Lifesize, a division of Logitech
(NASDAQ:LOGI) (SIX:LOGN), today announced that its award-winning
Lifesize® Cloud video conferencing service interface is now available in
15 languages, enabling even more collaboration for companies worldwide.
In order to address the multilingual needs of the global economy and
keep pace with strong customer demand internationally, both the user
interface for Lifesize Cloud and out-bound meeting invitation emails for
guest calling are available in 15 of the most widely spoken languages
worldwide: German, Italian, French, Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian,
Finnish, Polish, Japanese, Traditional Chinese (Taiwan), Simplified
Chinese (China), Korean, Russian, Brazilian Portuguese, and English.
“Nearly one third of our Lifesize Cloud customers are outside the United
States, and we know that a global service needs to speak to its users in
their native language,” said Craig Malloy, Lifesize founder and CEO.
“That’s why we’re pleased to announce that in addition to English,
Lifesize Cloud is now available in 14 more languages.”
“Lifesize Cloud allows our teams to communicate from anywhere and any
device, without costly infrastructure investments, IT hassle or
connectivity issues,” said Jose Luis Vega Pardo, Capsa Food
infrastructure and security manager. “Having the Lifesize Cloud
interface available in 15 languages will help us expand our
collaboration beyond our English-speaking team members. We’ll be able to
bring more people, in more sites and more departments, into the
discussion, which will move our business forward faster.”
Key to Lifesize’s global strategy is IBM
Cloud's global SoftLayer
infrastructure. SoftLayer has enabled Lifesize to expand its cloud
service into more than 80
new countries. By leveraging SoftLayer data centers and points of
presence (POPs) connected by a single private network, Lifesize Cloud
delivers secure, low-latency video connections to its users worldwide.
Bare metal and virtual servers, multiple power feeds, fiber links,
backup generators and battery systems provide industry-leading
reliability, and SoftLayer’s growing global footprint ensures easy
future expansion to new markets. IBM Cloud has opened 13 new SoftLayer
data centers over the last 10 months, with additional locations
launching by the end of this year.
The backbone of Lifesize Cloud is its direct connectivity with over 20
global carriers, which means that any Lifesize Cloud user in the world
on one of these carriers’ networks has a direct high-speed connection
into its cloud service. This direct connection provides an exceptional
video call experience because the call doesn’t hop between different
network switches and providers, which could add delay and latency and
diminish call quality.
Today’s update will continue to fuel the global adoption of the video
SaaS offering and Lifesize® Icon™ family of connected room video
conferencing systems. 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.
Availability
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The expanded capabilities of Lifesize Cloud are available globally
today.
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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