[February 21, 2012]

Stratus Video and Blue Jeans Network Partner to Provide Interoperable, Video Conferencing Services to Healthcare, Call Center and Teleworking Customers

Stratus Video, the foremost provider of video communication services for healthcare, call center and teleworking and Blue Jeans Network, the leading provider of interoperable, cloud-based video conferencing services, announced today a partnership enabling Stratus to resell the Blue Jeans service to its customers. Blue Jeans is the first and only video conferencing service able to bridge together conference room solutions from Cisco (News - Alert), Polycom, Lifesize and others, with desktop clients like Microsoft Lync or Stratus Video's ViewMe HD, as well as popular consumer solutions such as Skype and Google (News - Alert). For the first time, patients, remote workers, call center associates and employees with access to Skype and a video-enabled desktop or mobile device, can participate in video meetings with their colleagues or doctors on traditional enterprise video conferencing equipment.

Video conferencing adoption has historically been plagued by complex, incompatible and expensive solutions while the alternative, audio conferencing, has been easy, open and affordable. By modeling itself after traditional audio bridging services, and making video as easy, interoperable and affordable as audio, Blue Jeans and Stratus Video are expanding the reach of video conferencing for customers around the globe.

Stratus Video has earned a reputation as the go-to provider for on-demand, video interpretation services in the healthcare industry. With the current state of healthcare, Stratus has capitalized on the opportunity to improve patient care, save time, reduce risks and lower costs. Their remote video interpreting and video call center solutions provide on-demand video and audio interpreting, 24×7, in 170 different languages. This results in improved patient satisfaction and lower medical risk because the patients are able to communicate in their native languages. Stratus' expertise and its broad portfolio of video products and cloud-services, make the Blue Jeans partnership a natural extension of the Stratus brand and enables customers to access Stratus services from a broader range of video enabled devices.

"What Blue eans Network has brought to the industry is game changing. We now have a viable solution that allows our customers to extend the reach of our ViewMe HD video collaboration platform, and their conference room video systems to reach remote users on Skype (News - Alert), Google, and any other clients," said William Cobb, General Manager, Stratus Video. "Customers have long been asking for interoperability in the video conferencing industry and the Blue Jeans service gives us the unique opportunity to go back to our customers with an offering that allows them to seamlessly connect with anyone, anywhere on any device. We are very excited to be adding the Blue Jeans Service to our conferencing portfolio to help us fulfill our commitment to offering solutions that make video collaboration accessible, easier to use and more affordable."

According to Gartner (News - Alert), the market demand for videoconferencing systems and services is forecasted to grow to $8.6 billion in 2015. With significant growth anticipated in the small to medium-sized business and desktop-based video markets, it only makes sense that these endpoints be interoperable with one another.

"We are excited about the opportunity to partner with Stratus Video," said Stu Aaron, Chief Commercial Officer, for Blue Jeans Network. "By extending the reach of telemedicine and interpretive services beyond specialized facilities with expensive gear to desktop and mobile devices anywhere, we are making quality healthcare more accessible to more people."

Stratus will be exhibiting at the HIMMS show in Vegas, February 21 - 24^th. To see their full portfolio and the Blue Jeans service, please stop by the Knowledge Center, Kiosk #9.

For additional information about Stratus Video, please visit www.stratusvideo.com.

For additional information about Blue Jeans Network, please visit www.bluejeans.com.

Stratus Video

Stratus Video deploys video interpretation services for over 170 global languages in corporations and health care venues on a 24/7, on-demand basis. Further, Stratus facilitates one-to-one and one-to-many communications in their Multi-Conference Unit cloud- and land-based video conference rooms. Stratus Video/ ZVRS is the only service available today that leverages innovative video software to daily interpret over 50,000 calls through its call centers. Additionally, both ZVRS and Stratus' technology-based approach allows for full interoperability and mobile connectivity for interpretation on smart devices such as PC, MAC, androids, iPhones and tablets. Stratus and ZVRS service hundreds of Fortune 500 businesses including Federal, State, and Local Governmental Offices as well as major healthcare facilities.

About Blue Jeans Network

At Blue Jeans Network, our mission is to make video communications as easy and pervasive as audio communications, enabling more effective collaboration at work, at home, and on the road. Our cloud-based conferencing service makes this possible by enabling customers to connect with each other seamlessly any time, anywhere, and from practically any device. The Blue Jeans Network extends high quality video communications beyond the traditional boundaries of specialized conference rooms and into the mainstream, allowing employees throughout an enterprise to interact more effectively with each other, and with their customers, partners, suppliers, family, and friends. Blue Jeans Network is a private company headquartered in Mountain View, California. For more information go to www.bluejeans.com.

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