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"TKO
understands finding and keeping good vendors
with quality products and services is incredibly
hard to do. Few companies and even fewer products
stand the tests of trial or time."
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David Dirks, Chief Technology Officer
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We
continually search for and evaluate good products
and good companies. Rarely do we find them together.
Our commitment to providing customers with quality
services and products depends on our ability to
find and work with great partners.
We
have established our own benchmark
testing laboratories (Olympia Lab) to
evaluate and analyze new products before they meet
your  network.
Some companies come to us to help them develop their
product, others avoid us. Either way, you benefit
because only the best products and services leave
our labs ready for real applications in your network.
TKO's Olympia Lab is the final proving ground before
our seal of approval goes on a communications product
or service. If it works in our lab, and it works
reliably, you can be sure it is ready for use.
The
best thing about our partnerships and our laboratories
is that most of our customers don't even notice
them. Our commitment is to make networks work in
the lab first and in the field forever. We are proud
to acknowledge our business partners as key members
of our Mission Critical support team. Each company
listed below has had their products or services
run through a battery of applications testing at
our Olympia Lab facilities and they have proven
to be enterprise-ready.
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Tandberg
USA
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 Quality
video conferencing systems from Tandberg®
are found in most Mission Critical video communications
networks. Tandberg offers a common user interface
among all video systems and a simplified API for integration
of touch panels. Additionally, Tandberg smartly includes
interfaces for multiple networks, additional cameras
and microphones for easy integration into most video
networks. Tandberg is a technology leader. Their products
(550,
880,
1000,
7000
and more) have proven reliable - even enduring harsh
environmental conditions. TKO recommends Tandberg
products for most Mission Critical video networks.
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Polycom
- Accord,
PictureTel Corp.
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 Polycom®
offers the broadest array of video conferencing equipment
in the market. This TKO partner offers the strength
of three product lines (Polycom, Accord®
and PictureTel®). All of these products
are nicely combined into one large and fully featured
suite of products.
The
broad product mix offered by Polycom includes low
cost video conferencing endpoints, mid-range systems,
outstanding telco-grade multi-point bridging systems
and even a rack mount "integrator" codecs.
TKO recommends Polycom products for networks with
high numbers of video systems (over 100). They are
especially appropriate in small to medium sized conference
rooms where economical video capability and convenience
are needed.
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Sony
- PCS-1,
PCS-11, TL50 and G70
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 Sony
has built its reputation on "user friendly"
electronics. With the entrance into the video conferencing
market, Sony has further enhanced that reputation.
Sony
has developed an array of quality equipment and optional
accessories for the fast growing video conferencing
market. The "user friendly" Sony PCS-1, PCS-11, TL50
and G70
systems has further enhanced your next video conference
meeting to be more affordable, easy and effective.
The futuristic designs of the systems with the latest
vido conferencing technolgy has made Sony a perfect
match for businesses that need easy-to-use video communications.
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Global
Scheduling Solutions - Forgent
Networks
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 Scheduling
is an absolute requirement for reservation of resources
between buildings, regions, states and countries.
There are many forms of scheduling services and software.
However, there are few systems that both meet the
practical needs of running a large video communications
network and simultaneously meet the exacting demands
of individual users. For this difficult task TKO has
partnered with Global Scheduling Solutions (GSS®).
GSS
software from Forgent
Networks® rises to the top
of all products for serious scheduling applications.
Not only has GSS handled the required basics like
time zone management, room setup and cleanup timing,
they have included important additional resources
that may be required such as catering of meals. TKO
has used and tested scores of scheduling systems and
the GSS software is clearly superior. Additionally,
quality vendor support for products is always an imperative
and GSS offers a superior support organization for
their products.
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GlobeCast
America
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 GlobeCast®
is a leader in global satellite services. The constellation
of GlobeCast satellites and the collection of their
services are unmatched for enterprise communications.
GlobeCast maintains facilities around the world and
they can dispatch production crews quickly to locations
globally.
In
the competitive field for satellite services TKO pays
close attention to the ability for our satellite partner
to deliver quality video, audio and customer service.
In the satellite
broadcasting business, customer service
is often equated with speed and responsiveness. In
this regard, GlobeCast is a cut above all others.
TKO offers services in partnership with GlobeCast
without hesitation for all of our global broadcasting
events.
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Initia,
Inc -
Madge Networks, N.V. Teleos Communications, Inc.
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 ISDN
switching systems have been in use since the mid-1980's
and their growing popularity has propelled products
from Initia, Inc. to the focal point of demand. Initia®
is now the owner of the popular AccessSwitch™
line of products originally developed by Teleos Communications,
Inc. and later purchased and popularized by Madge Networks,
N.V.
These quality products offer Primary and Basic Rate
ISDN in addition to E1 and T1 signaling. Further, they
offer serial interfaces for high-speed bandwidth allocation
to routers and video conferencing systems over private
networks. The products including the AccessSwitch 20,
60
and 200
are unique in the industry and the highest caliber technical
teams from TKO and Initia are available daily to support
them. Initia and TKO are long and fast business partners
dedicated to providing high quality switching systems
for enterprise networking and laboratory development
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Intel
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Dialogic Corporation
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 Computer
telephony integration is key to what is called signal
acquisition or getting analog audio telephone data
(like human voice or touch tones) into a digital format.
The leader in the market for equipment and software
support is Dialogic®
now owned by Intel®. Dialogic provides
circuit cards for applications including voice, conferencing
and speech technologies such as Interactive Voice
Response (IVR) systems.
Intel/Dialogic
products allow developers to create new technologies.
Importantly, Dialogic products are available with
significant software tools and technical support to
assist developers. Combining quality hardware and
software from Intel/Dialogic with TKO's Olympia
Lab testing capabilities can be a powerful combination.
In just one day, your new application, which is based
on a Dialogic platform, can be stress tested in our
Olympia Lab with over 100,000 calls of random or predicted
interactivity. TKO recommends Dialogic products in
conjunction with our Olympia Lab testing services.
About
TKO
TKO Video Communications provides audio conferencing,
video conferencing equipment,
software, outsourcing and event management including
both video and audio streaming as well as satellite
broadcasting. In addition, we offer video conferencing
and telecommunications training.
Sony
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