Hayes Pump Replaces HD Room Video Conferencing System With Vidyo Room and Desktop Solution

HACKENSACK, NJ, Apr 07 (MARKET WIRE) --
Vidyo(R), Inc., the first company to deliver personal telepresence, today
announced that Hayes Pump, the oldest and largest stocking distributor of
pumps in the Northeast, has deployed VidyoConferencing(TM) as a key
component of the company's communications system. Founded in 1898, Hayes
Pump today represents over 20 different suppliers of products used in
transferring, metering, and filtering fluids.

"We had been using another, well-known HD video conferencing product since
2007, but we soon realized that it had some very serious limitations,"
said Eric Zadravec, Hayes Pump's CEO. "The cost of growing that room-based
system was problematic, and the fact that we wanted to expand our network
to support internal communications as well as external, clinched our
decision to investigate other possibilities. Our existing system did not
have a desktop video conferencing option, and we needed to be able to
offer video communications to our remote team via their desktops and
laptops; not just through a room system. After trying the Vidyo system
and experiencing its ease of use and crisp HD quality, for both room and
desktop video conferencing, we cancelled our plans to order additional
equipment from the other company."

Vidyo Bridges the Gap Between HD Room and HD Desktop Video Conferencing

A recurring theme among users of Vidyo's systems is its ease of access and
use by anyone at any time. The versatility of Vidyo products and
technology enable BOTH desktop and room HD video conferencing that can be
used by everyone in a company, whether from the office, home or while
traveling, via general IP networks. Whereas other video conference
solutions are dependent on various combinations of hardware, specialized
equipment and room setups, and dedicated networks to accommodate HD
resolution, Vidyo takes a much simpler approach with superior results.
VidyoTechnology(TM) eliminates the central component of legacy video
conferencing -- the Multipoint Control Unit (MCU) -- and replaces it with
a distributed architecture using an application layer router. Because
there is no MCU encoding and decoding bottleneck, there is no latency
introduced on a Vidyo conference. The experience is smooth and natural.

"Hayes Pump is a great example of a company that realized that using room
systems alone for company-wide video conferencing provides limited value,"
said Ofer Shapiro, Vidyo's CEO. "Not only did they discover that Vidyo's
quality was superior to what they had been getting with the competition,
but they are also now convinced that HD desktop video conferencing, when
done the way Vidyo does it, is more versatile, accommodating, and far
better than anything else out there. We are extremely pleased that they
made this discovery."

Hayes Pump found that the install and configuration of the Vidyo system
was very easy and intuitive with no support from Vidyo required.
According to Zadravec, "Vidyo's solution enabled immediate collaboration
between locations, and when folks saw how easy it was to use, we adopted
it quickly. Now we use Vidyo for regular meetings between all our various
locations and often people prefer using the desktop than an available room
system."

Currently, Hayes Pump is using VidyoConferencing for internal
communication. However, Zadravec notes that they plan to use Vidyo in the
future for collaboration with engineering firms they work with for big
projects, as well as with their principal vendors to enhance third-party
communication and relationships. Additionally, Zadravec intends to use
Vidyo to support remote training efforts, stating that the technology
nicely fills the gap between "cheap web-based training technologies,"
which he called non-engaging, and high cost, in-person training sessions.

About Hayes Pump

Hayes is the Northeast's largest pump distributor with offices from Maine
to New Jersey. Founded in 1898, Hayes has built a reputation of excellence
for more than a century by delivering the best flow solutions for their
applications to its customers. With over 40 application specialists on
staff and partnerships with the most respected pump and flow solution
equipment manufacturers in the industry, Hayes Pump is the best resource
for pumping expertise in the Northeast today. Learn more at
www.hayespump.com.

About Vidyo, Inc.

Vidyo, Inc., headquartered in Hackensack, NJ, is making personal
telepresence a reality. Comprised of some of the industry's best engineers
and researchers, Vidyo has developed the first new video conferencing
architecture in decades. Vidyo enables people to communicate effectively
by using HD quality video from wherever they happen to be.
VidyoConferencing is easy and affordable to use by anyone whenever they
want, and deploys simply over any IP network. Leveraging Vidyo's unique
intellectual property built upon the new H.264 Scalable Video Coding (SVC)
standard, Vidyo delivers the industry's best resilience and lowest latency
video conferencing over converged IP networks. Vidyo's technology for OEMs
and end-to-end product solutions for organizations are able to support
point-to-point and multi-point connections that include a variety of
different platforms ranging from Mac & Windows desktops to dedicated room
solutions. Learn more at www.vidyo.com.

Contact:
Benita Kenn
PR Director
Vidyo Inc.
Benita@vidyo.com
650-906-3638

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