Sony and GlowPoint Team Up on ''Instant Video Everywhere'' IP-Based Communication Service
June 01 2005 - 7:31AM
Business Wire
Sony Electronics and GlowPoint, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLOW) today announced
the availability of Sony's IVE or "Instant Video Everywhere"
service powered by GlowPoint, the first comprehensive IP-based
video communications solution that can be used any place where
there is broadband access. Sony's IVE service, powered by
GlowPoint, enables users to conduct "face-to-face" video
conversations with colleagues, friends and family as easily as
using a telephone. The IVE (pronounced "ivy") service portfolio has
been developed to extend across multiple Sony product lines, moving
beyond the conference room and typical videoconferencing equipment
to desktop or laptop computers and other video-enabled devices.
Sony's IVE Business service, available now, is the first offering
in the IVE portfolio. It is designed to meet the needs of
office-based business professionals. Sony's new IVE Mobile service,
scheduled to debut at Infocomm beginning June 8, is focused on
video communications capabilities for telecommuters, home office
workers and business travelers in the U.S. and around the world.
IVE Mobile will offer exclusive, feature-rich capabilities
including one-click access to a live IVE Video Operator. Advanced
registration is immediately available at www.sonyive.com.
Additional IVE offerings include Sony's IVE Home service, targeted
to deliver a broad range of consumer-based video communication
solutions. "We've created an engaging communications experience,
allowing people to interact wherever they are," said Michael
McCausland, vice president of visual communications at Sony
Electronics. "Using the power of IP-based video, we have teamed up
with GlowPoint to expand video communications beyond the conference
room to where people actually conduct business - at their desks, in
their home offices or on the road. Sony's new IVE service is a key
element of our vision to transform communications by integrating
and interconnecting people, locations, devices and content in
real-time over unlimited distances with an unsurpassed level of
quality." While fully integrated for use with Sony's
state-of-the-art IPELA(TM) visual communications product line, the
IVE service is an open standards solution that is operable for all
companies using IP-enabled videoconferencing equipment, regardless
of product manufacturer. "This is more than a video communications
product and service," said David Trachtenberg, president and CEO of
GlowPoint. "It is a video-enabled community that truly delivers on
the promise of anytime, anywhere face-to-face communications. This
is the first in a series of IVE solutions offered by Sony and
powered by GlowPoint that will ultimately change the way people
communicate in their jobs and their everyday lives - whether at
work, in a home office, airport lounge, hotel room or coffee shop."
Sony's IVE service incorporates GlowPoint's "All You Can See"
Unlimited Video Calling plans and patent-pending interactive video
communications features, including access to live Sony "000" Video
Operators and "Lisa," the IVE Video Call Assistant, as well as
innovative applications such as Video Call Mailboxes and
Direct-Dial Video Numbers. Customers of Sony's IVE service will
also have access to exclusive Sony content. For example, users can
dial "S-O-N-Y" (7669) to reach the IVE Video Portal for instant
access to video previews of feature films, special promotions for
new Sony products, IVE service updates, video customer service and
more. These features are integrated into the IVE service to create
a consistent customer experience from wherever video communications
are occurring. IVE Mobile: Taking IP Video on the Road Sony's IVE
Mobile service is a software-based personal video solution for
virtually "anywhere, anytime" communications over a broadband
connection. The service makes placing a video call from out of the
office as easy and spontaneous as placing a cellular phone call.
The architecture, designed and powered by GlowPoint, is based on
Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), and creates an easy-to-use
customer experience with embedded firewall traversal and a
self-configuring installation process. The SIP-based device enables
the solution to leverage other SIP-based products providing future
integration opportunities with instant messaging and presence
capabilities. The personal video solution leverages the industry's
first fully deployed production SIP to H.323 gateway that was
recently installed in the GlowPoint core IP network. This
technology enables any user of Sony's IVE Mobile SIP client to see
or talk to virtually any other visual communications client using
either traditional conference room H.323 or legacy ISDN (H.320)
video systems, a landline, cellular or even a 3G phone. "As a
current user of videoconferencing, I thought it would be
interesting to be one of the first users of IVE Mobile," stated
Helene Dublisky, CIO of Infilaw, a Florida-based consortium of
Independent Law Schools. "But I didn't anticipate just how much it
would change the way I communicate using video. We are a
geographically dispersed group with a broad range of technical
skills. With IVE Mobile, we're able to easily initiate face-to-face
communications with business associates and friends whenever and
wherever we want." Sony's IVE Mobile service will also be available
as a bundled offering for IVE Business customers using Sony
PCS-TL50 desktop videoconferencing systems. The combined solution
will provide customers the ability to un-dock their laptop computer
and, using innovative "Follow Me" video technology, be contacted at
the same 10-digit direct dial video number they use at their desk
while traveling away from the office. The services are already in
use at select customer sites across the U.S. and at Sony offices
nationwide. The services are also available for demonstration at
Sony interactive product showrooms in major U.S. cities. Sony's IVE
Business and IVE Mobile services will be demonstrated in Las Vegas
from June 8 to June 10 during the Infocomm industry conference in a
special IVE Cafe at booth 3084 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
More information about the entire suite of Sony's IVE services,
powered by GlowPoint, including an interactive product tour and
pricing information, is available at www.sonyive.com. Editor's
Note: Sony Electronics Inc For Sony press releases and digital
images, please visit www.sony.com/news. Readers looking for product
information can click on www.sony.com/videoconference. More
information regarding the nearest Sony authorized dealer or service
location is available by calling 1-800-686-SONY. About GlowPoint
GlowPoint, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLOW) is the world's leading broadcast
quality, IP-based video communications service provider. GlowPoint
operates a video communications service featuring broadcast quality
images with telephone-like reliability, features and ease-of-use
and is a member of the Cisco Powered Network Program and COVAD
Partner Program. The GlowPoint network spans three continents and
carries on average over 20,000 video calls per month worldwide.
Since the network was introduced in 2000, GlowPoint has carried
over 23 million IP video minutes. GlowPoint is headquartered in
Hillside, New Jersey. To learn more about GlowPoint, visit us at
www.glowpoint.com. The statements contained herein, other than
historical information, are or may be deemed to be forward-looking
statements and involve factors, risks and uncertainties that may
cause actual results in future periods to differ materially from
such statements. These factors, risks and uncertainties include
market acceptance and availability of new video communication
services; the nonexclusive and terminable-at-will nature of sales
agent agreements; rapid technological change affecting demand for
the Company's services; competition from other video communications
service providers; and the availability of sufficient financial
resources to enable the Company to expand its operations, as well
as other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. "GlowPoint", "All You
Can See," "Instant Video Everywhere" and "IVE" are trademarks or
service marks of GlowPoint, Inc. in the United States and certain
foreign countries. All other marks are trademarks or service marks
of their respective owners.
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