TrueConf has introduced Distributed conferences, which reduces the load on network channels and server CPUs in a company’s video conferencing infrastructure, as well as increasing the number of active participants in each online meeting — up to 2,000.
The technology will be available in TrueConf Enterprise 1.6.
To optimise the operation of the corporate video conferencing systems in large enterprises with numerous geographically distributed branches and employees, TrueConf has developed a technology which allows reducing the load on network channels during video conferences with many participants from different locations.
The technology was developed on the secure proprietary protocol used in the TrueConf ecosystem.
In the infrastructure of such entities, TrueConf Enterprise usually integrates multiple autonomous video collaboration systems spread across various locations. Each system allows employees to leverage team messaging, video conferencing, and collaboration tools, as well as facilitates seamless interaction using a corporate address book.
Earlier, when hosting a conference that incorporated users from several geographically distributed autonomous TrueConf instances, the participants connected directly to the video conferencing server where the meeting was held and loaded its network channel and central processor.
The new TrueConf technology takes a completely different look at common processes: now, when joining the conference, participants automatically connect to the systems on which they are authorised, and only video conferencing servers exchange media streams. Thus, load distribution occurs and the requirement for an outgoing network channel is reduced.