Teliris Redefines Telepresence Market with Portfolio that Brings Expanded Affordability
12/05/2008 15:19
PR Newswire
NEW YORK, May 12 /PRNewswire/ --
- Personal, Express and Custom Telepresence Solutions Broaden
Telepresence Accessibility
Teliris (http://www.teliris.com), the leading telepresence provider,
announced today a new continuum of telepresence solutions that breaks
previous pricing barriers to open telepresence accessibility to enterprises
and smaller businesses.
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The portfolio, encompassing three new solutions, includes Teliris
Personal Telepresence, the first cost-effective solution for private offices
and individual users, Teliris Express Telepresence, and Teliris Custom
Telepresence. All three are built on the core of Teliris' world-renowned
VirtuaLive(TM) telepresence technology that provides the most natural,
immersive, and intimate meeting environment available. The solutions are
packaged with a fully managed service including a 99+ percent reliability
guarantee.
"It was a natural evolution for Teliris, as the only provider solely
focused on telepresence for the last eight years, to enhance our portfolio
with a price-leading suite of telepresence products that will extend
accessibility to a far larger audience," said Marc Trachtenberg, Teliris CEO
and co-founder. "These significant innovations redefine the market and is
just one more example of Teliris' continuing lead ahead of Cisco, Polycom,
Tandberg, and HP."
The Teliris Personal Telepresence solution, designed for single users and
executives, is the most affordable single-screen true telepresence system
available with a list price of US$32,500. This solution offers broadcast
quality, HD video at 30/60 frames per second, a 40-inch HD display,
integrated microphone, advanced audio processing system, full collaboration
through picture-in-picture (PIP), and features PAS, Teliris' unique
positional awareness system for proper seating.
The Teliris Express Telepresence solution is a two or three screen system
that fits into any existing conference room and accommodates four to six
participants. The solution features broadcast quality, HD video at 30/60
frames per second, unique 46-inch HD telepresence displays, pod microphones,
and advanced audio processing system. The Teliris Express Telepresence
solution requires no room build-out and is compatible with Teliris' unique
collaboration options for ultimate flexibility. Price ranges are from
US$99,000 to US$125,000.
Both Teliris Personal Telepresence and Teliris Express Telepresence
solutions are fully compatible with all Teliris VirtuaLive(TM) environments
and, through the Teliris Telepresence Gateway, interoperates with traditional
videoconferencing as well as other standards-based telepresence systems.
Additionally, both solutions incorporate Teliris' patented Virtual Vectoring
technology that ensures accurate eye-lines for single and multiple location
meetings.
Teliris also announced today the launch of Teliris Custom Telepresence,
the only solution available that allows telepresence features and
capabilities to be integrated into new environments, such as R? labs,
conference halls and large meeting rooms, factory floors, oil exploration
platforms, among other uses. Teliris Custom Telepresence is the formalization
of Teliris history as the only vendor with the technological nimbleness to
successfully wrap telepresence around specific business requirements.
"Teliris continues to demonstrate its innovation by extending
telepresence to markets that have had to rely on traditional
videoconferencing in the past," said Dr. S. Ann Earon, president of
Telemanagement Resources International Inc., an independent research firm.
"These new offerings allow more organizations to benefit from the many
advantages of telepresence such as travel and carbon reduction, productivity
gains, improved work/life balance and business continuity planning."
Teliris' Personal, Express and Custom Telepresence products are orderable
immediately.
About Teliris:
Founded in 2001, Teliris implements the world's most widely deployed
fully managed telepresence solutions, realistically replicating the human
dynamics of an in-person meeting. Teliris has deployments in over 26
countries with the largest installed base of Global 1000 companies, including
Lazard, Pearson plc, GlaxoSmithKline, QUALCOMM and Royal Bank of Scotland,
XChanging and Merck among others. Headquartered in New York and London, the
company delivers the most immersive and natural virtual meeting experience
with end-to-end integration and an unparalleled 99%+ availability guarantee.
In 2007, Teliris received a US$40 million investment from co-leads Fidelity
Ventures and Columbia Capital. For further information regarding Teliris,
visit the company's web site at www.teliris.com or email Teliris at
info@teliris.com.
CONTACT:
Shanley Stern Gravel Jasmine Lyons
+1-917-515-4548 +1-917-595-3046
shanley.gravel@teliris.com jlyons@cooperkatz.com
Web site: http://www.teliris.com
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