News release
June 9, 2010
Product Evaluations from Wainhouse Research for the Magor TeleCollaboration
HDWorkPlace Family Now Available
Evaluations confirm that Magor is challenging two current video conferencing paradigms: system usage and data collaboration workflow.
As a part of the evaluations, the Wainhouse Research test team placed hundreds of test calls with the systems and used them within their everyday work environment. The evaluations confirmed that Magor is challenging two longstanding videoconferencing paradigms: system usage and data collaboration workflow.
System Usage
While traditional video conferencing systems are typically used only
during videoconferencing / telepresence sessions, essentially sitting
idle waiting while for the next call, the Magor TeleCollaboration systems
are designed to be used throughout the workday. When not in a call,
the system acts as a large display, with wireless mouse and keyboard,
to be used with the user’s PC (or PCs). When in a call, the system
becomes a high performance visual collaboration system that can be
used within a shared meeting room or within a user’s office.
“The fact that the HDWorkPlace is a visual collaboration solution that works in a user’s own office, combined with Magor’s unique, internet-friendly codecs, allows the HDWorkPlace family to enable simple to make, ad hoc business to business connections,” said Ken Davison, VP of Marketing for Magor Communications.
Data Collaboration Workflow
With traditional video conferencing systems, data sharing is somewhat
of an add-on, where users launch a video session and then activate
screen sharing. In the Magor environment, data sharing is an integral,
equally-important part of the overall collaboration experience. With
Magor TeleCollaboration systems:
- the user’s PC itself – including the on-screen images, applications, files, network shares and other features of the PC – can be shared with other participants, providing an exceptional user experience
- each location or participant can share multiple PCs with other meeting participants and each can define which participants have access to (both view and control access) the content they are sharing
- each location or participant can view or access / control multiple PCs sent by multiple users and each can customize his experience by selecting the streams (video and/or data) they wish to view (or control) at any given time. Users can view multiple local and remote, video and content windows simultaneously.
- the remote image resolution matches that of the source, which is vital for detailed collaboration materials like engineering diagrams and medical scans
The reports also highlighted a number of benefits of the Magor TeleCollaboration systems, including exceptional video quality, good network citizenship, the ability to deliver 1080p over non-engineered networks – including the internet, interoperability with legacy systems, improved latency over MCU-based architecture, and personalized control over each user’s experience.
“The Wainhouse Research benchmark testing is extremely demanding,” continued Davison. “We are quite proud of our performance in the evaluation process and are pleased that Wainhouse Research verified a number of advantages that we believe our HDWorkPlace family delivers.”
“On its videoconferencing-merits alone, the Magor HDWorkPlace system competes well against other videoconferencing / telepresence offerings,” said Ira Weinstein, analyst and partner at Wainhouse Research. “However, when combined with its powerful, paradigm-busting data collaboration engine and advanced capabilities, this solution really shines.”
To learn more about the Wainhouse Research product evaluations, please visit Magor Communications in Booth #N1831 or Booth #N2725 (in the Telepresence Showcase) at InfoComm 2010, taking place June 9-11 in Las Vegas.
Supporting Resources:
- Download the Wainhouse Research video conferencing/telepresence capabilities evaluation
- Download the Wainhouse Research advanced collaboration capabilities evaluation
- Read more information about telecollaboration on the Magor Communications web site.
- Learn more about Magor TeleCollaboration from the white paper, “Introducing Magor TeleCollaboration”
- Check out the video, “What just happened?”, showcasing the features and benefits of Magor TeleCollaboration HDWorkPlace systems
About Magor Communications
Understanding that today’s fast-paced, cost-conscious, competitive business
environment requires communications solutions that enable people to
enhance decision making, improve productivity and strengthen ties with
colleagues, partners and customers, Magor Communications developed
the innovative Magor TeleCollaboration HDWorkPlace family of telecollaboration
systems. Seamlessly integrating advanced data collaboration capabilities
into a peer-to-peer 1080p high definition video conferencing experience,
the HDWorkPlace systems dramatically improve the effectiveness of meetings.
By extending basic video scaling principles with segmentation and adaptation,
the HDWorkPlace family sets the benchmark for Good Network Citizenship
for enterprise video conferencing solutions, delivering 1080p video
and collaboration without overburdening the network or significantly
increasing IT costs. Magor works with technology and channel partners
and OEMs to bring the power of telecollaboration to businesses of all
sizes and to workers at all levels of an organization. For more information,
please visit www.magorcorp.com.
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