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Presentation AgendaPresentation Agenda
Why Unified Conferencing?
Polycom Unified Conferencing
Polycom Unified Conferencing Experience
MGC Platform & System Architecture
Unified Conferencing Scheduling & Management
Competitive Overview
Easy Migration Path
Summary Of Customer Benefits
Why Unified Conferencing?Why Unified Conferencing?
End users are demanding more….– Seamless, converged conferencing over any network and
communications media– Easy / simple / intuitive user interfaces– Reservationless & ad hoc services, regardless of
communications media
Networks are delivering more….– Ever expanding range of network technologies– Increasing range of endpoints
Infrastructure and operations support is getting
more complex
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One MGC platform to support for full featured
video, voice and unified conferences
One conferencing experience for voice and
video conference participants
One management tool for support personnel
and end users
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Shared hardware and software system resources to
support video and voice multipoint and gateway
conferences
Leading edge solution built on the established,
reliable MGC platform architecture
Key building block for the Polycom Office
Superior return on investment
Flexible deployment options - Easy upgrade path
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Polycom Unified Conferencing seamlessly brings together
conference participants into a unified, robust conferencing
experience– Regardless of communications media - audio and video
– Regardless of network, PSTN, ISDN and IP
– VoicePlus conferencing features, audio and video
– Touch Tone end user control for audio and video conferences
Simultaneously supports fully featured:– PSTN audio conferences
– VoIP audio conferences
– ISDN video conferences
– IP video conferences
– Unified ISDN/IP video and PSTN/IP audio
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Polycom Unified Conferencing supports:– “One Dial”– “Conference On-Demand”– WebOffice integration– People + Content– Pro-Motion 60 fields per second– H.264– Siren 14
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Attended Conference Service Voice & Video Unattended Conference Service Voice & Video Ad Hoc Conference Service Voice & Video Full, Automatic Transcoding Of Audio & Video Voice & Video ISDN & IP Conferences Voice & Video Web Browser Based Conference Scheduling And Management Voice & Video Conference Entry Queue With Greeting Voice & Video Invite New Participants To Conference Voice & Video Blast Dial-Out Voice & Video IVR / DTMF Based Conference Management Voice & Video Conference & Chairperson Security Codes Voice & Video Conference Rollcall Voice & Video Voting / Polling Voice & Video Question And Answers Voice & Video WebOffice Integration Voice & Video Siren 14 Khz audio Voice & Video 30 Frames Per Second In CP, 60 Fields Per Second VS Video Hardware And Software Based Continuous Presence Video Click&View Video Automatic Rate Detection And Downspeeding Video People + Content Video
Selected Feature Support For Voice, Video And Unified Conferences
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One MGC platform to support video,
voice and unified conferencing – Multipoint and gateway video and voice
conferences• ISDN video, IP video, PSTN voice, VoIP
and unified multipoint• ISDN-to-IP video, IP-to-IP video, PSTN-
to-VoIP and VoIP-to-VoIP gateway– Video, voice and unified conferences
integrated with web collaboration
MGC Conferencing PlatformsMGC Conferencing Platforms
Flexible deployment options on any one or
combination of MGC platforms
MGC 100 large enterprise and service
provider conferencing platform– Custom system configurations– 16 universal slots– Redundant power supplies
MGC 50 enterprise conferencing platform– Custom system configurations– 8 universal slots
MGC 25 workgroup and distributed
conferencing platform– Standard system configurations– No capacity upgrades
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Polycom’s MGC 50/100 conferencing platform architecture– Robust telecom architecture
– Front-accessible hot-swappable resource modules
– Self configuring resource modules
– System redundancy
– Total resource sharing technology
– Full, automatic transcoding
– On-line software downloads
MGC track record of proven performance– Industry leader in video conferencing market
– Thousands installed
– Reputation for high quality / reliable performance and ease of maintenance
Multi-Way TranscodingMulti-Way TranscodingEnables Seamless Connection, Regardless Of NetworkEnables Seamless Connection, Regardless Of Network
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VoiceShared
Modules
VideoShared
Modules
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ISDN network connections can support both
PSTN voice and ISDN video conferences
IP network connections can support both VoIP
and IP video conferences
Audio resources can support all video and
voice conferences
CP resources can support ISDN and IP video
conferences
Tx resources can support mixed all
