from your friends at Teliris

On Monday, the New York Times published an article about the security concerns surrounding videoconferencing, reporting that an IT security firm has found a way to dial into and monitor video calls unauthorized.

The vulnerabilities observed by the security firm were the result of end-users not enabling the appropriate security features on their networks and endpoints.

Teliris would like to remind our customers that we are committed to the privacy of your data, and will always work with you to ensure that the maximum amount of security is put in place to help prevent any unauthorized access to your video calls.

Teliris leverages a proprietary signaling protocol so outside users are not able to connect to Teliris endpoints with a simple IP address. In addition, Teliiris managed services prevent unauthorized users from accessing a Teliris solution. Meetings must be scheduled or initiated by a Teliris VNOC operator using Teliris’ patented Dynamic Scenario Manager.  Users on non-Teliris endpoints are connected through a Teliris bridge dialing out or by dialing into a Teliris meeting using a user-defined confidential meeting pin code.

Teliris’ Lentaris platform is protected by session border controllers to allow for authorized users to connect securely via the Internet or a private network connection. By leveraging the Lentaris platform, Teliris’ investment in cloud-based infrastructure prevents unauthorized access.

If you have any questions about this article or want to know what you can do to enhance the security of your video calls, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Telepresence provider Teliris has rolled out a cloud-based interoperability platform that it said will deliver seamless, managed connectivity across a broad range of telepresence and videoconferencing endpoints without the heavy infrastructure traditionally required.

Lentaris, is a software-based platform that’s being supported by cloud-solution provider Virtustream. It eliminates the need to purchase MCUs to achieve interoperability across different endpoint types. The company said it will be deployed on commodity hardware and paired with Teliris InfiNET, a network built for telepresence.

Teliris last month was among an assortment of telepresence and video conferencing providers that launched the Open Visual Communications Consortium, a consortium of industry players focusing on establishing standards it hopes will accelerate the uptake of video adoption.

Teliris said Lentaris is a combination of cloud-based central infrastructure wrapped with Teliris’ comprehensive managed service. It should, the company said, allow customers to benefit from greater scale and efficiency in a global deployment. And, of course, interoperability is key: Lentaris will allow users to connect with most standards-based telepresence or videoconferencing endpoints within an organization and for business-to-business interoperability.

“In order to make video collaboration truly ubiquitous, an expensive MCU-based model is not sustainable. With Lentaris, Teliris aims to provide an affordable solution through a virtualized approach for smarter interoperability regardless of deployment size or endpoint,” said Teliris CEO Neil Hobbs.

In order to deliver more productive meeting experience, many organizations are looking for video integration.  To create a face-to-face meeting experience over managed network, Teliris (News – Alert), the telepresence innovation company, has introduced Lentaris, a cloud-based interoperability platform delivering seamless, managed connectivity across a broad range of telepresence and videoconferencing endpoints without the heavy infrastructure traditionally required.

Enterprises that are installing Lentaris will be able to eliminate the need to purchase expensive MCUs to achieve interoperability across different endpoint types. According to a press release, Lentaris will be deployed on commodity hardware and paired with Teliris InfiNET, a network built for telepresence.

Teliris Lentaris is a combination of cloud-based central infrastructure wrapped with Teliris’ comprehensive managed service, including scheduling, meeting production, monitoring and reporting with guaranteed reliability.

“In order to make video collaboration truly ubiquitous, an expensive MCU-based model is not sustainable. With Lentaris, Teliris aims to provide an affordable solution through a virtualized approach for smarter interoperability regardless of deployment size or endpoint,” said Teliris CEO Neil Hobbs.

Teliris customers will take advantage from greater scale and efficiency and leverage the on-demand service offering interoperability more accessible than ever before. Lentaris will provide users to be connected with most standards-based telepresence or videoconferencing endpoints within an organization and for business-to-business interoperability.

