Nefsis Corporation is a communications technology company. It was an early developer of real-time communications software
[Sandra Kay Miller. ]
Collaboration at Warp Speed
” InfoWorld, May 29, 2000, p. 41.
Snapshot for wiredred.com
for May 6, 1999, Way Back Machine. Retrieved 4/28/2011. and the first to use cloud computing in the
videoconferencing
Videotelephony, also known as videoconferencing and video teleconferencing, is the two-way or multipoint reception and transmission of audio signal, audio and video signals by people in different locations for Real-time, real time communication. ...
industry.
The Next Generation
” European CEO, November 30, 2010. Retrieved 4/28/2011.
Best Practices Award 2009, European Conferencing & Collaboration, Product Differentiation Award
” Frost & Sullivan, September 28, 2009. The award citation reads, in part, “With its latest offering, Nefsis, WiredRed has become the first company in the world to offer a conferencing service solution based on the technologies of cloud-computing, end-to-end parallel processing and multipoint video conferencing.” Retrieved 4/28/2011.
Nefsis offers multipoint video conferencing with integrated voice and live collaboration solutions for small to medium-sized business and distributed enterprise customers.
[Robert Lipschutz. ]
A Virtual Room of One’s Own
,” PC Magazine, May 4, 2004.
History
Nefsis was founded in 1998 by Allen Drennan as WiredRed Corporation.
” Nefsis.com. Retrieved 4/28/2011. The company name was changed to Nefsis Corporation in 2010.
In 1998 through 2000 the company developed and sold a VPN-like, full-duplex, multipoint communications software product called e/pop that supported several applications including presence management, instant messaging, multiparty VoIP, and remote control.
In 2001 the company introduced version 3 of its e/pop software, including server-to-server pipes, providing a unique method of relaying presence status and secure instant messaging across firewalls and proxies in multi-office, distributed networks. e/pop v3.0 received Network Computing Editor’s Choice award in September, 2004, for enterprise instant messaging due in part to its secure multi-office capabilities.
The company’s real-time software technology was distributed under OEM license by Sony Online Entertainment in 2003 as the multipoint
VoIP
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), also called IP telephony, is a method and group of technologies for the delivery of voice communications and multimedia sessions over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, such as the Internet. The terms Internet t ...
software engine in the ''
PlanetSide
''PlanetSide'' was a massively-multiplayer online first-person-shooter video game published by Sony Online Entertainment and released on May 20, 2003.
''PlanetSide'' chronicles the efforts of three factions as they fight for territorial contro ...
'' multiplayer online game. Commencing 2004, NewHeights Software Corporation licensed the company’s technology to power presence, IM, and web conferencing features in several
softphone
A softphone is a software program for making telephone calls over the Internet using a general purpose computer rather than dedicated hardware. The softphone can be installed on a piece of equipment such as a desktop, mobile device, or other compu ...
products sold under the NewHeights and Mitel brands. These OEM integrations were noteworthy at the time as they added multipoint VoIP and web conferencing to these online gaming and softphone applications, respectively.
In May, 2004, the company appeared in the market research report ‘Gartner Magic Quadrant for Web Conferencing,’ citing a “forward-looking hybrid of presence based IM and Web conferencing.” During the same timeframe the company added
multipoint video as another feature of its on-premises, web conferencing software products.
In 2005 the company started offering its software under hosted service agreements (
software-as-a-service
Software as a service (SaaS ) is a software licensing and delivery model in which software is licensed on a subscription basis and is centrally hosted. SaaS is also known as "on-demand software" and Web-based/Web-hosted software.
SaaS is cons ...
). After several years in development, the company introduced
cloud computing
Cloud computing is the on-demand availability of computer system resources, especially data storage ( cloud storage) and computing power, without direct active management by the user. Large clouds often have functions distributed over mul ...
and
parallel processing technology to its customers commencing in 2008. The new video conferencing online service was introduced under the Nefsis brand, which later became the company name.
The company was cited by European CEO Magazine and market research firm Frost & Sullivan in 2009 as the first to use cloud computing in a multipoint video conferencing online service.
Nefsis has been used for corporate video conferencing and online meetings, as a business continuity tool during inclement weather, and in specialty applications such as training, telemedicine, video arraignment, and video remote interpreting among others.
In 2011, Nefsis was acquired by
Brother Industries
is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational electronics and electrical equipment company headquartered in Nagoya, Japan. Its products include Printer (computing), printers, multifunction printers, desktop computers, sewing machin ...
.
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References
External links
Official Website
Web conferencing
Teleconferencing
Videotelephony