Teliris
Encyclopedia
Teliris is a privately-owned telepresence
and videoconferencing
company headquartered in New York
and London
that designs and sells video collaboration products and services. Teliris currently has deployments in over 50 countries. Its client base includes large-cap companies such as GlaxoSmithKline
, Royal Bank of Scotland
and the New York Stock Exchange
.
In 2011, Teliris hired three new executive team members, formerly of Level 3 Communications
, to help expand the company's product and service portfolio and increase market penetration.
Martyn Lewis, CBE
, co-founder and European Chairman of Teliris, continues to play an important role in advancing the company's reputation.
solutions, with the New York Times calling it a "major player in telepresencing." The company's telepresence offerings include its VirtuaLive room-based solution, its three-screen Express solution, its singe-screen Personal solution, and its table-top Executive solution. In 2011, Teliris announced two new videoconferencing
products, the StartPoint appliance solution and the @nywhere software client.
All of Teliris' products are supported by their managed service package, which includes full support, monitoring, and reporting. In 2011, the company announced that it would support management of video endpoints from other hardware manufacturers. That same year, Teliris announced a partnership with Fuze Box to integrate real-time collaboration functionality into its products.
Telepresence
Telepresence refers to a set of technologies which allow a person to feel as if they were present, to give the appearance of being present, or to have an effect, via telerobotics, at a place other than their true location....
and videoconferencing
Videoconferencing
Videoconferencing is the conduct of a videoconference by a set of telecommunication technologies which allow two or more locations to interact via two-way video and audio transmissions simultaneously...
company headquartered in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
and London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
that designs and sells video collaboration products and services. Teliris currently has deployments in over 50 countries. Its client base includes large-cap companies such as GlaxoSmithKline
GlaxoSmithKline
GlaxoSmithKline plc is a global pharmaceutical, biologics, vaccines and consumer healthcare company headquartered in London, United Kingdom...
, Royal Bank of Scotland
Royal Bank of Scotland
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group is a British banking and insurance holding company in which the UK Government holds an 84% stake. This stake is held and managed through UK Financial Investments Limited, whose voting rights are limited to 75% in order for the bank to retain its listing on the...
and the New York Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
The New York Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located at 11 Wall Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City, USA. It is by far the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies at 13.39 trillion as of Dec 2010...
.
Company Overview
Teliris was founded in 1999 following a joint venture between Mycroft, a New York based technology company, and the UK company Global Intercasting Ltd, which provided live satellite television programs for global corporate clients.In 2011, Teliris hired three new executive team members, formerly of Level 3 Communications
Level 3 Communications
Level 3 Communications is a telecommunications and Internet service provider headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado.It operates a Tier 1 network. The company provides core transport, IP, voice, video and content delivery for most of the medium to large Internet carriers in North America and Europe...
, to help expand the company's product and service portfolio and increase market penetration.
Martyn Lewis, CBE
Martyn Lewis (journalist)
Martyn Lewis CBE is a British television news presenter and journalist.-Early life:Lewis was born in Swansea, West Glamorgan, though was educated at the co-educational Dalriada School in Northern Ireland and graduated with a BA degree from Trinity College, Dublin. He then joined BBC Northern...
, co-founder and European Chairman of Teliris, continues to play an important role in advancing the company's reputation.
Products and services
Since its inception, Teliris has primarily sold high-end telepresenceTelepresence
Telepresence refers to a set of technologies which allow a person to feel as if they were present, to give the appearance of being present, or to have an effect, via telerobotics, at a place other than their true location....
solutions, with the New York Times calling it a "major player in telepresencing." The company's telepresence offerings include its VirtuaLive room-based solution, its three-screen Express solution, its singe-screen Personal solution, and its table-top Executive solution. In 2011, Teliris announced two new videoconferencing
Videoconferencing
Videoconferencing is the conduct of a videoconference by a set of telecommunication technologies which allow two or more locations to interact via two-way video and audio transmissions simultaneously...
products, the StartPoint appliance solution and the @nywhere software client.
All of Teliris' products are supported by their managed service package, which includes full support, monitoring, and reporting. In 2011, the company announced that it would support management of video endpoints from other hardware manufacturers. That same year, Teliris announced a partnership with Fuze Box to integrate real-time collaboration functionality into its products.