Iformata Communications and Teliris Telepresence Partner to Fulfill Long-Time Interoperability Vision

Dayton, Ohio (PRWEB) June 18, 2009 -- Teliris, the leading global provider of agile telepresence and collaboration, and Iformata Communications, the telepresence managed services and video network operations provider of choice for global enterprise firms, equipment manufacturers, and top-tier carriers and networks, today announced a strategic partnership to deliver comprehensive visual collaboration interoperability representing the culmination of a 10-year vision shared by both companies.

Through this new partnership, Iformata will leverage Teliris' unparalleled interoperability capabilities as well as their entire telepresence product and service portfolio to broaden the solutions provided to Iformata clients. Correspondingly, Teliris will enhance their solutions with the addition of Iformata's Telepresence Exchange (SM) to provide access to the entire portfolio of Iformata's managed services. The two companies will also inter-link networks to provide business-to-business interoperability between each company's growing customer bases.

"We are truly excited to be working with Teliris. Their vision and experience in the telepresence market and commitment to interoperability continues to gain industry recognition, and this relationship adds the next layer," stated Brian Kinne Executive Vice President of Iformata.

"This partnership will enable both companies to increase the value we individually provide to our clients today, and progresses the goal of making telepresence a ubiquitous collaboration vehicle for the entire enterprise market," said Jim Kaufold, Teliris SVP Global Sales Strategy & Operations.

This strategic relationship joins together the two original telepresence industry pioneers. Both companies, with 10+ years of telepresence experience, recognize that true interoperability cannot be accomplished solely by establishing secure access between separate network infrastructures. In addition to network transport, three critical areas must be addressed. Interoperability requires transcoding to allow seamless integration of multiple video/audio coding standards. Secondly, improved meeting governance to address the challenges of booking and managing resources across organizational and geographic boundaries is critical. Importantly, the telepresence meeting experience must be extended across vendors. Both Iformata and Teliris have developed proven solutions that solve each of the aforementioned challenges and, through this partnership, will reinforce their value to the market.

Looking to the future, Iformata will continue to expand the definition and evolution of Telepresence Exchange (SM). This partnership comes at a time when providing interoperability between multiple telepresence brands will immensely change the landscape of the telepresence industry. Kinne adds, "This partnership is a culmination of our respective visions which continues defining true telepresence, including our Telepresence Exchange (SM)."

Several customers of both companies have deployed these capabilities and are experiencing the benefits of both Telepresence Exchange (SM) and the Teliris Telepresence Gateway (TM) to achieve interoperability amongst multiple telepresence and video platforms. "By combining the quality of Teliris with the reliability of Iformata our customers continue being the industry's most satisfied users," concluded Kinne.

As the longtime telepresence leader in both innovation and deployments, Teliris is the only option allowing the telepresence experience to be delivered over general purpose networks. Teliris has the broadest suite of telepresence products ranging from sub-$8,000 desktop solutions to boardroom systems. All Teliris solutions offer comprehensive interoperability options that allow for connection to any system, anywhere and an end-to-end managed service with a 99+ percent reliability guarantee.

About Iformata Communications

Iformata Communications, a privately held company, is the telepresence managed services and video network operations provider of choice for global enterprise firms, equipment manufacturers, and top-tier carriers and networks. Through international peering relationships with major providers, and by integrating points-of-presence (POPs) in 65 countries throughout North America, the UK, Europe, and Asia, Iformata's Telepresence Exchange is the leading video communications network connecting global Fortune 500 firms within a highly managed architecture. Its technicians provide seamless and interoperable performance across disparate equipment, carriers, networks, and geographic locations. The longest-serving provider of managed services and video network operations in the business, the founders of Iformata created the first immersive telepresence environments.

For more information, please visit www.iformata.com or call +1.937.832.6900.

About Teliris Telepresence:

Teliris develops and implements the world's most widely deployed fully managed telepresence collaboration solutions, realistically replicating the human dynamics of an in-person meeting experience. Through its 6G platform and unique intellectual property, Teliris has radically simplified the acquisition, deployment and operating costs of telepresence, breaking new ground in adoption and reach of the technology. Teliris has deployments in over 50 countries with the largest installed base of Global 2000 companies, including Unilever, British American Tobacco, Lazard, Pearson plc, GlaxoSmithKline, and Royal Bank of Scotland, Xchanging and Merck, among others. Headquartered in New York and London, the company is the leading innovator in agile telepresence with end-to-end integration, market-leading 99%+ availability guarantee and interoperability with Cisco TelePresence, Tandberg Total Telepresence and Polycom RealPresence. For further information, visit www.teliris.com or email info@teliris.com.

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