TrueConf launches 'Distributed conferences' for optimal video collaboration

Technology company TrueConf has launched Distributed conferences, an innovative toolset to significantly reduce the load on network channels and server CPUs in video conferencing infrastructures. The new product also boosts the number of active participants in each online meeting, allowing up to 2,000 individuals to interact simultaneously.

According to analysts, the video conferencing market currently stands at USD $33.04 billion and is predicted to increase to USD $60.17 billion by 2032. This substantial growth is primarily driven by businesses and organisations striving to digitise events and streamline their operational processes through video collaboration. Consequently, as the necessity for these services amplifies, the number of video conferences globally is also escalating.

TrueConf's Distributed conferences technology has been specially developed to optimise the operation of large corporate video conferencing systems within enterprises that have numerous branches and employees across various geographical locations. In doing so, this technology reduces the load on network channels during video conferences, which usually feature many participants from diverse locations.

This technology is underpinned by the proprietary protocol of the TrueConf ecosystem, which is renowned for its security. TrueConf Enterprise 1.6 will incorporate this new tool, offering unlimited collaboration and corporate communication capability to organisations with a large number of branches and employees. This solution promotes seamless interaction using a corporate address book and provides team messaging, video conferencing, and collaboration tools.

Before the introduction of this technology, participants from several geographically distributed autonomous TrueConf instances connected directly to the video conferencing server where the meeting was held. This process loaded the network channel and central processor of the host's server. However, with the new technology, participants automatically connect to the systems on which they are authorised, with only the video conferencing servers exchanging media streams. Through this method of load distribution, the requirement for an outgoing network channel is significantly reduced.

This technology revolution reduces the load on the outgoing channel of the host's server by 10-20 times. For instance, a meeting with 2,500 employees authorised on different video conferencing systems across a corporate network formerly resulted in a load of about 1 Gbit/s on the network channel. The same scenario now would require a mere 125 Mbit/s with Distributed conferences.

By reducing the strain on network resources, this innovative technology from TrueConf improves the efficiency of corporate video collaboration platforms and boosts the potential for simultaneous video conferences. Additionally, it allows for an upswing in the number of active participants in video meetings, increasing the limitation to 2,000 individuals.