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Vidyo Usage at CERN Tops 50 Million Minutes in One YearHACKENSACK, N.J. --(Business Wire)-- In what is likely the broadest deployment in the world of video communications within the research community, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, commonly known as CERN, has reported that its total number of minutes of Vidyo (News - Alert) usage during the last year has exceeded 50 million. First deployed by the research organization in December 2011, Vidyo is used to facilitate seamless, visual collaboration by the center's affiliated scientists and researchers around the globe. Scientists from more than 600 universities spanning 113 countries meet on a regular basis for discussions and collaboration that is crucial to the success of CERN's research mission. Much of the collaboration has been focused on experiments involving CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator. "Vidyo's technology is helping us to expand our global research base and worldwide collaboration," stated Joao Fernandes, Global Video Conferencing Services Manager, IT Department, CERN. "As reflected in our usage numbers - more than 50 million minutes used in thousands of meetings in one year alone - Vidyo's scalable and integrated platform supports CERN's research missions, and we view Vidyo as a key application in bringing the global research community together." From April 2013 to April 2014, CERN calculated the total number of Vidyo usage minutes along with key usage information during the yearly time period. The minutes calculated reflect meetings with a minimum of two or more people participating. Almost every meeting at CERN has more than one legacy room system joining along with many others on Vidyo clients.
CERN is one of the world's largest and most respected centers for scientific research. With a current connection peak of 851 simultaneous users, traffic is spread over 24 servers worldwide that automatically cascade to enable network-efficient mega conferences in one of the largest private VidyoConferencing™ deployments in the world. CERN has specific constraints due to the scale and frequency of the meetings organized by the laboratory and the range of devices and technologies that need to be supported. Vidyo's solution fulfills the organization's stringent criteria. Vidyo offers a solution that is compatible with a wide variety of operating systems and provides CERN with scalability that does not compromise the quality of the video. About Vidyo, Inc. Vidyo, Inc. delivers amazing visual communications and price performance to power the "human interaction" in the era of the "Internet of Things." The VidyoWorks™ platform and APIs leverage Scalable Video Coding (SVC) and Vidyo's patented VidyoRouter™ to deliver scalable video conferencing, collaboration solutions and cloud-based services over public networks at a price comparable to audio conferencing. Vidyo pioneered personal telepresence and delivers integrated video applications anytime, anywhere over the broadest range of devices. Vidyo has more than 65 patents issued and patents pending in more than 60 patent families in various jurisdictions around the world. Learn more at www.vidyo.com, on the blog or follow Vidyo on Twitter (News - Alert) @vidyo and on Facebook. The VIDYO logo is a registered trademark of Vidyo, Inc., VIDYO and the trademarks of the VIDYO family of products are trademarks of Vidyo, Inc. and the other trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners.
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