“By choosing to partner with Virtustream, we look forward to building on their advanced understanding of cloud environments to make real-time video solutions accessible and affordable for our customers,” said Hobbs.

“We are thrilled to work with Teliris to create a virtualized offering for video interoperability. As Teliris continues to expand its services, Virtustream is uniquely positioned to deliver complex video solutions over the cloud,” said Virtustream CEO Rodney Rogers (News – Alert).

In other news, Teliris recently introduced a low-cost telepresence solution called the Teliris StartPoint, which delivers a high-quality managed telepresence experience. Officials said that the Teliris StartPoint appliance and camera, provided by Teliris will connect to virtually any HDMI-compatible display and will allow users to telepresence-enable a conference room.

Teliris Partners with Virtustream to Deploy Distributed Cloud Architecture for Video Collaboration Interoperability

New York, NY (November 1, 2011)– Teliris (www.teliris.com), the telepresence innovation leader, today announced Lentaris, a cloud-based interoperability platform delivering seamless, managed connectivity across a broad range of telepresence and videoconferencing endpoints without the heavy infrastructure traditionally required.

Through a software-based platform, Teliris’ solution eliminates the need to purchase expensive MCUs to achieve interoperability across different endpoint types.  Lentaris will be deployed on commodity hardware and paired with Teliris InfiNET, a network built for telepresence.

Teliris Lentaris is a combination of cloud-based central infrastructure wrapped with Teliris’ comprehensive managed service: including scheduling, meeting production, monitoring and reporting with guaranteed reliability.

Teliris customers will benefit from greater scale and efficiency in a global deployment when leveraging the on-demand service making interoperability more accessible than ever before. Lentaris will allow users to connect with most standards-based telepresence or videoconferencing endpoints within an organization and for business-to-business interoperability.

“In order to make video collaboration truly ubiquitous, an expensive MCU-based model is not sustainable. With Lentaris, Teliris aims to provide an affordable solution through a virtualized approach for smarter interoperability regardless of deployment size or endpoint,” said Teliris CEO Neil Hobbs.

Teliris has partnered with Virtustream, a leading cloud solution provider, to deliver a service built on the Lentaris platform. By leveraging Virtustream’s extensive experience in deploying virtualized environments, Teliris is able to deliver a true cloud-based offering.

“By choosing to partner with Virtustream, we look forward to building on their advanced understanding of cloud environments to make real-time video solutions accessible and affordable for our customers,” said Hobbs.

“We are thrilled to work with Teliris to create a virtualized offering for video interoperability. As Teliris continues to expand its services, Virtustream is uniquely positioned to deliver complex video solutions over the cloud,” said Virtustream CEO Rodney Rogers.

As a part of its commitment to interoperability, Teliris recently joined the board of the Open Visual Communications Consortium™, a group of global video exchange providers, network providers and equipment manufacturers dedicated to accelerating the adoption of business-to-business video communications.

As video becomes the cornerstone of enterprise collaboration, Teliris is broadening its product and service portfolio to deliver a comprehensive video offering for customers of all sizes. Teliris now offers increasingly cost-effective video solutions and expanded managed services, allowing any business to access the benefits of immersive collaboration with its industry-leading reputation for creating the most natural and reliable virtual meetings.

Teliris’ Lentaris platform will be generally available to Teliris existing customers and all other video collaboration users in the first quarter of 2012.

About Teliris Telepresence

Teliris develops and implements the world’s most innovative fully managed telepresence and collaboration solutions, realistically replicating the human dynamics of an in-person meeting experience. Through its dynamic core 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 is headquartered in New York and London and has deployments across the globe, offering with end-to-end integration, market-leading 99%+ availability guarantee and interoperability with all telepresence, traditional videoconferencing and unified communications solutions. For more information, visit www.teliris.com or email info@teliris.com.