conferences
T.120 resources can support any mix of ISDN
and IP video endpoints per conference
Network costs are reduced
Network back-up is improved
IP interface costs are reduced
IP back-up is improved
Investments in IP are leveraged
Audio support costs are reduced
Any audio algorithm can be supported
Audio back-up is improved
Advanced + CP ISDN and IP conferences
Click&View provides endpoint control over their
video experience
Easily connect anyone from anywhere
T.120 support costs are reduced
T.120 back-up is improved
ISDN/IP video conferences with T.120
ISDNISDNH.320H.320PRI.T1.E1PRI.T1.E1
AudioAudio
VideVideoo
TC – CPTC – CP
DataDataT.120T.120
IP IP H.323H.32310.100 MB10.100 MB
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MGC MMCS software supports video
and voice multipoint and gateway
conferences
Audio transcoding supports video
and voice conferences
Video and data rate transcoding
supports ISDN and IP video
conferences
All voice and video participants use
the same # to connect
IVR/DTMF based features are
available to all participants and to all
conferences
IP packets are processed to produce
correctly structured and video and
voice IP data streams
MGC transmitted IP packets receive
IP network QoS
Reduced costs maintaining OS
OS improvements benefits video and
voice conferencing support
Voice and video conferences can support
narrow and wide band audio
Full transcoding enables mixed, ISDN and
IP video conferences
Connecting to a Unified Conference is
simple
All voice, video and unified conferences
share the same robust IVR/DTMF
features
IP based voice and video conference
quality is improved
MGC Operating SystemMultipoint Gateway
Unified Conference SuiteIVR/DTMF Voice & VideoSingle Number Entry Queue Virtual Meeting Rooms
IP Packet CommanderDuplicate PacketsAudio OptimizationPacket SynchronizationJitter CorrectionQoS Bit Insertion
TranscodingAudioVideoData Rates
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One management application for
system and operations support– Support a single or network of MGC
platforms from a single application window
– Powerful diagnostic and fault resolution capability down to the DSP level
One browser interface to schedule
and manage video, voice and
unified conferences
One IVR/DTMF interface to manage
video, voice and unified
conferences
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Support personnel and end users have one
management application for conference scheduling and
manage – Less training is required – Productivity is improved
Manage a network of MGC 100s, MGC 50s and MGC 25s
from a single application window
Management application upgrades costs less and
require less training
WebCommander provides a single end user interface
for scheduling and managing voice, video and unified
conferences
IVR/DTMF single user interface for managing and
interacting with VoicePlus features in voice, video and
unified conferences
Billing and reporting applications support for both MGC
voice, video and unified conferencing means that only
one set of support processes are required
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Same experience for voice and video participants regardless of their network: IP, ISDN, PSTN Voice & video IVR/DTMF Voice & video entry queue Voice & video roll call Voice & video Q&A Voice & video voting/polling
Simultaneous support for full featured: PSTN voice VoIP voice ISDN video IP video Unified voice & video
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* Competitor’s information is based on publicly available information and is subject to change. Polycom cannot guarantee the accuracy of such information.
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Wide band audio 14 Khz
Enterprise People And Content
Integrated Web collaboration
Workgroup, Enterprise and Service Provider Platform Options
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* Competitor’s information is based on publicly available information and is subject to change. Polycom cannot guarantee the accuracy of such information.
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Migrate to Polycom Unified Conferencing, when it
is needed– Start with a MGC 100, MGC 50 or MGC 25 Unified system
configuration– Start with a MGC 100, MGC 50 or MGC 25 VideoPlus system
configuration and upgrade to unified – Start with a MGC 100, MGC 50 or MGC 25 VoicePlus system
configuration and upgrade to unified– Start with a MGC 100. MGC 50 or MGC 25 Gateway system
configuration and upgrade to unified
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Audio+ - 12, 24, 48 and 96 ports modules
Video+ - 8 port module
Click&View
Unified Conferencing Suite– Audio & video IVR/DTMF interface– VoicePlus features in video
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One MGC platform to support for full featured
video, voice and unified conferences
One conferencing experience for voice and video
conference participants
One management tool for support personnel and
end users
Flexible deployment options - easy upgrade path
Superior return on investment
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