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Amba Research Selects Avistar Desktop™ Videoconferencing; Joins Avistar's Securities Community Network for Financial Services
SAN MATEO, Calif. --(Business Wire)--
Avistar Communications Corp. (Nasdaq:AVSR), a leader in unified visual communications, announced today that Amba Research, a leading provider of investment research support services to the global capital markets industry, has selected Avistar C3 Desktop videoconferencing and has joined Avistar's Securities Community Network. Launched in 2008, Avistar's Securities Community Network connects financial services professionals using state of the art visual communications technology, providing instantaneous and ubiquitous desktop videoconferencing without the need for costly hardware and infrastructure.
Amba is a leading provider of investment research support services for financial institutions. Amba's clients include 6 of the top 15 global asset managers and 18 of the top 25 investment banks. These firms use Amba's support for a wide range of equity, fixed income and quantitative research. Amba's staff of more than 400 qualified analysts helps clients gain significant performance and cost leverage in evaluating ideas, expanding sector/stock coverage, company analysis and in business support areas such as fund marketing.
Stephen Epstein, CMO of Avistar, said, "Amba Research is the newest member our financial services community. With its easy installation and usability, as well as its high quality video and audio across firewalls and patent-protected bandwidth management, Avistar C3™ is a logical choice for any organization that requires face-time with clients, employees and vendors to keep relationships strong and projects moving forward."
"Since investment banks and firms, commercial banks and others rely on Amba Research to deliver analysis and research on a regular basis, we envision Avistar C3 increasing our degree of personal touch, real-time communication and effectiveness," said Mohan Alexander, Managing Director and co-founder of Amba Research. "In addition, Avistar's ease of use, attractive price point and quality of delivery makes sense for Amba, more so than any other vendor we considered."
About Amba Research
Amba Research provides financial research and analytical support services to customers in the capital markets industry. The company was founded in 2003 by former senior research directors at leading global investment banks. Amba has worked with over 70 leading investment banks, asset managers and hedge funds in all the world's major financial centers. Amba provides analytical support across multiple asset classes, including global equities, fixed income/credit and quantitative research. Amba has offices in New York, London, Singapore, Bangalore, Colombo and San Jose. For more information on Amba Research, please visit www.ambaresearch.com.
About Avistar Communications Corporation
Avistar (Nasdaq:AVSR) is an innovation leader in the unified visual communications industry, providing proven business-class desktop videoconferencing technology. Avistar's installations include more than 100,000 committed desktop seats worldwide, bringing together business users anytime and anyplace. Companies such as IBM, Sony, LifeSize and Polycom use Avistar technology to power their unified communications solutions. Avistar also works with leading channel partners and resellers including Amba Research, AVI-SPL, CityIS, Communications III and Datamart in more than 40 countries. For more information, please visit www.avistar.com.
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