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Altia Systems Announces Expanded Management and Engineering Team

New Hires Include Respected Technology Executives as Vice President of Channel Sales, Vice President of Software Engineering and Principal Solution Architect

May 8, 2013 – Cupertino, CA – Altia Systems™ www.altiasystems.com today announced the appointment of a seasoned technology executive team to lead PanaCast™ Channel Sales, Software Engineering and Solution Architecture for the rapidly growing company that just received the coveted “Demo God” award from DEMO™ Mobile in April of 2013.

PanaCast delivers an immersive, real-time 200° field of view, providing a panoramic video and audio experience to anyone, anywhere with an Internet connection. PanaCast offers up to 60 FPS (Frames Per Second) of panoramic HD video as well as HD audio over a standard Ethernet® connection. Even at sub-3G wireless speeds, PanaCast enables Panoramic HD video quality and always includes enterprise-level encryption.

Dan Sibille joined in January as Vice President of Channel Sales, leveraging more than 20 years of expertise in Channel Sales and Marketing in the Americas. Most recently acting as Vice President of North America Channels with Polycom®, Inc., Dan began his career in Technology Sales and Marketing with Hayes® Microcomputer Products, Inc as Director of Sales over the Americas, following with key sales roles at 3COM®, WatchGuard® Technologies, Inc., Internet Security Systems™, Inc., Extreme Networks®, Inc., and LifeSize™ Communications.

Naveed Alam has been appointed VP for Software Engineering. Naveed brings a strong track record of industry success in development, engineering management and entrepreneurial management at such companies as Teneros™, Brocade®, Cosine Communications™, 3Com® and Arktan™, where he was a co-founder and developed the core technology. He was awarded an MS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Southern California and is the holder of five US patents.

Ram Natarajan has been appointed Principal Solution Architect. He has more than 20 years of experience in video/image processing, cryptography and speech signal processing. He is an acknowledged expert in both encoding and streaming video and has previously served in executive roles in startups including Arohi™ Systems, Cradle Technologies™ and Stradient™ Inc. Mr. Natarajan received his Master's degree in Communication Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

“With the addition of Dan, Naveed and Ram, Altia has a world-class executive team that will help further establish PanaCast as the new standard for desktop and mobile device multi-point video communications,” said Aurangzeb Khan, CEO and co-founder of Altia Systems.

Altia Systems™ www.altiasystems.com is a venture-backed company based in Cupertino, California that has created the PanaCast™ solution. PanaCast™ is a unique experience that enables anyone on desktop or mobile to receive an interactive, real-time panoramic HD 2000 field of view video stream that replicates the human panoramic perspective. Follow @panacast1 on Twitter® for further information.

PanaCast and Altia Systems are trademarks of Altia Systems, Inc.

All other trademarks and registered trademarks previously cited are hereby acknowledged and recognized.

Revolutionary New Panoramic HD Video Technology Emulates Human Visual Perspective

PanaCast Uses Custom Hardware & Software, Achieves Real-Time Panoramic HD Video Streaming with 200° Field of View; Mobile, PC & Mac Apps Allow Remote Users to Pan & Zoom with a Swipe

November 13, 2012 – Cupertino, CA – Altia Systems™ www.altiasystems.com today exited 3 years of stealth development to announce the company and provide first information on the PanaCast™ video experience for desktop and mobile devices.

PanaCast is a disruptive new video solution that delivers an immersive, real-time panoramic HD video experience to anyone, anywhere with an Internet connection. A 200° field of view enables the experience of actually being there, as each participant can - on their own - choose what they want to focus on. This all occurs in real-time with the individual pan and zoom capabilities built into PanaCast software.

“The PanaCast experience is a game changer,” said Bob Hagerty, President & CEO, iControl Networks and the former Chairman & CEO of Polycom®. “The unique human panoramic perspective for video users is outstanding – this technology significantly changes the user experience and will transform ease-of-use for Unified Communications and other markets.”

Altia Systems has developed patented multi-imager processing technology and novel algorithms implemented in custom silicon to achieve the PanaCast experience. PanaCast is a fully scalable, Cloud-enabled solution that integrates with Apple® iOS™, Google® Android® apps, as well as Microsoft® Windows® and Mac® OS X® software.

Through these apps, remote users may connect to a meeting being broadcast live from a PanaCast system from any location over Wi-Fi or 3G, with full VPN support for privacy and IT compliance. Each remote user can choose their own individual perspective from the stationary camera with the swipe of a finger ­ or zoom in and out with a finger pinch as well."

“In today's mobile world, we increasingly communicate with people in different locations around the world – conventional video solutions fall far short of natural communication," said Aurangzeb Khan, Co-founder and CEO of Altia Systems.

"Our PanaCast technology, based on the human visual perspective, lets you virtually ‘be there from anywhere’. We’ve developed many innovations through the entire video capture, transport and rendering chain, to deliver vibrant, panoramic and personally controlled video to your device.”

Sample videos and more information on PanaCast may be found at the Altia Systems website. The PanaCast solution will ship in Q1 of 2013 at a price point below $700.

Advance orders may be placed on Kickstarter.com, at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/panacast/panacast-panoramic-camera-and-apps  A significant discount discount is being offered to early adopters as well as priority shipping of first units. This discount will no longer be applied upon completion of the Kickstarter milestone, so interested users are urged to act quickly.

Altia Systems™  www.altiasystems.com is a venture-backed company based in Cupertino, California that has created the PanaCast™ solution. PanaCast™  is a unique experience that enables anyone on desktop or mobile to receive an interactive, real-time panoramic HD 2000 field of view video stream that replicates the human panoramic perspective. Follow @panacast1 on Twitter® for further information.


PanaCast and Altia Systems are trademarks of Altia Systems, Inc.

All other trademarks and registered trademarks previously cited are hereby acknowledged and recognized.

Contact Jonathan Hirshon, PR Counsel for Altia – jh at horizonpr.com or 415-952-3001