Lifesize, a division of Logitech
(NASDAQ:LOGI) (SIX:LOGN), today announced enhancements to its
award-winning Lifesize® Cloud video conferencing service. The new
features provide greater accessibility, control and collaboration to
enable every person and every conference room with easy-to-use, powerful
performance in video communications technology.
These—and regularly scheduled future enhancements to Lifesize
Cloud—continue to fuel global adoption of the video SaaS offering and
Lifesize® Icon™ family to deliver a truly Connected Experience as more
than 1,000 companies have subscribed to the service, logging millions of
meeting minutes during the first 10 months of availability.
"From small businesses to global corporations, the demand for
cloud-based video communications is exploding,” said Craig Malloy,
Lifesize founder and CEO. “Consumer applications have influenced the
need to be fully accessible, anywhere at any time. Lifesize Cloud
delivers the industry’s most integrated video experience, making it easy
to connect across offices, small or large conference rooms and mobile
devices in a scalable way.”
“Video conferencing as a whole has shifted from hardware to SaaS, which
has significantly increased the range of opportunities for cloud
solutions,” said Andrew W. Davis, researcher, analyst, and opinion
leader in the field of collaboration and conferencing for Wainhouse
Research. “Lifesize is continuously updating their cloud solution to
provide customers with the most relevant and useful features, ensuring
that they have the best possible experience. From easy scheduling to
Lync interoperability to browser-based calling, Lifesize makes it easy
for any organization to adopt video conferencing into their everyday
lives.”
Lifesize Cloud brings simple, easy-to-use and scalable video
communications to every person and every conference room, across
devices, applications, browsers and Lifesize endpoints. The new
enhancements include:
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Interoperability with Microsoft® Lync®: Any one of the
more than 100 million enterprise Lync users can join meetings hosted
on Lifesize Cloud from their Lync client application with just one
click.
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40-way group calling: Host large company meetings so you can
connect more people in more places with the new 40-way group call
feature.
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Quick and easy scheduling in existing workflows: With the new
Microsoft Outlook® add-in and Google Chrome™ extension, users can now
schedule video meetings and invite anyone directly from Google
Calendar™ or Outlook—no need to open the Lifesize Cloud app.
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Browser-Based Calling: Whether you use Google Chrome or
Internet Explorer®, you can make “one-click” Lifesize Cloud video
calls directly from your web browser. Lifesize customers and guest
users that join meetings via browsers are greeted with a newly
refreshed Call Me page featuring a clean and visually stimulating
interface.
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Enhanced Control Settings: Take control over your meetings with
the new lecture mode, mute all and layout option features. With
lecture mode, users can assign a primary presenter to show full
screen, allowing a single person to take the reins. When creating a
meeting, simply select who will be the presenter. Meeting owners can
also now mute all participants to optimize the meeting audio and
choose between two different sets of configurable layout options.
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Account insights: Monitor which teams are leveraging video
conferencing with the new active/available user dashboard. With this
report, account managers can reallocate Lifesize Cloud accounts across
the organization to get the most out of their investment.
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More devices: Join your video conference from the latest
Android™ devices including Samsung™ Galaxy Tab® Pro 12.2, Samsung
Galaxy Note® 4, Motorola™ Moto™ X 2013 edition and iOS devices
including iPhone® 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.
These updates follow the January announcement of two new Lifesize
endpoints: Lifesize® Icon 400™ and Lifesize® Icon Flex™. Icon 400 is
designed especially for the huddle room and is purpose-built to deliver
stunning, easy-to-use video communication with Lifesize Cloud and
support all of the ways people communicate. Icon Flex is designed for
businesses that already deploy a personal collaboration application and
turns any small meeting room environment into a complete conference room
solution.
Availability
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The expanded capabilities of Lifesize Cloud are generally available
today.
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Lync interoperability and 40-way calling are available to Lifesize
Cloud Enterprise Subscription Plan customers.
Additional Information
About Lifesize
Lifesize delivers video conferencing that’s as easy, as lifelike and as
remarkable as meeting in person. Founded in 2003 and acquired by
Logitech in 2009, Lifesize continues to reinvent the video conferencing
industry. From delivering the world’s first high definition video
conference in 2005 to introducing the first cloud video conferencing
solution and Icon Family to provide a Connected Experience across
devices and meeting rooms, Lifesize addresses organizations’ demand for
high quality and reliable video that is affordable and simple to use.
For more information, visit www.lifesize.com
or follow the company @LifesizeHD.
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