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Cisco launches VideoStream | Cisco launches VideoStream |
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| Thursday, 21 January 2010 | |
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Cisco has extended its Cisco Unified Wireless Network with a set of features called VideoStream that optimizes multimedia performance over wireless and wired networks.
David Stiff, product manager for Cisco's Wireless Networking Business Unit, told Information Week in an interview in Bangalore on Wednesday that company has been able to introduce a wide range of networking options in VideoStream "because we're a wired and wireless company." VideoStream optimizes the performance of multimedia over both wireless and wired networks. The company said VideoStream moves video over wireless networks while enforcing video priority levels and resource reservation control. The approach ensures existing wireless media sessions while additional wireless video streams are added to the network. Chris Kozup, senior manager for Cisco's Mobility Solutions unit, noted that the power of VideoStream and its associated features enable deaf and hard-of-hearing students at RIT's National Institute for the Deaf College to follow classroom presentations, enabling the students to participate more directly in classroom experiences. For instance, because of the high quality video, the students can lip-read more effectively. In addition, students using laptops and other devices to access the VideoStream-based application are able to access video relay and transcription services to view close-captioned lectures, visual signing, and transcription services in real-time. |