Center for the Development of Electronic Educational Resources of Lomonosov Moscow State University bought software server of video conferencing by Vinteo company for 10 licenses. Since the conclusion of the contract till conducting full-fledged video conferencing one month past; during this Vinteo specialists implemented solution in exploitation in just three days.
The customer was faced with the task of expanding and modernizing the existing video conferencing network based on a ten-year-old LifeSize server and also organizing remote examinations for students. At the same time new server of video conferencing needs to provide full compatibility with already installed solutions of LifeSize, Cisco/Tandberg, Polycom manufacturers and realize the opportunity of participation in conferences with modern browsers at different operational systems such as Windows, Linux, Mac OS.
With the assistance of employees of TeCONF company a comparative test of modern domestic products was conducted as a result of which customer choosed Vinteo solution as a core of video conferencing. Vinteo video conferencing software server bypassed competitors for technical indicators such as mixing of video streams and requirement to hardware part because to work Vinteo only server of standard configuration needs. In MSU Vinteo core installed to Dell T630 server with one processor and two NVIDIA Quadro video cards. As customer needs grow it is possible to add one more processor and two video cards and at least double port capacity without hardware replacement. Also the Vinteo solution appeared more attractive for price criterion.
A new video conferencing system will apply regularly in MSU not only for organization of educational processes but for conducting big events including international level. Also Vinteo video conferencing server will apply in ''University Saturdays'' project. In perspective, customers are planning to increase the license amount of Vinteo video conferencing server. Opportunities of Vinteo platform also allows to integrate it with invironment of remote education with Moodle software code.