MURRAY HILL, N.J., May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Glowpoint, Inc.
(NYSE MKT: GLOW), a leading global provider of cloud managed video
services, today announced a partnership with Columbus
Business Solutions to offer cloud hosted video services to
businesses and governments throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.
Through a multi-year agreement, Columbus will offer
Columbus Cloud Video Conferencing, a fully cloud hosted
service for on-demand visual communication that supports calling
between virtually any videoconferencing solution including desktop
and mobile applications such as Cisco Jabber Video. The service
leverages Glowpoint's Virtual Video Room (VVR) offering, which is
delivered and supported from the OpenVideo® cloud and currently
supports over 40,000 registered endpoints worldwide.
"Our partnership with Glowpoint positions us to offer cloud
services that will allow our customers to easily adopt video
without investing in on-premise infrastructure and support," stated
John Reid, President and Chief
Operating Officer of Columbus Communications. "It will also allow
our customers to create connected communities of interest and
collaborate over video in real-time, whenever they need to. The
combination of our extensive, reliable network and the OpenVideo®
cloud will deliver high quality visual communication experiences
that will drive usage of video as an alternative to traveling."
The Columbus Cloud Video Service supports multi-party
videoconferences with virtually any standards based room, desktop,
and mobile video solution from Cisco, Polycom, LifeSize, and other
leading manufacturers. The service also supports participants on
iPhones, iPads, and Android devices, including support for audio
only. Users are able to easily dial into meetings using a private,
six-digit access code, and share content including PowerPoint
presentations and rich media.
"OpenVideo® is designed to provide high quality, reliable cloud
videoconferencing for the widest range of video solutions, anywhere
in the world," stated Darren
Podrabsky, Vice President of Marketing & Channels for
Glowpoint. "We are confident that our cloud will serve Columbus
customers well, and we are excited about this partnership."
The OpenVideo® cloud utilizes Glowpoint's intellectual property
and expertise to integrate best of breed software, video delivery
& management technologies, and networking technologies, to
deliver flexible, high quality, reliable cloud managed video
services.
The Columbus Cloud Video Conferencing service was publicly
launched in at an event in Trinidad, as part of the company's Cloud
Portfolio launch:
http://curacaoconnected.com/columbus-business-solutions-launches-cloud-portfolio/.
It will be generally available to customers in Latin America and the Caribbean later this summer.
Supporting Resources:
http://www.glowpoint.com/virtual-video-room
About Glowpoint
Glowpoint, Inc. (NYSE MKT: GLOW) provides cloud managed video
services that make the delivery of consistently high-quality
videoconferencing and telepresence service as simple as using the
internet, between any technology, network and business. Using our
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. To learn more
please visit www.glowpoint.com.
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