Kontiki Extends Enterprise Video Capabilities to Mobile Users

By Charles West, TMCnet Web Editor

Kontiki, a provider of enterprise video solutions, today announced full support for leading enterprise mobile devices in its groundbreaking enterprise video platform solution.

This announcement marks the first in a series of mobile features to be released for the Kontiki (News - Alert) platform. With this offering, organizations worldwide can now extend the experience of their Kontiki VideoCenter employee video portals to their mobile users in order to more effectively reach and engage all employees.

Kontiki will demonstrate the new product at Business Video Expo 2011, being held Feb. 2-4, Miami Beach Convention Center. The company will also be featured in awards, panels and keynotes at the conference.

Kontiki will be featured in these high-profile Business Video Expo venues:

Customer Wells Fargo (News - Alert) will receive an “Excellence in Enterprise Video Award” presented by market research analyst firm Interactive Media Strategies

CEO Eric Armstrong will moderate a panel with executives from Riverbed (News - Alert), Wells Fargo, Qwest and Bank of America titled “Strategies for Boosting Enterprise Network Capacity to Manage Video Sprawl”: Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2:30-3:15 p.m. EST. For access, click here.

Partner BT Conferencing Aaron McCormack will present a keynote on how collaboration and video services increase productivity, enhance the corporate meeting culture, and save time and money while creating a more environmentally friendly workplace: Thursday, Feb. 3, at 10:30 to 11 a.m. EST. For access, click here.

President and CEO Eric Armstrong will demonstrate its new products Thursday, Feb. 3, 2:25-2:55 p.m. EST. Catch the demonstration here.

Addressing the recent news announcement, Eric Armstrong, president and CEO for Kontiki, said “We see enterprise users really starting to embrace mobile video this year, and organizations who can conveniently reach and engage employees on the device of their choice are emerging as best practice industry leaders.”

“This is another example of how we are enabling customers to consolidate all of their business video IT needs into one efficient and effective platform. Kontiki offers the only complete Enterprise Video Platform (EVP) powered by a groundbreaking Enterprise Content Delivery Network (ECDN) and video application solution for live video events, on-demand video and employee video portals. The company’s SaaS (News - Alert)-based model provides significantly faster deployment and lower costs versus hardware-based alternatives. For many enterprises Kontiki is the only practical option for video-enabling their entire global workforce,” he added.

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