The devices capture video and encode it into the MPEG format, then stream it out or record it for later play. These tasks traditionally were handled by separate cameras and PCs. Vantum also offers a plug-in for viewing video directly in a Web page. All viewing and configuration functions can be accomplished via a Web browser.
Corporate training is among the more popular uses of the technology.
Instead, the company could sit an instructor in front of one of these cameras and stream the lesson live while storing it for future on-demand viewing. Pierce also sees a use for ad hoc corporate communications. So there's automatically a record of every meeting for people to review later. Vantum is a 23-person firm that spun out of DiviCom with venture funding from Red Rock. Michael Perkins, founder and vice president of engineering at Vantum, was on the committee that developed MPEG 2.