Logicalis UK Launches ImmersiV - a Consumption-Based ‘Video as a Service’ Portfolio From Desktop to Telepresence

SLOUGH, England, July 5, 2011 -

- Video-as-a-Service Accelerates Adoption, Exploitation and
Expansion of Consumption-Based Secure Business Video

Logicalis UK, today announced the launch of ImmersiV, a
complete portfolio of cloud hosted, Video-as-a-Service (VaaS)
offerings, bringing quality, on demand, consumption-based services
to the enterprise. With high definition quality desktop video
services starting at under £30 per month per user, ImmersiV
is designed to accelerate and simplify the adoption, exploitation
and expansion of business video.

The new portfolio includes Video-to-Video Bridging (VtoV),
Secure Video Meeting Rooms, Logicalis’ own Managed Video Network
(MVN), and a personal video assistant, the VideoPA.
 Organisations can pay for video to match their exact usage
needs, and can access services such as external bridging to other
organisations without having to build their own discreet
infrastructure.

“Video is now considered a truly beneficial business
productivity tool,” commented Tom Kelly, managing director of
Logicalis UK, “whether for busy executives saving time on travel,
meeting more customers and suppliers face-to-face, or using video
to positively impact complex business processes such as supply
chain management, the benefit of video is no longer in question.
The only question many users now have is how quickly can I adopt
video and how can I pay for it without having to commit to a large
capital purchase?

‘ImmersiV brings a simple consumption-based model to
video use, and further demonstrates our continued commitment to
enable customers to only have to pay for what they use, and consume
IT in new and innovative ways.  We want to encourage users to
adopt widespread video, and do so with minimal impact on their
capital budget or strain on their IT department or IT
infrastructure. Logicalis ImmersiV makes high quality video
financially and technically viable for even the smallest of
organisations.”

The services are available immediately for desktop users, small,
medium and large room systems, and Telepresence suites. The full
suite of ImmersiV services are delivered from Logicalis’
UK-based cloud platform, and include:  

• ImmersiV - suite of endpoints, out-of-band network and
  external bridging provided as a service offers immediate business
  video value with minimal IT department impact.
• ImmersiV VtoV - Secure hosted internal and external
  bridging (VtoV) and secure virtual rooms - connects users with
  suppliers and customers and provides access to secure virtual rooms
  for multi-user video conferencing.
• ImmersiV Managed Video Network - reduces the need for
  time consuming and expensive network upgrades - guaranteeing
  Quality of Experience (QoE) when the existing network is not tuned
  for video services.
• ImmersiV VideoPA - full service management of users’
  total video experience.

“With ImmersiV, a month’s high quality video service to
the desktop is now considerably less expensive than a standard
return journey between Manchester and London, and executives
recognise that by not leveraging video in normal business practice
 they are wasting valuable time and money,” commented Damien
Hicks, director of video services at Logicalis UK. “But, video
isn’t simply about saving bottom line business costs, or not having
to wait about in airport lounges.  Extending an individual’s
presence from their desk or a video room system can dramatically
improve customer engagement and customer satisfaction.

‘Organisations can now adopt high definition video, as a full
service, and can directly compare the monthly cost of video
enablement with the cost of a single rail ticket, demonstrating
tangible financial and productivity ROI in the first month.
 With ImmersiV there is no added strain on the IT
department, and if the customer’s network is not suitable for
video, we can enable immediate video adoption on our managed video
network.  This new portfolio is the fastest and most efficient
way of making video an immersive business tool.”

Built on Cisco/Tandberg video infrastructure, and leveraging
high definition MOVI desktop solutions for individual users, the
VaaS solution from Logicalis is a totally integrated turn-key video
environment.

About Logicalis

Logicalis is an international provider of integrated information
and communications technology (ICT) solutions and services founded
on a superior breadth of knowledge and expertise in communications
& collaboration; data centre; and professional and managed
services.

Logicalis Group employs over 2,000 people worldwide, including
highly trained service specialists who design, specify, deploy and
manage complex ICT infrastructures to meet the needs of over 5,000
corporate and public sector customers.  To achieve this,
Logicalis maintains strong partnerships with technology leaders
such as Cisco, HP, IBM and Microsoft.

The Logicalis Group is a division of Datatec Limited, listed on
the Johannesburg and London AIM Stock Exchanges, with revenues in
excess of $4 billion.

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For further information please
contact:

Andrew Parker/Jennifer Manning/Charlotte Sandy
Cohesive Communications
T: +44(0)-1291-626200
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