchange.

"Avistar is leading the way in delivering top-quality video communications to today's mobile workers," said Gerald J. Burnett, Chief Executive Officer and chairman at Avistar. "Whether you're in a hotel room far from company headquarters, between flights or snowed in at your home office, we're making personal video more reliable and easy to support."

AvistarVOS v8.8 is currently available. For more information, visit www.avistar.com.

About Avistar Communications Corporation

Avistar Communications Corporation develops, markets, and supports a video collaboration platform for the enterprise, all powered by the AvistarVOS™ software. From the desktop, Avistar delivers business-quality video calling, recording, publishing to web and e-mails, video-on-demand, broadcast origination and distribution, and document sharing. Avistar video-enables business processes by integrating visual communications into the daily workflow and connecting communities of users within and across enterprises. Founded in 1993, Avistar is headquartered in Redwood Shores, California, with offices in New York and London. Avistar's technology is used in more than 35 countries.

Collaboration Properties, Inc. (CPI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Avistar Communications Corporation, was founded in 1997. CPI develops patents for presence-based interactions, wireless communications, desktop video, recorded and live media at the desktop, multimedia documents, data sharing, and a service-rich video network architecture. It holds a current portfolio of 74 patents for inventions in the primary areas of video and network technology. CPI offers licenses to its patent portfolio and Avistar's video-enabling technologies to companies in the video conferencing, rich-media services, public networking, and related industries. Current licensees include Sony Corporation, Polycom, Inc., and Emblaze-VCON.

Copyright (c) 2007 Avistar Communications Corporation. All rights reserved. Avistar, AvistarVOS™, and the Avistar logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Avistar Communications Corporation. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.

Source: Business Wire

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