Daily News 2004/11/22

U.S. Department of Defense testing VoIP services on IPv6 network for the 3rd time

　　U.S. Department of Defense has finished the third test in the project of upgrading its network, including Internet telephone test based on the Ipv6 protocol.

　　Data transmission in the real world was simulated on the Moonv6 network in the test. According to the interoperable lab of the University of New Hampshire, this test will lead IPv6 into a new field. Except for testing the VoIP telephone services, U.S. Department of Defense made an evaluation on video-frequency broadcast, IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN, fireworks, Ipsec and other techniques.

Zoom Video constructing the videoconference network for CNPC Shanxi branch

　　At present, Zoom Video, the national leading provider of videoconference system, works with its partners to construct the videoconference system for CNPC Shanxi Branch with the Penteview products. It is another key project carried out by Zoom Video for the informatization of the petroleum industry in the west of China. It took into account the application characteristics of oil industry, such as wide operation area, as well as the operation requirements for production scheduling, work cooperation, training and conference of the subordinating companies to improve the working efficiency of the company. This is another perfect solution provided by Zoom Video according to the requirements of enterprise users in the petrochemical industry, which means that videoconference is becoming more and more popular among enterprise users.

Avaya providing IP video telecom solutions based on PC

　　Avaya, the world-leading provider of enterprise-oriented telecom software and system announced recently that it would provide a video telecommunication solution based on IP to make desktop videoconference as easy as IP calls. The solution can integrate the high-quality video system and office telephone into a simple interface so that the enterprise user can hold videoconference on PC or laptop computer.

　　The new product is named as Avaya Video Telephony Solution: Desktop Edition. It makes it possible for face-to-face cooperation between employees at different locations.

　　There will be a steady increase in the demand for desktop videoconference system since the enterprises are all trying to improve the cooperation ability and thus gain advantages in the competition. According to the report made by Gartner, there will be more than 340 million sets of PC used in enterprises, government and education institutions around the globe in 2004.