What is « the Polycom Office - Universität Duisburg

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Polycom Office, the integrated
conferencing future
Jean-François RAFFESTIN
Regional Vice-President
Business Development
Polycom EMEA
Universität Essen
Polycom in short
• Rich-media communication business
#1 in Group Video Endpoints 63%
Wainhouse Research – Q2 2002
#1 in Network Systems 52%
Frost & Sullivan – 1H 2001
#1 in Audioconf. Endpoints 76%
Frost & Sullivan - 2000
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$386M revenues in 2001, no debt, cash in the bank
1200 employees, 450 Engineers
350 patents issued / pending, $60M R&D in 2001
Worldwide company
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Videocommunication …
• A necessity
– Today’s communications have to be quick
– Technology is available
– Can’t refuse to add visual dimension !
• For everyone
– Products are affordable !
– No exclusion !
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Users need …
• Appropriation
– PC, cell phones, cars…
• Proximity
– all your data is in your PC, all tools on your desk,
your desk follow you !
• Timeliness
– need to meet, can’t physically … is a meeting
room system the solution ?
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Videocommunication, for Polycom
It’s personal
it’s now
It’s IP
on my desk !
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Think of it twice !
$20k group system in a room, need to
book, need to go there, can’t use if
room occupied …
You restrain videocommunication
same cost, bring ISDN line in gateway,
install ViaVideo’s, add 8-port passive hub
You facilitate videocommunication
gateway
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Increasingly complex environment
Me
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PSTN
ATM
ISDN
IP
GSM
FrameRelay
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What is « the Polycom Office™ » ?
• For us, internally , its a guide !
• For you, it’s our value proposition :
Offer the end-user the maximum flexibility
and simpliest access to its tools, whilst
shifting the increasing complexity to the
back office
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The Polycom “front” Office™
WebOfficeTM
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One-dial
videomail
ISDN
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The Polycom “front” Office™
WebOfficeTM
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One-dial
videomail
ISDN
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The Polycom “front” Office™
Appliances made our success !
• Affordable
• Easy to use
• Easy to install
• Extremely reliable
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The Polycom “front” Office™
Telephony Features
• Call Forwarding to Voicemail Extension:
– Busy, No Answer, Unconditional
• Hunt Groups
– Join or Leave Hunt Group from the Endpoint,
enabling Video Call Center Capability
• 1-button dial
– ISDN/IP, ctry codes, PABX/Gtw prefix, congestion, cost
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– just choose a name from Global Directory !
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The Polycom “front” Office™
Ad-hoc multipoint conferencing
Conference
Alain
Tatiana
Britt
Michael
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The Polycom “front” Office™
WebOffice™ integration
• Audio & Video
• Initiated / terminated by owner
– Generates dial in number
– Displayed to all guests
– Number also displayed in toolbar
• Mixed media
– Guests may connect with any combination
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The Polycom “back” Office™
System
Management
Global Management
System™
Conference
Management
WebCommander™
Call Control
Directory Services
PathNavigator
Network
Infrastructure
MGC-100™ MCU,
Gateway, VoicePLus
Polycom Accelerated
Communication Architecture
Working together to deliver
what customers want :
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Ease of Use, IT friendly
Reliability, Scalable
Manageability
Access Anytime Anywhere
Fully integrated
Leverages their network
Simplified management
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Diarama
Dank u wel
Gracias
Obrigado
Mafgarna
Tlho’
Todah
Dank Ye Vell
Blagodaria
Danke
Diolch Yn Fawr Aabhar
Thank You
Sogal
Merci
Grazie
Dhaniawad
Nugode
A Dank
Shukran
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Universität Essen