Pacnet has rolled out Virtual Conferencing (VC) Plus, a new unified communications portfolio product which enables multi-party video conferencing over the internet, without the need for dedicated bandwidth requirements.
Pacnet said that the new VC Plus comes with a host of features to provide a comprehensive virtual meeting environment. Users can choose to instant message one another, share files and applications such as slides or show whatever is on their computer desktop, and ‘write’ on an interactive whiteboard.
In addition, the meeting can be recorded, so as to be shared with others or stored for compliance requirements.
John Currie, VP of product management at Pacnet, said: At the heart of Pacnet VC Plus is a proprietary video compression technology which has much lower bandwidth requirements than a standard MPEG 4 or H.264 video codec. This allows Pacnet VC Plus to need just 1 Mbps of bandwidth per high definition video stream, and if more bandwidth is available, it can scale up to allow up to 16 concurrent users to meet in a virtual room.
The company said that the new VC Plus can be deployed by downloading a file which will install the software provided by the company onto users’ computers. There is no need of dedicated hardware as it will work with video peripherals including external webcams or built-in notebook webcams.
Mr Currie added, Pacnet VC Plus is also backed by Pacnet’s extensive global internet backbone and Pacnet’s full ownership of EAC-C2C, the Asia Pacific region’s leading submarine cable network. With our robust internet backbone and a full suite of connectivity solutions, we provide a one-stop shop solution to enable our Pacnet VC Plus customers with business-grade internet access to ensure a truly high quality collaboration experience.
