Conferencing for everyone: There are few products ever released which will have a genuine impact on the way many organizations do business. The Labtam Collaborator 9000 series is one. For the first time full multipoint conferencing, using the standard telephone network and any IP network is available at a price point which is within easy reach of small and large organizations alike. Your organization can use its current infrastructure to deliver all the benefits of full voice, video and data conferencing. And the news gets even better, as Labtam Collaborator uses Microsoft's NetMeeting as a conferencing tool which is provided free of charge. Completely scalable, fully featured, and easy to use, Labtam Collaborator 9000 is the multipoint conferencing tool for everyone. What is IP conferencing? The term IP conferencing is used to refer to standards based communication over IP networks. Multipoint IP conferencing occurs where more than two people are involved in an online meeting or conference and may incorporate voice, video and data communication. The days when video conferencing required expensive and dedicated hardware, software and communications infrastructure and was reserved for corporate boardrooms are gone. IP conferencing can utilize existing computer equipment and network infrastructure and enables everyone involved to: teleconference; data conference; video conference and multimedia conference, without leaving their desk. Companies such as Microsoft have eliminated barriers to access to this form of communication by providing standards based PC conferencing tools such as MS NetMeeting free of charge. Leading the world in Multipoint IP conferencing: Labtam's powerful range of server software products is built around standards based desktop conferencing tools. These include the Labtam Collaborator 9000: model 100 data conference server; model 200 audio, video and data conference server; model 250 video and data conference server with fully integrated PABX telephony and conference functionality (available Q1 98) and; model 300 Internet telephony server (available Q1 98). Labtam has achieved conference server functionality and performance at price points never previously available. In addition to video and data, the multipoint audio capabilities delivered as part of Labtam's software-only conference server solution are a world first. The inherent flexibility of Labtam's conference server technology allows a person to join a conference using anything from a 28.8 kbps modem through to a high performance LAN/WAN link. Naturally, increases in available bandwidth are matched by increases in performance and video quality. Everyone can get results: Multipoint IP conferencing using Labtam Collaborator 9000 conference servers has been clearly shown to: improve staff productivity; improve staff communications; improve customer relations; reduce communications costs; reduce expenditure on travel and; accelerate decision making. And with Labtam Collaborator 9000 your organization has a future proof standards compliant investment in better communication with a high rate of return. So easy, everyone can do it: All you need is a compatible computer for effective and efficient communication. The consistent but customizable Web Browser interface to Labtam Collaborator 9000 conference management has made the administrative side of IP conferencing readily accessible to both professional and support staff. How organizations are using it: Labtam Collaborator 9000 is being used to provide multipoint IP conferencing capabilities for: day to day communication; meetings; management reviews; seminars; presentations; briefing sessions; collaborative projects; professional networking; corporate training; distance learning; customer support; accessing remote experts and service delivery. Conference server products: The Labtam Collaborator 9000 models 100, 200 and 250 include web server software to enable secure but simple administration and conference control from any Web Browser. The HTML nature of the conference administration interface makes it totally customizable. Labtam Collaborator 9000 provides organizations of all sizes with the opportunity to utilize their existing infrastructure and achieve a high rate of return on that investment. To join a conference, a participant only requires a standards based desktop conferencing application such as MS NetMeeting, access to a conference server, a conference name and password and where appropriate the My-T-Meeting client conference control application. The model 200 is software-based and operates in accordance with the ITU H.323 and T.120 standards. It provides unlimited switched and limited full duplex mixed audio, video and multipoint data collaboration. Using a wide range of video devices and standard microphone and speakers, each participant may be heard and seen by all other participants in the conference as and when required. The unique My-T-Meeting client conference control application provides an ancillary form of group interaction including the capacity to vote. The Model 200 also provides an organization with a powerful TCP/IP teleconferencing server from where multiparty teleconferences can be accessed and managed.