Videoconferencer Turns to Masergy

DALLAS -- Global VideoCom (GVC), a UK-based leading provider of business-quality videoconferencing in Europe, has signed an agreement with Masergy Communications Inc, a Dallas-based global provider of customer-controlled network services, to provide web-based trans-Atlantic videoconferencing services across the MASERGY network.Global VideoCom’s IP videoconferencing division, GlobaleVideo, will manage and offer the services to customers on the MASERGY network as simple service upgrades. GlobaleVideo will actively seek videoconference equipment integrators and resellers worldwide to provide end-to-end IP videoconference solutions for major clients. To alleviate potential channel conflict, the company will work together with these integrators and resellers.“We have tested and deployed a full service delivery system on the MASERGY network and have been very impressed with the quality and reliability of their solution,” said Phil Sewell, managing director of Global VideoCom. “MASERGY’s unique inCONTROL Video solution over MPLS allows us to offer our clients a high performance multi-user service for IP videoconferencing. Furthermore, this relationship will enable us to expand our U.S. customer base via selected resellers and develop our global footprint to offer our integration skills to organizations on a broader scale.”GVC’s services complement MASERGY’s inCONTROL solutions, which allow the user to control application performance. With MASERGY, customers can also maximize the benefits of GVC’s scheduling and bridging services, including remote videoconferencing systems management and GlobalCare support packages, to provide a fully integrated end-to-end rich IP videoconferencing environment.Masergy Communications Inc.