IPeak Networks' IPQ Exceeds Analysts' Expectations in Testing
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Third Party Evaluation Reveals IPQ Consistently and Automatically Reduces Packet-Loss by Over 90 Percent OTTAWA, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- IPeak Networks, a leading developer of network performance and quality management solutions, today released the findings from an objective, third party assessment of the company's IPQ(TM) technology, by Wainhouse Research, an independent market research and analyst firm specializing in conferencing, collaboration, and unified communications. According to the Wainhouse Research report, IPQ consistently and automatically reduced IP network packet loss, in some cases by over 90 percent, enabling useable, high quality video conferences over lossy networks. IPQ is IPeak Networks' unique, plug-and-play packet protection technology optimized for video conferencing. IPQ has the proven ability to work with any standards-compliant video conferencing system and deliver the benefits of emerging visual communications tools to the far edge of the enterprise LAN and beyond. "As the use of video conferencing increases within organizations of all sizes, there is an increasing urgency to address the negative effects of packet loss," said Ira Wainhouse, senior analyst and partner at Wainhouse Research. "IPeak Networks' IPQ technology met, and in many ways exceeded, our initial expectations for this type of packet-loss protection solution. With IPQ's relatively low cost and plug-and-play design, we believe this solution would be valuable to virtually any organization seeking to conduct high quality video conferencing sessions over loss-prone IP networks. This is especially true for organizations with multi-vendor video conferencing deployments." "We are thrilled by the findings of the Wainhouse Research report," said Martin Horne, CEO, IPeak Networks. "The report not only validates our innovative packet protection technology, but underscores our commitment to providing effective, low-cost solutions to the video conference market." A full copy of the report is available at the following URL: http://www.wrplatinum.com/Content.aspx?CID=10745 ABOUT IPEAK NETWORKS IPeak Networks is a privately held Canadian networking technology development company headquartered in Ottawa Canada. The company's flagship product, IPQ(TM) reduces the damaging effects of the packet loss that is endemic to best-efforts networks like the Internet. IPQ adds the performance and quality to those lossy networks that is required to support the demands placed by HD video in conferencing applications, in virtual desktop implementations, and in wireless and mobile applications. With IPQ, enterprises can deploy these real-time networked applications to run over the Internet and avoid the high costs of the QoS networks that would otherwise be required. To learn more about IPeak Networks and IPQ, visit www.ipeaknetworks.com. ABOUT WAINHOUSE RESEARCH Wainhouse Research, LLC (WR) provides analysis and consulting on the market trends, technologies/ products, vendors, applications, and services in the collaboration and conferencing fields. Areas of coverage include hardware, software, and services related to audio, video, and web conferencing, unified communications, and enterprise social networking. The Company publishes market intelligence reports, provides customized strategic and tactical consulting and studies, and produces industry events (conferences). Additionally, the Company operates industry-focused and end user-focused Web sites and publishes a weekly sponsored bulletin for news and analysis. For more information on Wainhouse Research, visit www.wainhouse.com. SOURCE IPeak Networks Kevin Thornton, Nadel Phelan Inc., +1-831-440-2404, Kevin.thornton@nadelphelan.com; or Brett McAteer, IPeak Networks, +1-613-599-6267, brett@ipeaknetworks.com
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