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HP is venturing further into the high-definition videoconferencing market for the purposes of business collaboration by introducing three new products it calls HP Visual Collaboration. HP's products are based on scalable video coding (SVC) technology from Vidyo Inc., which we reviewed in March, 2010, that enhances videoconferencing regardless of network bandwidth or the end point video display.
November 23, 2010

HP joins companies such as Cisco Systems and Polycom in the market for videoconferencing technology as part of a business collaboration effort to connect employees, partners or customers who may be in distant cities or continents. Collaboration software suites, also called unified communications, such as Microsoft's Lync and IBM's Lotus Connections, incorporate video conferencing as well.

Key to the new HP offering is Vidyo's SVC technology, said Ira Weinstein, a partner in Wainhouse Research. "Vidyo is a strong technology company lacking a go-to-market capability. HP has a massive go-to-market capability but they were lacking the technology," said Weinstein.

SVC, he added, reduces the complexity of setting up and running video conference networks. "It allows you to conduct these high-impact, high-resolution video sessions over best effort networks."

HP said high-quality video conferencing makes companies greener by allowing employees to collaborate but not have to fly to various locations. It says in one 36-month period, it's Halo system saved more than 175,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions from aircraft, which it said is the equivalent of taking 33,453 vehicles off the road for an entire year.

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