Radvision Enhances H.323 Toolkit

GLEN ROCK, N.J. -– RADVISION (Nasdaq: RVSN), the industry leader in providing a wide range of development solutions for voice, video, and data collaboration over IP and 3G, today announced the general availability of its new H.323 Protocol Toolkit version 4.2. This toolkit is the latest release of the company’s award-winning H.323 toolkit and supports new features specified in version four of the ITU-T H.323 standard and additional specs ratified. The RADVISION H.323 Protocol Toolkit is available on many operating systems including multiple MS-Windows platforms, UNIX operating systems, and most real-time operating systems (RTOS) such as VxWorks, Nucleus, WinCE and Texas Instruments DSP BIOS.

As the leading industry provider of H.323 technology, RADVISION offers the widest range of development tools for creating and testing H.323-based products and services. In addition to supporting the latest enhancements in ITU-T H.323 standards, the toolkit also boasts a number of additional features requested by RADVISION customers, enabling them to develop new cutting-edge communications products or upgrade their existing product lines with new functionality.

“We are continuing to track and actively participate in the various Standards bodies, giving us the edge in upgrading our toolkits to support the latest version of voice, video and data collaboration standards – whether SIP, H.323, MEGACO, MGCP or 3G-324M for 3G video telephony” said Eli Orr, H.323 Product Manager for RADVISION’s Technology Business Unit. “By delivering the most advanced and mature tools for H.323, we enable our customers to get a leap on the competition by developing market-leading product offerings.”

In a separate release:

Glowpoint, Inc., (Nasdaq: GLOW), the nation’s first and leading carrier-grade IP-based video communications service provider, and RADVISION (Nasdaq: RVSN), today announced that RADVISION has achieved Glowpoint Certified status for its advanced viaIP™ 400 Multimedia Communications Platform, featuring its IP/ISDN gateway, ECS gatekeeper and call management tool, and new MCU v3.2 supporting SIP.

The Glowpoint Certification Program performs the most comprehensive testing of video communications equipment in the industry. As such, customers can be assured that Glowpoint Certified products conform to the highest standards of VidIP (H.323) compliance as well as interoperability with other communications products. Leading equipment manufacturers, like RADVISION, look to Glowpoint as the industry leader to provide technical feedback and certification for their products as robust, feature-rich, fully interoperable, and carrier grade. A Glowpoint Certified status means their products meet the highest standards in delivering quality video communications over the industry’s leading network.

“Glowpoint is ‘technology insurance,’” explained David C. Trachtenberg, Chief Executive Officer and President of Glowpoint. “Our dedicated R&D resources and singular focus on video communications enables us to stay on top of the latest advancements in technology so our customers don’t have to.”

Leveraging the carrier-class functionality and full SIP support of the RADVISION viaIP solution, Windows 2003 Server and XP desktops as well as other SIP devices will be able to use the Glowpoint network for their multimedia communications. And, by virtue of the viaIP’s full gateway and H.323 support, Glowpoint customers using SIP-based devices will be able to have multipoint and point-to-point calls with virtually any other video device - including those based on VidIP, ISDN (legacy H.320), and even new 3G wireless mobile video handsets (H.324M).

“Glowpoint has done an excellent job of driving the video industry away from the closed networks of legacy ISDN towards new innovative IP-based technologies,” said Gadi Tamari, CEO of RADVISION. “Glowpoint’s support of SIP and the RADVISION solution highlights both the carrier-class functionality of the RADVISION platform and the commitment by Glowpoint to provide its customers with the most advanced communication solutions and architectures available.”

Trachtenberg concluded, “Although SIP-based products have only recently been introduced, as they penetrate the market, RADVISION and Glowpoint will be ready, ensuring next-generation services that are fully interoperable with existing video communication technologies.”

Radvision Ltd.