[March 28, 2013] Comstor Partners UCi2i and Cisco Capital Finance to Provide All-in-One Video Conferencing Tweet Mar 28, 2013 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Westcon Group, a value-added distributor of unified communications, network infrastructure, data center, and security solutions with a global network of specialty resellers, announced the company's Comstor business unit is teaming with UCi2i and Cisco Capital Finance to deliver all-in-one hosted video conferencing. According to a release, available immediately, Video Ready is a new solution specifically designed to deliver hassle-free on- and off-premise video collaboration. The service bundle includes choice of video endpoint, a three-year maintenance and support contract and UCi2i "Connect" video managed services plan. Video Ready requires no on-site infrastructure, management, support or expertise meaning significant cost savings for those requiring an affordable and reliable path to unrestricted, pervasive video collaboration. "Increasingly, businesses are demanding new ways to make collaboration easier and less expensive," said Andreas Dohmen, EVP of EMEA, Comstor. "Backed by the power of UCi2i and Cisco -- and fully supported by Comstor's market-leading technology expertise -- Video Ready is the perfect answer for those wanting premier video collaboration, but lack the technology expertise or deep financial resources to make it happen." The company noted that many industry analysts estimate the worldwide video conferencing market is expected to exceed $14 billion within the next five years based on demand for more effective face-to-face communications methods via a secure, high-definition environment. Increasingly, customer adoption is built on the technology's ability to generate cost savings, while enabling companies to become more agile, mobile and productive. "Video conferencing has come a long way and is finally at a stage where companies want to integrate it into their business infrastructure. In the past, there simply wasn't the mechanism in place to make it a mainstream, accessible-anywhere business tool. That is, until now," said Bjorn Skeens, Group Commercial Director at UCi2i. "With Video Ready, companies can fully realize the promise of video conferencing via a rapidly deployable, dependable, easy-to-use, on- and off-premise video conferencing solution." Delivered by UCi2i's carrier-grade video platform, Video Ready is hosted within a secure data center in the cloud. Virtual meeting rooms are also video endpoint-independent, permitting users to access the service from any device, from anywhere, at anytime. "Cisco has steadily built a global reputation as one of the top providers of telepresence and communications platforms on the market today. Our technology helps customers around the world communicate more effectively and efficiently," said Philip Wright, Director of Partner Operations Sales EMEAR, Cisco. "By combining our expertise with UCi2i services and the knowledge-base of Comstor, a broader range customers can now experience all that unified collaboration has to offer even if they have little or no experience." UCi2i is a global, independent and vendor agnostic Video Managed Services Provider, headquartered in London and Hong Kong. More Information: westcongroup.com ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]