ShoreTel, Vidyo and Radvision are making available their UC and video collaboration solutions as apps for Apple and Android smartphones and tablets.
Now ShoreTel, Vidyo, Radvision and
other communication technology vendors are bringing their solutions to mobile
platforms to address those issues.
ShoreTel's updated ShoreTel Mobility
solution enables employees to access corporate communications applications on
their own smartphones and tablets while making it easier on IT staffs by
reducing support costs and securing the corporate network by separating the personal
and professional environments on the mobile device. The solution is available
on devices running Android 2.1 and above, including offerings from Motorola,
HTC, Samsung and Cisco's Cius business tablet. There also now is support for
such BlackBerry devices as the Torch 9800, Bold 9700 and Bold 9780.
For their part, Vidyo officials on Oct.
6 announced that their VidyoMobile for iOS 4.x is available on iPads, iPhones
and iPod Touches through an app in the Apple App Store. With the app,
enterprises can enable their mobile workers to participate in corporate video
conferences from their iOS devices. Vidyo's software solutions already enable
video collaboration on laptops, desktops, telepresence and high-definition room
system, and are interoperable with endpoints from such competitors likes
Polycom and Cisco-including endpoints that Cisco acquired when it bought
Tandberg last year.
Vidyo is aggressively rolling out
offerings to challenge such players as Cisco and Polycom in the burgeoning
video collaboration space. The company initially targeted its software at
desktops and laptops. In June, the vendor
unveiled its VidyoPanorama offering, which is
designed to compete with immersive telepresence systems from Cisco and Polycom
by offering high-quality video collaboration for significantly less money.
VidyoMobile is another solution that
enterprises can leverage to increase collaboration among employees and increase
worker productivity, according to Asish Gupta, chief marketing officer and
senior vice president of corporate development.
"The business applications of
VidyoMobile are compelling," Gupta said in an interview with
eWEEK.
VidyoMobile enables users to
participate in conferences with more than 100 participants, according to Vidyo.
The solution on the iPad 2 can display up to four participants at a time, and
users can customize their view and select presentation materials. VidyoMobile
for iOS 4.x is available now, and will support the latest versions of the
iPhone. VidyoMobile for Android smartphones and tablets is in beta and will be
available to select devices in November.
Radvision announced Oct. 3 that its
Scopia Mobile v3 application is available in the Apple App Store. The app will
offer HD video conferencing, data collaboration with review capabilities,
conference call control and an intuitive user interface.
"[Enterprises] want people to be
able to join the [video conferences] on any device at any time," Robert
Romano, vice president of enterprise marketing, said in an interview with
eWEEK. "And it's not just video and
voice, but data also."
Radvision officials want to make
joining and navigating through a video conference easy, with the ability to
participate through a single click, full two-way video and the capability of
seeing up to 28 participants simultaneously. Users also can easily connect with
a wide range of telepresence, standards-based HD video conferencing systems and
unified communications applications, including Microsoft Lync.
They can view presentations, documents
and images, and review previously shared materials, and can manage aspects of
the meeting such as starting and stopping recording or streaming, end a
meeting, mute background noises, stop cameras or disconnect people. They also
can access video conferences through mobile broadband or WiFi.
The mobile devices become "so much
more than just an endpoint," Romano said.
Scopia Mobility v3 is available now
from the Apple App Store. Romano said v3.1, which will include support for
Android-based devices, will be available during the winter.
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