SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/19/08 -- INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM - TANDBERG®
(OSLO: TAA) unveiled today the first public preview of TANDBERG's HD
(high-definition) PC video conferencing technology. Business-quality video
conference calls at 720p30 resolution were demonstrated using a TANDBERG
PrecisionHD camera operating on an Intel® Mobile Core(TM) 2 Quad laptop
formerly codenamed 'Montevina,' running TANDBERG's Movi software. The Intel
Mobile Core 2 Quad-powered laptop also ran other applications while
simultaneously engaging in HD PC video conference calls.
"While other vendors offer consumer-acceptable PC video conferencing, we
have demonstrated the video quality that businesses require to adopt PC
video communications," said Fredrik Halvorsen, TANDBERG CEO. "This move
solidifies TANDBERG's technology leadership. More importantly, it enables
mobile workers to achieve the increased trust and faster decision-making
already experienced by users of desktop and room-based video conferencing
and telepresence systems."
Movi, TANDBERG's business-quality PC video conferencing solution enables
teleworkers, transit commuters, remote workers and business travelers to
participate in face-to-face meetings and conversations. Movi, available in
early 2009, is based on video conferencing industry standards making it
possible to connect people with co-workers using any standards compliant
telepresence, conference room video conferencing or executive desktop video
systems.
"The Intel Mobile Core 2 Quad mobile processor not only provides the
performance headroom for high-definition video conferencing on laptops, but
is able to execute the demanding workloads and applications running
concurrently, making it a compelling solution for businesses today," said
Dadi Perlmutter, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Intel
Mobility Group. "Working with the Intel software team, TANDBERG was able to
take advantage of the optimizing tools to provide high-definition video
conferencing with low-CPU utilization." Perlmutter also featured the HD
video conference in his keynote at the Intel Developer Forum.
TANDBERG's HD PC video conferencing software takes advantage of the Intel
Quad-core mobile processor and Intel® SSE4 instructions that increases
the performance and power efficiency of TANDBERG's world-leading video
conferencing HD codec, bringing HD quality to mobile video conferencing.
The Intel® Software Development Products enabled TANDBERG and Intel
software engineers to jointly innovate and deliver the HD PC video
conferencing solution and maximized the efficiency of the software
developers' work. Intel® VTune(TM) Performance Analyzer helped the
developers identify the most crucial parts of the code and guided the
developers' attention.
Anyone attending the Intel event can experience this HD PC video
conferencing technology by visiting booths # 103 & 106 at San Francisco's
Moscone Convention Center West. Additional TANDBERG HD PC video
conferencing demonstrations are planned for Interop New York at The Javits
Center on Sept. 17-19, 2008 and Convention VoIP in Paris from Oct. 21-23,
2008.
For more information about Movi or to contact a TANDBERG representative,
visit
www.tandberglaunchpad.com
About TANDBERG
TANDBERG is a leading global provider of telepresence, high-definition
videoconferencing and mobile video products and services with dual
headquarters in New York and Norway. TANDBERG designs, develops and markets
systems and software for video, voice and data. The company provides sales,
support and value-added services in more than 90 countries worldwide.
TANDBERG is publicly traded on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker
TAA.OL. Please visit www.tandberg.com for more information.
TANDBERG is a trademark or registered trademark in the U.S. and other
countries. All other product and company names here in may be trademarks of
their respective owners.
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