Nefsis Offers Robust Quality of Service
Control Mechanisms in its Complete, Cloud-Based Video Conferencing
Solution for Business
Dynamic scaling, built-in
network diagnostics, and Quality of Service components enable IT
administrators to properly manage and control bandwidth consumption
SAN DIEGO — July 14, 2011 — Online services innovator
Nefsis® announced today that its HD video conferencing
cloud now includes a complete IT toolset for deploying video
conferencing over existing enterprise networks. Its updated Quality
of Service (QoS) mechanism, one part of the toolset, allows IT staff
in QoS-enabled environments to assign different traffic priorities
or performance levels to the Nefsis application and its users. When
combined with Nefsis' built-in diagnostics tools and dynamic video
scaling, Nefsis provides IT administrators an online video
conferencing solution that adapts to their existing network, rather
than requiring the purchase of additional infrastructure equipment
and dedicated Internet access routes.
“This benefits small-to-medium sized businesses (SMB) by
dramatically reducing the financial risk of business video
conferencing, while providing distributed enterprise networks an
easy way to start small and scale video conferencing as needed,”
said Mr. Allen Drennan, Nefsis Chief Technology Officer.
Nefsis provides multipoint HD video conferencing for desktops and
boardrooms, with a full suite of live collaboration tools.
Historically, video conferencing applications tended to consume
bandwidth similar to web browsing, web conferencing, desktop
sharing, and VoIP, but the continuous nature of video presents a new
challenge. As the demand grows for video conferencing, ensuring that
bandwidth requirements don't exceed network capacity is vital.
The
Company's QoS-compatible approach to
cloud-based
video conferencing
lets users easily test and manage the application to ensure
bandwidth is monitored within their existing networks. Network
re-engineering and additional video conferencing infrastructure
hardware are not necessary. Nefsis adapts to bandwidth availability
as needed, in real time.
“Especially with cloud-based solutions, QoS mechanisms are
important to IT staff who need to monitor bandwidth usage and
uptime,” added Mr. Drennan. “Our QoS, built-in diagnostics,
and dynamic scaling provide the peace of mind knowing that the
benefits of cloud-based video conferencing aren't delayed or prevented
by major network upgrade requirements. We're in a unique position to
provide this value proposition to customers, especially those looking
to leverage their existing networks.”
Nefsis' bandwidth-efficient approach to video conferencing
via the cloud includes:
- Tagging data packets so traffic is managed on
QoS-enabled network segments
- Compatibility with QoS policy controls that
reserve resources
- Negotiating a network connection to determine if
adequate bandwidth is available, receiving admission and adapting
bandwidth
consumption as required
- Lowering bandwidth consumption — on a per connection
basis — if network conditions degrade via Nefsis' dynamic video scaling to
avoid glitches in the service
Nefsis and its complete IT toolset —
dynamic scalable video,
built-in diagnostics, and QoS compatible features — are available
now to all Nefsis Professional subscribers and trial users. For a
free 14-day trial of Nefsis Professional, please visit the Nefsis
website.
About Nefsis
Headquartered in San Diego,
California, Nefsis is a technology specialist in video conferencing
software and cloud computing online services. The Company’s
global cloud provides multipoint HD video and advanced collaboration
tools to business, government and educational customers in more than
45 countries worldwide. Compared to previous generations of
infrastructure hardware solutions, such as video routers, MCUs and
gateways, the Nefsis cloud-based offering is less expensive,
automatically maintained, and easier to expand.
For more information, please browse the Nefsis website or call
+1 (858) 715-0970 in the Americas or +44 (0) 870 224 0415 in the
UK and Europe.
Media Contact
Xenia Moore
Public Relations Manager
Phone: (858) 715-0970
[email protected]
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