LifeSize Transit, LifeSize Bridge and LifeSize Control equip
organizations with solutions intelligently optimized for their networks
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
LifeSize,
a division of Logitech (Nasdaq: LOGI) (SIX: LOGN), today announced
enhancements to several of its infrastructure offerings, including a
fully virtualized LifeSize®
Transit™ server, 48-way video calling with LifeSize®
Bridge™ and expanded multi-vendor interoperability with LifeSize®
Control™. These improvements provide customers with a more
scalable, open HD video framework that offers the lowest total cost of
ownership and unparalleled flexibility to deploy, manage and extend
video calling to their entire organization.
Today's announcement is the result of LifeSize's relentless focus on
building infrastructure solutions that remove the complexity and
deployment difficulties customers face. These enhancements allow
organizations to truly leverage their investments and fully realize the
productivity benefits of video
conferencing. These new features accelerate the adoption of video by
helping users connect to any network securely and easily while also
providing IT with the foundational support needed to build and maintain
world-class communications systems.
"Infrastructure is the foundation of your video network," said Craig
Malloy, chief executive officer of LifeSize and Logitech senior vice
president. "The technology behind it should be as seamless and
interoperable as possible. LifeSize consistently gives customers
flexibility, fast deployment and easy integration to enable video
collaboration on an ever-larger scale. With the new infrastructure
features announced today, we're redefining industry trends in
virtualization, interoperability and scalability. Once again, LifeSize
is rewriting the rules of video collaboration with groundbreaking
simplicity—thus making video an essential component of every work
environment."
New features of LifeSize infrastructure solutions include:
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LifeSize Transit: The SIP/H.323 firewall and NAT traversal solution
now enables faster, easier deployment options for people inside
and outside an organization. IT administrators have more choice and
flexibility in how they deploy and manage through the virtualized
options now available in LifeSize Transit Server's VMware® option.
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LifeSize Bridge: LifeSize's game-changing multipoint control
unit (MCU) now offers the ability to collaborate with larger
groups (up to 48 people on a single bridge call) and accelerate
productivity — connecting more people in more locations. Along with
48-way video calling, LifeSize Bridge 1.1 includes 10 additional
enhancements critical for enterprise deployments.
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LifeSize Control: The industry's most open and interoperable
video management solution has expanded integration with LifeSize and
other leading video conferencing vendors' products. LifeSize Control
now offers greater control and management of the video environment with
LifeSize Transit users including automatic LifeSize Transit account
provisioning for LifeSize®
Desktop™ and LifeSize
endpoints.
Pricing and Availability
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LifeSize Bridge 1.1 is expected to be available in the third calendar
quarter of 2011 for $64,999 U.S. MSRP; an additional license for
48-way calling capacity will be available for $14,999 U.S. MSRP
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LifeSize Transit 3.5 is now available at the following prices:
Transit Virtual Machine Software
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Transit Server Virtual Machine Software for $12,999 U.S. MSRP
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Transit Client Virtual Machine Software for $9,999 U.S. MSRP
Transit Hardware Appliance
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Transit Server for $14,999 U.S. MSRP
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Transit Client for $11,999 U.S. MSRP
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LifeSize Control 5.5 is expected to be available in the third calendar
quarter of 2011 for $249 per seat (50 or more seat license)
Additional Resources
LifeSize
Bridge datasheet
LifeSize Transit datasheet
LifeSize Control datasheet
LifeSize
blog
About LifeSize Communications
LifeSize is a pioneer and world leader in high-definition video
collaboration. Designed to make video conferencing truly universal, our
full range of open standards-based systems offer enterprise-class,
IT-friendly technologies that enable genuine human interaction over any
distance. Founded in 2003 and acquired by Logitech in 2009, LifeSize,
with its commitment to relentless innovation, continues to extend the
highest-quality video conferencing capabilities to anyone, anywhere. For
more information, visit www.lifesize.com.
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Jacey Overton, 512-623-4215
joverton@lifesize.com
Source: LifeSize Communications Inc.
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