AMD News

In This Issue:

New Sales Structure at AMD
Edge 95 MXP Sales Promotion
Codec Sales Promotion
Record Videoconferences
Campus Technology features DMR210e for Education
TANDBERG Last Buy Notifications
TANDBERG Certification Training on the West Coast
How do I dial you? ...DNS!


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AMD Invites you to a TANDBERG Open House in Irvine.

On February 26 & 27 you are invited to come and see the Experia and Mobile Commander. Demonstrations take place every hour on the hour. Please RSVP for full details. Want to bring your end-users? No problem, just let us know ahead of time.

For more information please contact Shannon Lynch or Brian DiLoreto.

Irvine too far for you? Additional Open Houses will take place in other offices in the near future...watch for more info soon!!!!


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AMD Sales Team
New Account Manager added to the AMD Sales Team

To better support are dealers we have made some changes to our sales structure at AMD. We have expanded our sales efforts in Northern California by hiring Michael Clarkson who is now the Tandberg and MediaPOINTE Account Manager for Northern California and Hawaii. Michael brings with him many years of channel management and business development experience in the Bay Area for the AV industry.

Shannon Lynch is the Account Manager for Tandberg and MediaPOINTE for Southern California and Nevada.

Brian DiLoreto is our inside sales representative and can be reached at (805) 480-3700 ext. 2234

Gareth Wade is the Director of Sales and Marketing and is also our contact for Washington, Alaska, Oregon, Montana, and Idaho.


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Edge

TANDBERG Edge 95 MXP Promotion
Receive 20% off MSRP

Now through March 31, 2008 End-users receive an Edge 95 MXP for 20% off List Price!

TANDBERG is offering a global promotion on Edge 95 MXP with the intent of creating interest in the market. Contact your local sales representative for more details.


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TANDBERG 6000 / 3000 MXP Codec Promotion
Order TVS with the codec and receive free upgrades

TANDBERG is pleased to offer the following promotion: Order an 6000MXP or 3000MXP codec and a Tandberg Video Switcher (TVS) and get NPP, MS, and BW upgrade FREE (a $4,000 - $10,000 savings)

Act now this promotion runs till 6/30/08.

Contact your local sales representative.


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MediaPOINTE Digital Media Recorders
Record and stream videoconferences & meetings

The majority of today's videoconference users and administrators want to record and distribute valuable meeting material without the complexity of unnecessary media management and editing tools found in other products being offered today. The MediaPOINTE SD and HD DMR family is specifically designed to meet this need. Each of the DMR products addresses specific needs for users, and their plug-and-play usability and CopyMe! Instant content offload provides easy integration into legacy or newly built videoconferencing systems, providing simple system upgrades at a fraction of the cost of currently available equipment.


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Campus Technology

Campus Technology Magazine
ran an article on the new
MediaPOINTE DMR210e
and it's use in classrooms
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MediaPOINTE Digital Network Streaming
Great solution for education

The DNS100/150 series of products features unparalleled simplicity in deployment, management, and maintenance. Built primarily for video distribution over existing networks, each device in the series provides a different AV-input source in a compact, simple, and low-cost solution. Each offers a specific input format (composite video, S-Video, or SDI video); all stream in MPEG-2, providing DVD-quality video and CD-quality stereo audio, packed in a compact, flexible "blade-based" appliance that outputs over a 10/100 Ethernet network.


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Last Time Buy Notification from TANDBERG

TANDBERG has released a Last Time Buy Notification for the following products: TANDBERG Gateway, the Codian ISDN GW 3200 Series products and Codian MSE 8310 blade.

TANDBERG Gateway last date available for purchase is April 18, 2008.
Codian ISDN Gateway 3200 Series & Codian MSE 8310 blade last date available for purchase is July 31, 2008

The Gateway option for the MPS 200 and MPS 800 is still available for purchase and is unaffected by this announcement.

If you have any questions please contact your AMD sales representative.


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Tandberg Univeristy

TANDBERG Certification Training on the West Coast

Get a rapid return on your videoconferencing investment with a productive and motivated workforce. TANDBERG University supports our videoconferencing partners and customers with high-quality blended learning programs, supporting technical competence and business goals. Training is now also offered on the West Coast at AMD's Training Facility. AMD is the only partner authorized to offer TANDBERG Certification Training for infrastructure products. Training is offered in Newbury Park (40 miles Northwest of Los Angeles). Some courses can also be offered at your office with a minimum required number of students. Sign-up today to reserve your spot.

Sign up today.


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How do I dial you?  …DNS!

One of our more common questions about Videoconferencing over IP networks, especially using the Internet, has been ‘How do I dial into your network?’ In order to address inbound dialing Tandberg has made the Expressway solution (Gatekeepers, Border Controllers, and MXP endpoints version 4.0 and later) capable of resolving the system name using the most common name resolution technique on the Internet—DNS (Domain Name Service).  DNS provides the ability to find devices based on a name, rather than an IP address which is harder to remember and may change. DNS name resolution services are hosted publicly on the Internet by ISP’s, or privately within a corporate network for Intranets.

For videoconferencing connectivity DNS allows us to call using an H.323 URI which looks like an email address –yourname@yourcompany.com. The ‘@’ sign separates the part of the name resolved by public DNS (yourcompany.com) from the part resolved by the internal Gatekeeper which routes the call to your system (yourname). When you would like to enable DNS/URI dialing for your video system, and you are using a Tandberg Gatekeeper and Border Controller for Firewall Traversal, follow these steps:
Click here to read the full story.


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Useful links

*GREAT ONLINE TRAINING VIDEOS!!* Web Training Modules
TANDBERG Documents
(includes API, Componets & Cables, Installation Sheets, User Manuals & White Papers)
TANDBERG Partner Site
(then click on link to register for User ID and Password)
TANDBERG Partner Newsletter
TANDBERG Resource Guide
TANDBERG Webinar Series
(view archived Webinars on Optimal Definition, TANDBERG Content Server, etc.)


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