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Vendors Decide To Licence Microsoft Voice Codec |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Thursday, 23 August 2007 |
Microsoft has announced that a list of vendors have signed up to license Microsoft's voice
codec software, RT Audio Codec. The copmany has also announced a new tool to
monitor voice and video quality - the Microsoft Office Communications Server
2007 Quality of Experience Monitoring Server.
Intel , Texas Instruments, AudioCodes, Dialogic Corp.,
LG-Nortel, and Polycom are all on the list to use Microsoft technology for compressing digital speech. The RT
Audio Codec converts analog sound into secure digital
packets for transmission and then restoring the data into audible
sound at the receiving end.
Intel plans to deliver the codec in an upcoming Intel
Integrated Performance Primitives (IPP) software library release
optimized for the PC platform to further accelerate industry adoption
and reduce implementation barriers.
The news is good for Microsoft Office Communications Server
"As
we approach the general availability of our unified communications
products, we're seeing tremendous validation for our offerings from
industry players and early adopters alike," said Gurdeep Singh Pall,
corporate vice president in the Unified Communications Group at
Microsoft.
"Customers have downloaded 80,000 copies of our beta for
Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 in just five
months. A new era of business communication is upon us, defined by
software, not hardware - and sound quality will be one of the key
product differentiators."
The Quality of Experience Monitoring Server
is designed to be used by IT administrators to troubleshoot voice and video performance issues. The server provides real-time updates, alerts
and detailed analysis of network performance to accurately reflect
users' experience based on the endpoint they're using. As a result,
administrators can proactively address problematic issues that may
arise while monitoring voice and video quality anywhere and anytime,
without needing expensive network management solutions, says the company.
More
information about Microsoft's approach to quality of experience is
available at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=05625af1-3444-4e67-9557-3fd5af9ae8d1&displaylang=en.
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