After a period of successful trials, Videocentric, the leading videoconferencing reseller has officially launced its "Vipe(r)" desktop videoconferencing solutin in association with Network-i. The solution brings together the desktop videconferencing offering and the traditional room system environment. This is made possible by siting core infrastructure within Network-i's Thames Valley Data Center in Slough. Bandwidth at the facility is almost limitless as it is at the heart of the Internet. Security "Gatekeepers" ensure that systems are protected from Internet threats by creating a "Walled Garden around the video community.

Vipe(r) derives its name from the acronym: "Video over IP Everywhere (r)" and its arrival comes on the back of an increased demand for bringing together the hitherto discrete videoconferencing alternatives of high end video codecs and webcams.

 " Customers now have three choices" David Shimell of Videocentric explained "....to select room systems or webcams or to select both! Viper is a real breakthrough on the price/performance metric and we are already seeing the first sales coming through"