GIPS VoiceEngine to Be Included in IBM Lotus Sametime Real-Time Collaboration Platform15 February 2006
Global IP Sound (GIPS), a leadingprovider of embedded voice-processing solutions for the Voice over IP(VoIP) market, today announced that version 7.5 of IBM® Lotus®Sametime® will utilize the voice processing capabilities of GIPSVoiceEngine.
"We are excited to be working with such a recognized market leader as IBMto provide Lotus Sametime users with the highest voice quality availabletoday for enterprise VoIP," said Gary P. Hermansen, President and CEO ofGlobal IP Sound. "This application will utilize our VoiceEngine technologyin a unique enterprise communications environment that will serve the needsof a diverse set of customers, and proves that our software can power anyVoIP solution."
Lotus Sametime combines a broad array of capabilities that include presenceawareness, instant messaging and Web conferencing in a feature-richenterprise application. The market-leading solution is already in the handsof more than 15 million users worldwide.
"As the leading provider of enterprise collaboration solutions, IBM iscommitted to working with technology providers like Global IP Sound to helpbusinesses become more productive in the work they do everyday," said PennyScharfman, program director Lotus Products, IBM. "By combining GIPS' voiceprocessing capabilities and Sametime 7.5, we will provide Lotus Sametimecustomers with a simple, high quality voice chat capability within theirinstant messaging client."
The Lotus Sametime 7.5 application will provide click-to-talk capabilitywith up to 5 Sametime users. GIPS VoiceEngine will provide the voiceprocessing for this functionality by solving all of the complex issuesassociated with IP communications, such as packet loss, network delay andjitter. The solution, which also includes echo cancellation and noisesuppression capabilities, is specifically designed for VoIP applications tostreamline integration of the voice processing and maximize sound quality.
About Global IP Sound
Founded in 1999, Global IP Sound develops embedded voice processingtechnologies for real-time communications over packet networks. GIPSSoundWare™ provides better than PSTN voice quality and fidelity inend-to-end IP communications with robustness against packet loss. GlobalIP Sound's world-renowned speechprocessing and IP telephony experts deliver these solutions to applicationsdevelopers, gateway and chip manufacturers. Companies using GIPSSoundWare™ products include Nortel Networks, Skype, WebEx, AOL,EarthLink and other key players in the VoIP market. Global IP Sound is amember of the Intel® PCA Developer Network, the Motorola Design Alliance,Symbian Platinum Partners and Texas Instruments' third party developernetwork. Global IP Sound has headquarters in San Francisco and offices inStockholm, Hong Kong and Boston. More information is available atwww.globalipsound.com.
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For information, contact:John HermansenGlobal IP SoundEmail Contact(415) 397-1280
Donna CandeloriCandelori CommunicationsEmail Contact(408) 774-3414
SOURCE: Global IP Sound
Source: marketwire
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