HaiVision bridges Telepresence & Video Conferencing With Codian

(PRWEB) June 19, 2007 -- HaiVision Systems Inc. (Montreal, Canada), the leader in high performance network video technology, today announces interoperability between the HaiVision hai1000 and Codian's HD MCU 4500 Series. HaiVision's low latency hai1000 video codec systems, used extensively in telepresence and high performance communications, have the seamless capability to communicate with traditional video conferencing endpoints through Codian's MCU 4500 Series family of multimedia conferencing bridges.

The interoperability is facilitated by HaiVision's Invitation™ technology based on Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and by both manufacturers' support of industry standard H.264 video compression and AAC audio compression.

"Invitation is what everyone involved in telepresence has been waiting for," expresses Peter Maag, Vice President of HaiVision. "Interoperability with Codian allows telepresence to take advantage of the videoconferencing fabric of an enterprise while retaining the true to life characteristics of the telepresence environment."

"Codian provides an unrivalled rich multimedia experience to users that want the ultimate in visual quality. The collaboration with HaiVision highlights how Codian's platform can be extended to address the very high-end HD requirements of modern telepresence systems," said Killko Caballero, Head of Strategic Alliances, Codian.

Invitation is a firmware module for HaiVision's hai1000 series. The hai1000 is a true multi-stream codec system capable of supporting 5 high performance encode decode pairs. With Invitation, superior quality communication between telepresence endpoints can be maintained while simultaneously introducing the traditional video conferencing devices.

Invitation is supported on the standard definition hai1000 systems and will support HaiVision's new MAKO-HD technology for high definition H.264 applications.

Come see HaiVision's launch of Invitation in booth 4846 and Codian in Booth 4646 at InfoComm in Anaheim, June 19-21.

About Codian
Codian is one of the fastest growing voice and visual communications companies in the world. With a rapidly growing global customer base, Codian is renowned for delivering quality customer service and satisfaction. Codian solutions offer unrivalled reliability and ease-of-use. Codian is proven to provide the best available voice and video quality for conferencing throughout an enterprise: in the boardroom, on the move and on the desktop. Furthermore, Codian's conferencing product family is unique in its ability to deliver a truly lifelike, interactive, telepresence-style, experience for all meeting participants.

About HaiVision Systems Inc.
HaiVision Systems Inc. is a private company dedicated to improving the way people live and work through the use of advanced network video technology. HaiVision's interactive products are used in the foremost telepresence suites, boardrooms, and continuous presence distance education systems worldwide. They are used as well in the medical field supporting information and service delivery within hospital campuses and across nations. HaiVision's streaming products are also used extensively for video backhaul and distribution in broadcast and IPTV applications. Please have a look at the product information, case studies, videos, and file samples available in the file download area of our web site.

For further information, please contact:

Ceicy Tsui               
HaiVision Systems Inc.   
Tel: (514) 334-5445, ext. 251           
Email: ctsui (at) haivision.com
Web: www.haivision.com

Hellene Garcia
Codian
Tel: (408) 938-2303   
Email: Hellene (at) codian.com
Web: www.codian.com

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