With the growing adoption of tablets by consumers and enterprises, it's no surprise that more videoconferencing vendors are targeting them as endpoints.

ViVu's group conferencing service comes to Apple's iPad 2 and iPhone 4.

Desktop videoconferencing solution provider ViVu, which offers a monthly service for under $10, this week rolled out its own app for Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) iPad 2 and iPhone 4. The iOS component means the videoconferencing product now is available on PCs, Macs, Android devices and iOS devices, without requiring any proprietary hardware.

ViVu is one of a number of vendors offering a scalable cloud-based architecture and enterprise-class secure platforms, without any proprietary hardware.

Using VuRoom, up to 8 users can upstream video from their own devices and collaborate with session participants through slide and desktop sharing.

 "ViVu is committed to delivering secure and scalable videoconferencing solutions--and ensuring that they address all of the requirements for today's emerging people-centric computing model," said Sudha Valluru, founder and chief executive at ViVu.

ViVu's videoconferencing solutions for iOS devices still include the following features:

• Shared desktop capabilities, including animated PowerPoint presentations, slides and documents;
• A user-friendly, intuitive graphical user interface (GUI) to make it as streamlined as possible for users to immediately benefit from visual collaboration; and
• ‘Tivo-like' instant playback and archive capabilities for additional review or knowledge sharing; and

ViVu's videoconferencing solutions are currently undergoing review by Apple and will be available free-of-charge through Apple's App Store shortly. To view a demonstration of the ViVu videoconferencing solution on the iPad2, click here.

The privately held company was founded in 2008.

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