daviko receives international IPv6 award for its videoconferencing solution

The German company daviko wins the first prize of the international IPv6 application contest for its video conference software PlaceCam 3. The outstanding achievement is a joint work with computer scientists from the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences and Freie Universität Berlin within the project Moviecast. The award is endowed with over 10,000 $. PlaceCam is a fully IPv6/v4 compliant multi-point videoconference software, which may spread IPv6 deployment and create a new experience in the future Internet. The first prize has been presented by Hasso Plattner at the 2nd German IPv6 Summit attended by Internet pioneer Robert Kahn.

PlaceCam does not require specific hardware. Up to 40 participants can be interconnected without a MCU based on P2P and server technology. The highly efficient H.264 video encoding standard provides excellent image quality and adapts to available resources. PlaceCam hence runs on mobile phones. Using the Internet standard SIP, PlaceCam allows to transfer sessions between different devices, e.g., from a PDA to a telepresence system.

Further information:
• PlaceCam: http://www.daviko.com
• The distinguished work is a result of the project Moviecast: http://moviecast.realmv6.org
• International IPv6 Contest: http://www.ipv6council.de/contest

daviko GmbH was founded in March, 2001 as a spin-off of the Advanced Technical College for Technology and Economics in Berlin (FHTW). The three founders had already co-operated with industrial customers at the FHTW in projects that were funded by third-parties. The founders brought their expertise in encoding and transmitting data with them into the newly launched company.

Just one year later - in January 2002 - daviko GmbH had taken 2nd place in the first stage of the "Business plan contest Berlin-Brandenburg." During the same year, it was also chosen to be one of the award winners of the "Founder's Competition in Multimedia", which was sponsored by the German Department of Finance.

The core competencies of daviko GmbH are the development of software that implements the latest technologies for encoding and transferring audio and video signals. Our IP-based multipoint video conferencing software was developed in early 2004 and, since then, has been constantly adapted to integrate the latest breakthroughs made in the field. In addition to marketing our standard software, daviko GmbH also develops highly customized solutions to meet the special needs of customers.

Contact:
Mark Palkow, CTO
daviko GmbH
Am Borsigturm 40
D-13507 Berlin, Germany
e-Mail: palkow@daviko.com
Mobil: 0178-5345065
Tel: +49 (0) 30 43 00 43-44, Fax: +49 (0) 30 43 00 43-55

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