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Polycom Converged Management for Video Conferencing
March 26th, 2009 by Video Conferencing Expert
Videoconferencing is becoming commonplace in many businesses, from small to large. The problem for many of these companies is that they use more than one system, and managing them can be difficult. Typically large companies have a range of video conferencing solutions from small webcams via messenger to full telepresence solutions and there is always a disconnect between them.
Polycom has introduced a solution with their new Converged Management Application that can manage an array of video conferencing systems. Polycom’s CMA can manage up to 55,000 video endpoints across a network, including Polycom equipment and any video system that uses the H.264 codec. The console is web-based, so administrators can access the system, check the status of equipment and even update firmware and software from anywhere on the netork.
Polycom Marketing Manager, Marty Sexton:
Up until now, videoconferencing has been struggling with high numbers of deployments. Key to enabling new growth is operation in a standards-based way.
The Polycom CMA can apply network polices on bandwidth and usage. You can set priority for certain employees so that they are provided more bandwidth when using conferencing services, assuring high-level meetings receive the highest transmission
quality. The system also tracks usage throughout the company, to make a case for more or less equipment based on usage.