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Alex Eleftheriadis, Ph.D.
Chief Scientist and Co-Founder
Vidyo, Inc.
November 15, 2012
2. Vidyo in a Nutshell
! Develops Internet-based videoconferencing products for enterprises
! Founded in 2005 by Ofer Shapiro, Avery More, and Alex Eleftheriadis
! First products launched in January 2008
! $99MM+ from
! Sevin Rosen, Star Ventures
! Four Rivers Group, Juniper, Menlo Ventures, Rho Ventures,
QuestMark Partners
! Employees: 300+
! HQ in the US
! Worldwide offices: France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, UK
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3. Vidyo Momentum
2,000+ Fortune 100 and SMB customers
Deployed
Customers 25+ service providers and 300+ resellers globally
65 million Google+ users1 ─ powered by Vidyo
20 Awards
Industry
On WSJ’s Top 50 Ventured-Backed companies 3 years in a row
Recognition
World Economic Forum 2013 Technology Pioneer
Ground breaking video conferencing architecture
Innovation First to deliver multi-party HD VC over the Internet
22 patents awarded, 54 pending
Extendable 5 OEM partners including Google, Ricoh, Hitachi
Platform 50+ partners creating ground breaking applications
100s of Healthcare, Education & Gov’t applications
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1 Source: http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/27/google-user-count
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4. Vidyo Changed Industry’s Economics
Room Telepresence High Quality
Room Telepresence New Paradigm
“By 2015, over 200 million
• Great experience workers globallyno delay
• Quality: High fidelity, will run
• Well-utilized 100 hours/month • Reach: BYOD, Internet, wireless
• Super-expensive $400/hour corporate-supplied to scale
• Savings: Software, priced
• Does not scale videoconferencing from
z their desktops.”
z
– Gartner
ID Number: G00173005
High Cost Low Cost
MCU Video Conferencing Web-based Services
• Expensive • Free but limited
• Under-utilized 10 hours/month • Unpredictable
• Does not scale or deliver • Does not deliver on
performance
z z
Low Quality
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5. Scalable Video Coding and the VidyoRouter
High Resolution Layer
Base Layer
2 Mbps High Resolution - High Frame Ra
High Resolution High Frame Rate
Source High Resolution Layer
High Resolution Layer
Base Layer
Base Layer 500 Kbps Medium Resolution - Medium Frame Rate
Medium Resolution - Medium Frame Rate
Base Layer
3G/4G
Low Bandwidth
Low Resolution - Low Frame Rate
Low Resolution - Low Frame Rate
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6. Significantly Lower Costs
Example: For 600 HD Conference Participants
Traditional MCU: 114U
• 10X better density
• 10X lower cost
• 10X better quality
• 10X lower power
6U: VidyoRouter Virtual VidyoRouter
Cloud Compute
Utilizing fewer, off-the-shelf servers to save up to 90%
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7. Vidyo Redefines Endpoint Economics
TouchScreen Executive Desktop iMac – 1440p Room System <$20,000
iPhone Samsung Android iPad2 Telepresence
Superior end user experience at significantly lower costs
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9. The Videoconferencing Industry’s Switch to SVC
Announced
Plans for H.264 SVC
Deployed
Based on
Vidyo’s Non-scalable Legacy H.264
Technology
Scalable Codec
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10. Day 1
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11. “A Brave New World”
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12. Hornblower Series
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13. Ship of the Line: HMS Victory (launched 1765)
Bow Detail, 2007
Portsmouth, 1900
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14. How to “Join the Navy”
! Technology and historical context is “irrelevant” (changes all the time)
! The process is repeatable
! Clarity of Goal
! People are key:
! Knowledge & Training
! Commitment to the Common Goal
! Find the right role for each person
! Hard work (relentless pursuit of perfection)
! Talent and luck accelerate the process, they don’t replace it
! Persistence – the mistress of Success
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15. “It’s more fun to be a pirate than to join the navy.”
Steve Jobs
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