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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." | | -
David Dirks, Chief Technology Officer | 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.
| | 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. |
| Polycom
- Accord,
PictureTel Corp.
| |  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. | |
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. | |
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. |
| GlobeCast
America
|  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. |
| Initia,
Inc -
Madge Networks, N.V. Teleos Communications, Inc.
|  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 of ISDN products. |
| Intel
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Dialogic Corporation
| |  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
| Tandberg
| Polycom
| Globecast
| Initia
| Dialogic
| Forgent
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