About Virtustream
Virtustream (www.virtustream.com) is an innovative cloud provisioning firm committed to delivering next-generation infrastructure services to enterprise class customers. We leverage our secure high performance platform, xStream, to deliver highly available and elastic compute resources at true consumption-based pricing. We lead our Cloud Platform Services with Cloud Advisory Services, providing expertise in the areas of cloud adoption, migration and architecture strategies and infrastructure-related integration services. We provide ongoing support for our Cloud Platform Services through two groups: our Cloud Cover team provides a managed service, from core infrastructure through enterprise applications and the Cloud Staging and Networks group that provides colocation, security and network services. Virtustream owns and operates its own data centers in the U.S. and U.K., and has offices in Washington, D.C., New York, San Francisco, Atlanta, London, Dublin and the Channel Islands. Keep tabs on us with Twitter: www.twitter.com/rjrogers87 and www.twitter.com/Virtustream.

Teliris has been an innovative force in the telepresence industry for over a decade and is known for developing and implementing high quality, fully managed, telepresence and collaboration solutions. The company leverages a software based platform to provide a telepresence experience over the usually lossy public internet, and boasts strong interoperability with telepresence and videoconferencing (VC) products from other manufacturers. 

Teliris has recently announced three new offerings which can greatly increase the availability, flexibility, and reach of an organization’s VC footprint. The announcements include a meeting room system starting at $5,000, a managed desktop endpoint, and an extended managed service offering. These new offerings will allow companies with existing deployments to affordably extend their VC services to more people and locations. In addition, smaller companies that can’t afford traditional large scale VC infrastructure can now take the VC plunge a few systems at a time.

Teliris StartPoint

In a clear shot across the bow of traditional room system codec vendors, Teliris is offering a “lightweight video endpoint” starting at $5,000. Designed with ease of use in mind, it simply connects to a standard HDMI-compatible display and is operated via a mouse and an onscreen menu. This high definition VC endpoint comes with all the benefits of any fully managed Teliris endpoint (including full VNOC support). Teliris bundles managed services into all of its offerings to ensure that their customers always have guaranteed reliability and 24/7/365 support. This helps to explain the impressively high usage rates (up to 40% of business hours) reported by Teliris for some of their currently managed solutions. Like all Teliris endpoints, StartPoint supports SVC, leveraging Vidyo’s SDK which helps to provide a quality video experience over the public internet.

 Teliris @nywhere

According to Teliris, their @nywhere solution is the first fully managed software based desktop client. What this means is that desktop videoconferencing users can enjoy all benefits of the Teliris managed services described above on their PC or Mac. Scheduled calls and full VNOC support at your desktop. The solution is still in beta (expected release in Q1 2012) and UC integrations (OCS and Lync) are planned for future releases.

Expanded Managed Services

Teliris is extending their managed service offerings to include equipment from other videoconferencing manufacturers. This allows for customers to support mixed environments including various types endpoints, all managed by the Teliris’ experienced VNOCs and backed by a 99% SLA. Teliris was one of the first companies in the world to manage multi-screen, multi-codec telepresence installations. Leveraging their patented Dynamic Scenario Manager (DSM), they can ensure an optimum experience between different types of endpoints. DSM understands the screen setup and layout options of each endpoint so that during multipoint meetings it can intelligently create an appropriate layout at each end.

Managed services has always been a big part of the Teliris story. Teliris states that the systems under their management have a significantly higher usage rate than reported industry averages. As industry veterans, Teliris has understood for a long time that you can’t simply install video equipment in a conference room and expect successful adoption. The support and guaranteed meeting success provided by managed services can prevent users from having that one bad experience which turns them off of videoconferencing. The expanded service offering is set to launch in Q1 2012 and is expected to cover all standards based videoconferencing systems and telepresence suites offered by the leading vendors (Cisco, LifeSize, Polycom, Radvision, etc.)

“Teliris sees delivering our industry-leading services beyond our boardroom solutions to both new endpoints and other video collaboration endpoints as being key to driving greater utilization and real business change.” Says Hana Jeddy, Teliris Marketing & Public Manager.  This combination of Teliris’ new endpoints and their expanded service should be interesting to those looking to extend the reach of their VC environments, or start new ones, without large infrastructure investments.

