Magor upgrades telepresence system

Collaboration features allow participants to see, control and edit shared files and documents in real time.

VoIP, unified messaging, products and services

Magor Communications recently announced Release 3 of its TeleCollaboration HDWorkPlace portfolio. The collaboration features, designed to improve video-based meeting effectiveness, allows participants to see, control and edit shared files and documents in real time. Magor's approach to telepresence melds together 1080p HD video capabilities with remote collaboration to create what the company calls "TeleCollaboration."

The Magor telepresence system is based on a codec-agnostic, peer-to-peer video architecture that uses video segmentation and network adaptation processes to optimize picture quality in an approach designed to overcome the challenges of delivering 1080p video over best-effort network connections. Using this approach provides participants with a 1080p HD quality video stream using a broadband connection at speeds starting as low as 1.6Mbps. The peer-to-peer architecture allows each Magor endpoint to operate independently of the others so new participants can be added spontaneously and others can drop out.
The system is also designed to operate in ordinary meeting rooms and individual offices, according to Dan Rusheleau, executive vice president of product development for Magor. In a statement, Rusheleau also said: "By including data collaboration as an integral part of the HD video conferencing system, we help enhance decision making and improve productivity."

It's not telepresence, but ...

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Magor Communications recently announced Release 3 of its TeleCollaboration HDWorkPlace portfolio. The collaboration features, designed to improve video-based meeting effectiveness, allows participants to see, control and edit shared files and documents in real time. Magor's approach to telepresence melds together 1080p HD video capabilities with remote collaboration to create what the company calls "TeleCollaboration."

The Magor telepresence system is based on a codec-agnostic, peer-to-peer video architecture that uses video segmentation and network adaptation processes to optimize picture quality in an approach designed to overcome the challenges of delivering 1080p video over best-effort network connections. Using this approach provides participants with a 1080p HD quality video stream using a broadband connection at speeds starting as low as 1.6Mbps. The peer-to-peer architecture allows each Magor endpoint to operate independently of the others so new participants can be added spontaneously and others can drop out.
The system is also designed to operate in ordinary meeting rooms and individual offices, according to Dan Rusheleau, executive vice president of product development for Magor. In a statement, Rusheleau also said: "By including data collaboration as an integral part of the HD video conferencing system, we help enhance decision making and improve productivity."

It's not telepresence, but ...

New features available in Release 3 include:

* Interoperability with legacy endpoints and MCUs so Magor's video, audio and collaboration capabilities are preserved when interoperating with other video conferencing systems.

* Remote collaboration so the TeleCollaboration HDWorkPlace system can share content online through a Web browser while users participate in the conversation by phone.

* HDSolo, a single screen, single camera TeleCollaboration system.

Magor works with technology and channel partners and OEMs to bring its TeleCollaboration to businesses of all sizes. The company was founded in 2006 by Wesley Clover, an investment firm chaired by Mitel founder Terry Matthews. Mitel resells Magor technology along with its own unified communications offerings.

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Steve Taylor is president of Distributed Networking Associates and publisher/editor-in-chief of Webtorials. Larry Hettick is a principal analyst at Current Analysis.