Teliris Announces Strategic Channel Partnership with AVI Systems to Expand Telepresence Availability in the Midwest

AVI Systems Named Midwest Channel Partner to Address Growing Customer Demand for 6G Telepresence

NEW YORK, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Teliris (www.teliris.com), the leading global provider of agile telepresence and collaboration, today announced a strategic partnership with AVI Systems, a leading provider of integrated audiovisual systems in the Midwest, to allow for wider implementation of the most natural telepresence meeting environment available on the market today.

The new partnership, secured in response to the increasing demand for Teliris' industry-leading portfolio of telepresence products, provides AVI Systems and other select Teliris partners with the only 6G agile telepresence solution available, which will help to grow sales and revenue opportunities.

"Combining Teliris' technology with our own services will be a perfect match to address increasing customer demand for high value audio visual solutions. In addition, our proven results in building and maintaining strategic relationships will ensure the continued success of this important partnership," said Jeff Stoebner, AVI Systems President.

"We are thrilled to welcome AVI as a premier Teliris partner to join our select group of global telepresence partners," said Marc Trachtenberg, Teliris CEO and co-founder. "Teliris chooses its partners for their impeccable reputations and experience in delivering optimal visual collaboration solutions to their customers to ensure maximum value and benefits are realized."

As the longtime telepresence leader in both innovation and deployments, Teliris is the only option allowing the telepresence experience to be delivered over general purpose networks. Teliris has the broadest suite of telepresence products ranging from sub-$8,000 desktop solutions to boardroom systems. All Teliris solutions offer comprehensive interoperability options that allow for connection to any system, anywhere and an end-to-end managed service with a 99+ percent reliability guarantee.

About Teliris Telepresence:

Teliris develops and implements the world's most widely deployed fully managed telepresence collaboration solutions, realistically replicating the human dynamics of an in-person meeting experience. Through its 6G platform and unique intellectual property, Teliris has radically simplified the acquisition, deployment and operating costs of telepresence, breaking new ground in adoption and reach of the technology. Teliris has deployments in over 50 countries with the largest installed base of Global 2000 companies, including Unilever, British American Tobacco, Lazard, Pearson plc, GlaxoSmithKline, and Royal Bank of Scotland, Xchanging and Merck, among others. Headquartered in New York and London, the company is the leading innovator in agile telepresence with end-to-end integration, market-leading 99%+ availability guarantee and interoperability with Cisco TelePresence, Tandberg Total Telepresence and Polycom RealPresence. For further information, visit www.teliris.com or email info@teliris.com.

About AVI Systems:

AVI Systems is one of the top five audio-visual integrators in the nation, with nine offices in the Midwest and one on the west coast. Every day it partners with architects, consultants, engineers and end users to plan, design and install leading-edge video presentation, broadcast, distance learning and videoconferencing systems.