Teliris (News – Alert), the telepresence innovation leader, recently introduced a low-cost telepresence solution called the Teliris StartPoint, which delivers a high-quality managed telepresence experience.

Officials said that the Teliris StartPoint appliance and camera, provided by Teliris will connect to virtually any HDMI-compatible display and will allow users to telepresence-enable a conference room.

Compatible with the full range of Teliris Telepresence (News – Alert) solutions, the all new Teliris StartPoint interoperates with any standards-based traditional videoconferencing or telepresence system.

For guaranteed reliability, including for scheduling, monitoring and VNOC support, all Teliris solutions are wrapped with industry leading end-to-end managed services.

Teliris’ software-based solutions run over general-purpose networks and the Internet for easy deployment.

The HD solution, built for lightweight multipoint with up to nine remote sites, offers integrated presentation capabilities with a natural and intuitive user interface.

“We’re excited to deliver telepresence solutions throughout the enterprise more cost-effectively than ever before,” said Teliris CEO Neil Hobbs, in a release. “The Teliris StartPoint will allow any business to benefit from telepresence without the telepresence price tag (News – Alert).”

Teliris StartPoint will be generally available in the first quarter of 2012.

With video becoming the cornerstone of enterprise collaboration, Teliris is broadening its product and service portfolio to deliver a comprehensive video offering for customers of all sizes.

Businesses, with the help of Teliris’ increasingly cost-effective video solutions and expanded managed services are allowed to access the benefits of immersive collaboration with its industry-leading reputation for creating the most natural and reliable virtual meetings.

In related news, Teliris announced that its industry-leading telepresence managed services are now available for videoconferencing and telepresence endpoints and centralized infrastructure from a broad range of hardware manufacturers.

New York, NY (October 18, 2011)– Teliris (www.teliris.com), the telepresence innovation leader, today announced the launch of its channel partner program. Participating VARs, integrators, carriers and MSPs will be able to deliver telepresence endpoints and services wrapped with Teliris’ market-leading managed services.

The Teliris Channel Partner Program is designed to provide the tools and training necessary to deliver Teliris’ broad range of telepresence solutions and services to businesses around the globe. Teliris partners will receive significant benefits including competitive pricing, global sales recognition, marketing resources, sales support and more.

Teliris’ differentiated solutions allow partners immediate access to multiple and recurring revenue streams from equipment, maintenance, managed services and optional network services with Teliris InfiNET.

“As we expand our products and services, Teliris looks forward to new avenues for delivering our solutions to businesses across the globe with a selective set of partners,” said Teliris CEO Neil Hobbs. “We’re working to make telepresence more accessible than ever.”

As video becomes the cornerstone of enterprise collaboration, Teliris is broadening its product and service portfolio to deliver a comprehensive video offering for customers of all sizes. Teliris now offers increasingly cost-effective video solutions and expanded managed services, allowing any business to access the benefits of immersive collaboration with its industry-leading reputation for creating the most natural and reliable virtual meetings.

Companies interested in becoming a Teliris Channel Partner should visit www.teliris.com for more information.

About Teliris Telepresence:

Teliris develops and implements the world’s most innovative fully managed telepresence and collaboration solutions, realistically replicating the human dynamics of an in-person meeting experience. Through its dynamic core 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 is headquartered in New York and London and has deployments across the globe, offering with end-to-end integration, market-leading 99%+ availability guarantee and interoperability with all telepresence, traditional videoconferencing and unified communications solutions. For more information, visit www.teliris.com or email info@teliris.com.

New York, NY (October 17, 2011)– Teliris (www.teliris.com), the telepresence innovation leader, today announced the Teliris StartPoint, a low-cost telepresence solution designed to deliver a high-quality managed telepresence experience.

