HP Expands HP Visual Collaboration Videoconferencing to Australian Businesses

Vantage Systems to offer HP videoconferencing to businesses for more productive collaboration 

Sydney, Australia, April 18, 2011 - HP today announced it has selected Vantage Systems, a leading telepresence and video collaboration  services provider, to deliver HP Visual Collaboration videoconferencing as a managed, hosted, cloud service. 

Vantage has seen a significant growth in the take up of cloud conferencing over the last 12 months and will offer this service predominantly through Vantage’s existing telecommunication channels and new IT integrators looking to enter the videoconferencing market.

“With HP, Vantage will be able to help companies move to a new generation of software-based videoconferencing,” said Mark Buckley, Chief Executive Officer, Vantage. “Combined with our managed services, the solutions can lower demands on IT staff because they can be offered in the cloud with no need for expensive hardware. This makes it easy to deploy for any company, from small and medium businesses to larger firms.”

Based on scalable video coding (SVC) software technology, HP’s solutions manage video encoding more effectively than more traditional hardware-based approaches to videoconferencing and optimize user experiences over the Internet, mobile 3G and customer networks.

Initially, Vantage will offer options of a set of desktop software client downloads and larger conference room systems with either one or two screens.  “We believe SVC is a more versatile encoding method than any of its predecessor algorithms and its benefits include enhanced video quality due to greatly decreased latency, as well as significantly improved network error tolerance,” said Andrew W. Davis, senior analyst, Wainhouse Research.

“Vantage, with HP, is truly leading the way in Asia Pacific with timely new HD videoconferencing offerings that reduce customers’ operating costs while increasing team effectiveness,” said Rob Scott, vice president and General Manager, Visual Collaboration, HP. “HP’s technology easily enables service providers to develop and deliver Visual Collaboration services through a next-generation cloud-based platform.”

Vantage joins its partner Videocall, a top services provider in the United Kingdom, in adding HP Visual Collaboration products to its line-up. Vantage and Videocall provide fully managed, high-quality conferencing services over a pervasive, intelligent and end-to-end IP video network, accomplished by Video Operations Network Centres (vNOC) in Melbourne and London, respectively.

About Vantage Systems
Vantage Systems is an Asia Pacific ”Unified Collaborations” pioneer. Established in 1995, Vantage provides bespoke solutions including immersive telepresence, high-definition and traditional video conferencing, together with a comprehensive portfolio of services that include managed services, “Cloud” hosted services, network services, support and consultancy. For more information on Vantage Systems, please visit www.vantage.com.au

Through strategic relationships with companies like HP, Polycom, Cisco-Tandberg, Logitech-LifeSize, and Microsoft, as well as innovative technology and commitment to the highest quality of service, Vantage assists organisations to create valuable business communication.

About HP
HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. The world’s largest technology company, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure at the convergence of the cloud and connectivity, creating seamless, secure, context-aware experiences for a connected world. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at http://www.hp.com