Glowpoint President to Address State of Collaborative Conferencing Industry at InfoComm 2010

HILLSIDE, N.J., May 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Joe Laezza, president and co-CEO of Glowpoint, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: GLOW), will be a featured industry panelist at the Interactive Multimedia Collaborative Communications Alliance (IMCCA) State of the Industry Lunch and Learn session at InfoComm 2010, the largest professional audio-visual event. The panel takes place at 12:30-2 p.m. (PDT) on June 9, in room N219, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. InfoComm 2010 takes place June 9-11.

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Laezza will join other senior executives and industry experts as they address the latest collaborative conferencing issues and trends. Laezza, who has more than 18 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, will field questions about collaborative applications for HD video and telepresence.

"It's always interesting when experts from around the world gather in one forum to share information and ideas regarding video-conferencing," Laezza said. "I'm honored to be on this panel, and I look forward to sharing my insights regarding managed video services."

Glowpoint, a leading supplier of managed video services for telepresence and video conferencing, will also demonstrate cloud-based video technologies and services at booth N1727 in the Conferencing Pavilion during InfoComm.

Glowpoint Service Demonstration Highlights:

• Glowpoint's Video-in-the-Cloud Managed Service Platform – A vendor agnostic, secure, and easily accessible mix of hardware, software, network, and support services
• Proprietary Video Room Sweep (VRS) – An automated diagnostic application that performs comprehensive "sweeps" and emulations of video sessions for all components of telepresence and video-conferencing rooms. Glowpoint's VRS assures higher in-use rates of video technology, resulting in predictable performance and a higher return on investment, by offering a more automated and scalable proactive level of managed service.
• Video Network Operations Center (VNOC) – Features room-scheduler, call-launching, and support for more than 140 telepresence video locations, as well as thousands of HD- and SD-conferencing rooms.
• On-demand, multi-participant HD conferencing – Achievable via any network and technology
• Live-to-TV and Live-to-web broadcasts – Highly flexible IP-based broadcast solutions for leading sports broadcasters, sports leagues, news outlets, cable stations, and collegiate conferences
• Business-to-business HD-Video calls

Jonathan Brust, vice president of marketing at Glowpoint, said, "Visitors to the Glowpoint booth will have a chance to experience, first-hand, the benefits of managed video services. These live demonstrations provide the perfect forum for us to educate service providers, vendors, and enterprises about the benefits of our hosted managed-services platform."

Additional Links

• Glowpoint's Managed Services
• Glowpoint on Twitter

About Glowpoint

Glowpoint, Inc. (OTCBB: GLOW) provides carrier-grade, managed-telepresence and video-communications services that are accessible via its cloud-based, hosted infrastructure and open architecture applications. Glowpoint's suite of robust telepresence and video-conferencing solutions empowers enterprises to communicate with each other over disparate networks and technology platforms. Glowpoint supports thousands of video-communications systems in more than 35 countries with its 24/7 video-management services. Glowpoint also powers major broadcasters, Fortune 500 companies, as well as global carriers and video-equipment manufacturers – and their customers – worldwide. To learn more, visit http://www.glowpoint.com.

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