IPeak Networks’ Confirms that IPQTM Protects Base and Enhancement Layers to Optimize SVC-encoded Video Conferencing
OTTAWA – Feb. 9, 2010 – IPeak Networks, a leading developer of network performance and quality management solutions today announced the results of a comprehensive analysis of the interworking of its IPQTM (Internet Performance & Quality) technology and the emerging Scalable Video Coding (SVC) standard, an extension (Annex G) of the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video compression standard. The company confirmed that IPQTM is fully compatible with SVC and can be deployed to optimize SVC-encoded video.
“By design, SVC scales back the amount of video information that is transmitted when it encounters poor network conditions,” said Matt Williams, founder and CTO, IPeak Networks. “It is a way to ensure that something usable arrives at the receiving endpoint and this is certainly a useful thing to do but it means that SVC-encoded HD video transmitted over the lossy public Internet will be decidedly less than high definition.” Williams says that IPQ takes a different approach. “Where SVC removes layers of video information to accommodate poor quality networks, IPQ actually protects the video against that poor quality network.”
Martin Horne, CEO of IPeak Networks sees the two approaches as complementary. “An enterprise running SVC-encoded video conferences over the open Internet may be getting the basic functionality but they are likely not experiencing the quality they bought with their HD codecs, cameras, and monitors.” Horne says that by adding a plug-and-play IPQ Network Appliance at each endpoint, the network quality is improved by a significant margin. “IPQ enables SVC to deliver a much higher quality video signal. I would say that IPQ optimizes SVC-encoded video.”
IPQ is patent-pending IP network packet loss protection technology developed by IPeak Networks. The company has launched a family of IPQ-based products for the video conferencing market. A recent analysis by Wainhouse Research found that IPQ technology reduced network packet loss by 90% without adding latency enabling effective video conferencing over low-cost lossy networks. The company markets IPQ products through video conferencing equipment distributors and resellers worldwide.
ABOUT IPEAK NETWORKS
IPeak Networks is a privately held Canadian networking technology development company headquartered in Ottawa Canada. The company’s IPQ™ products reduce the damaging effects of the packet loss that is endemic to the public Internet. IPQ adds the performance and quality to the Internet that is required to supp ort HD video conferencing and the highest possible quality video conferencing experience. With IPQ, enterprises can deploy HD video conferencing to run over the Internet and avoid the high costs of the MPLS networks that would otherwise be required.
For a free copy of the Wainhouse Research report on IPQ, click here.
To learn more about IPeak Networks and IPQ, visit www.ipeaknetworks.com.
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Go-to AV Publication In The UK Publishes Positive Coverage of IPQ
Toward the end of December last year, we had the pleasure of briefing Bryan Denyer, editor of AVNews, on IPQ; on the facts and features of the IPQ technology and products. Bryan subsequently saw fit to cover IPQ in a full page story in the January 2010 issue of AVNews.
Check it out right here: AVNews Article on IPQ Jan 2010 Issue
Our thanks to Bryan for a thoughtful, balanced write-up.
RamCom Enables Expanded Video Conferencing Opportunities
in Eastern Europe with IPQ Packet Protection from IPeak Networks
OTTAWA and BUDAPEST — Jan. 28 2010 — IPeak Networks is excited to announce that RamCom, a division of Ramiris Communications, has entered into a distribution agreement that makes IPQ, the only vendor-agnostic inter-business video packet protection technology, widely available to video conference and visual communications systems resellers throughout Eastern Europe. (more…)
Top UK Design Firm says YES to IPQ
NO to Expensive Network Upgrade
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Fewer Ads Clicked/Watched Means Less Revenue
TubeMogul.com recently reported that four out of five online video watchers walk away when they encounter the first re-buffer. The sensible therefore? Far fewer ads are getting clicked (or watched) than a publisher would hope for. (more…)
Is packet loss a hot topic?
Is it just me, or is the subject of packet loss coming up in more conversations at the bar, on the bus, and in the office? I just came across some promotional material from Silver Peak and I was flabbergasted (a good thing) to see that packet loss is the prominent and recurring theme. (Search for Silver peak and packet loss. You’ll see what I mean.) (more…)
IPeak Networks’ IPQ Exceeds Analysts’ Expectations in Testing
Third Party Evaluation Reveals IPQ Consistently and Automatically Reduces Packet-Loss by Over 90 Percent
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FVC Adds IPeak Networks’ IPQ to Portfolio
IPeak Networks Packet Loss Recovery Solutions to Complement FVC’s Rich Media and VoIP Offerings
OTTAWA and DUBAI – Oct. 22, 2009 – FVC, a leading value added distributor in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has announced the signing of a distribution agreement with IPeak Networks for the MENA region. FVC will be selling and supporting IPeak Networks’ IPQ Network Appliance and IPQ Concentrator throughout the MENA region. (more…)
Wainhouse Delivers A Positive Report On IPQ
A while back, we approached Wainhouse Research to conduct an independent evaluation of IPQ, our packet loss protection technology. We felt it would be very helpful if a third party could put IPQ through the paces in a series of real-world video conferencing situations. And that’s what they did. (more…)
Low-cost Video Conference Optimization
I can’t think of a single situation that can be improved without there being a cost. This goes for video conferencing, of course. If you want to improve your travel budget (i.e., reduce it, along with your environmental impact) by increasing your use of video conferencing, there will be a cost. Ideally, the increased video conferencing costs will be more than offset by the reduced travel spending. (more…)