Teliris will provide the Teliris StartPoint appliance and camera to connect to virtually any HDMI-compatible display, allowing users to easily telepresence-enable a conference room. Teliris’ software-based solutions run over general-purpose networks and the Internet for easy deployment.

The Teliris StartPoint is compatible with the full range of Teliris Telepresence solutions and interoperates with any standards-based traditional videoconferencing or telepresence system.  All Teliris solutions are wrapped with industry leading end-to-end managed services for guaranteed reliability, including for scheduling, monitoring and VNOC support.

The HD solution is built for lightweight multipoint with up to 9 remote sites and offers integrated presentation capabilities with a natural and intuitive user interface.  

“We’re excited to deliver telepresence solutions throughout the enterprise more cost-effectively than ever before,” said Teliris CEO Neil Hobbs. “The Teliris StartPoint will allow any business to benefit from telepresence without the telepresence price tag.”

As video becomes the cornerstone of enterprise collaboration, Teliris is broadening its product and service portfolio to deliver a comprehensive video offering for customers of all sizes. Teliris now offers increasingly cost-effective video solutions and expanded managed services, allowing any business to access the benefits of immersive collaboration with its industry-leading reputation for creating the most natural and reliable virtual meetings.

Teliris StartPoint will be generally available in the first quarter of 2012.

About Teliris Telepresence:

Teliris develops and implements the world’s most innovative fully managed telepresence and collaboration solutions, realistically replicating the human dynamics of an in-person meeting experience. Through its dynamic core 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 is headquartered in New York and London and has deployments across the globe, offering with end-to-end integration, market-leading 99%+ availability guarantee and interoperability with all telepresence, traditional videoconferencing and unified communications solutions. For more information, visit www.teliris.com or email info@teliris.com.

New York, NY (October 17, 2011)– Teliris (www.teliris.com), the telepresence innovation leader, today announced the industry’s first fully managed desktop telepresence solution, Teliris @nywhere, extending a cost-effective reliable video collaboration experience beyond the boardroom.

Leveraging Teliris’ lightweight SVC-based architecture, Teliris @nywhere delivers flexible and low-cost telepresence solution for PC or Mac. This fully managed solution offers a simple and intuitive user interface for a seamless experience in both point-to-point and multipoint meetings.

Delivered through a per-seat licensing model, Teliris’ software client delivers reliable telepresence over general-purpose networks and the Internet. Teliris @nywhere is compatible with the full suite of Teliris’ telepresence solutions for a truly flexible user experience.

“For over a decade, Teliris has delivered the most immersive room-based virtual meeting environments, and we’re thrilled to deliver that same high-quality managed experience to individual users across the organization to drive real ROI and business change,” said Neil Hobbs, Teliris CEO.

Teliris @nywhere is compatible with the full range of Teliris Telepresence solutions for a comprehensive video collaboration deployment. While Teliris @nywhere is fully interoperable with standards-based videoconferencing, telepresence and UC endpoints through the Teliris Telepresence Gateway, future releases will include Microsoft OCS and Lync integration for a seamless UC experience.

As video becomes the cornerstone of enterprise collaboration, Teliris is broadening its product and service portfolio to deliver a comprehensive video offering for customers of all sizes. Teliris now offers increasingly cost-effective video solutions and expanded managed services, allowing any business to access the benefits of immersive collaboration with its industry-leading reputation for creating the most natural and reliable virtual meetings.

Teliris @nywhere is currently in pilot at select Teliris customers and will be generally available in the first quarter of 2012.

About Teliris Telepresence:

Teliris develops and implements the world’s most innovative fully managed telepresence and collaboration solutions, realistically replicating the human dynamics of an in-person meeting experience. Through its dynamic core 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 is headquartered in New York and London and has deployments across the globe, offering with end-to-end integration, market-leading 99%+ availability guarantee and interoperability with all telepresence, traditional videoconferencing and unified communications solutions. For more information, visit www.teliris.com or email info@teliris.com.