Radvision Manages Sony

FAIR LAWN/PARK RIDGE, N.J. -- RADVISION (Nasdaq:RVSN) today announced version 2.1 of its iVIEW™ Network Manager solution (NMS) with new functionality for the centralized management of Sony videoconferencing end points, enabling an IT manager to manage an entire video network – from infrastructure to end point – using a single Web interface. This continues the close relationship and collaboration between RADVISION and Sony Electronics Inc., and in particular their position within Sony’s Open Conferencing initiative.

With this solution, an IT manager can save an enormous amount of time by remotely administering and configuring both individual and groups of Sony end points with preferences and settings such as authorized bandwidth, answer setup, gatekeeper registration, video and audio modes, and T.120 data collaboration settings. Additionally, v2.1 of RADVISION’s iVIEW NMS features a powerful tool for managing Sony software/firmware upgrades and remotely delivering these software upgrades to individual or groups of Sony end points throughout a network.

This latest version of iVIEW NMS, which is generally available, currently manages the Sony PCS-1 video end point. RADVISION plans to make this support also available for the recently introduced Sony PCS-TL50 desktop end point and the Sony PCS-G70 high-end, large meeting room system by early Q1, 2005.

“Videoconferencing is fast evolving from a specialized overlay network to simply an application running over the corporate IP network. In such an architecture, the IT manager needs a single point of control for the entire system - from infrastructure components such as MCUs or gateways all the way out to the user interface – the video end point such as Sony’s powerful PCS-1s,” said Avinoam Barak, General Manager of RADVISION’s Networking Business Unit. “With today’s announcement we believe we now provide a best-in-class management solution that delivers a powerful tool with which to manage an entire video deployment.”

Radvision Ltd.