Polycom Unified Conferencing

Presentation 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? 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

Polycom Unified Conferencing 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

Polycom Unified Conferencing.... Is The Answer 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

Polycom Unified Conferencing Key To The Polycom Office

Polycom Unified Conferencing

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

Polycom Unified Conferencing Polycom Unified Conferencing supports: – –“One Dial” – –“Conference On-Demand” – –WebOffice integration – –People + Content – –Pro-Motion 60 fields per second – –H.264 – –Siren 14

Polycom Unified Conferencing Full Featured VoicePlus, VideoPlus and Unified Conferencing 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

Polycom Unified Conferencing One MGC Platform 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 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

Polycom Unified Conferencing One MGC Platform 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 Transcoding Enables Seamless Connection, Regardless Of Network

Polycom MGC Platform Shared Hardware Resources Voice Shared Modules Video Shared Modules

Polycom Unified Conferencing Benefits Shared Hardware Resources 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 ISDNH.320PRI.T1.E1 Audio Video TC – CP DataT.120 IP H MB Multimedia Bus

Polycom Unified Conferencing Benefits Shared Software Resources 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 System Multipoint Gateway Unified Conference Suite IVR/DTMF Voice & Video Single Number Entry Queue Virtual Meeting Rooms IP Packet Commander Duplicate Packets Audio Optimization Packet Synchronization Jitter Correction QoS Bit Insertion Transcoding Audio Video Data Rates

Polycom Unified Conferencing Scheduling And Management Options 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

Polycom Unified Conferencing Unified Scheduling And Management 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

Polycom Unified Conferencing Competitive Overview 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 PolycomRadVisionTandberg YesNoNo YesYesNo YesNoNo YesNoYes YesYesNo YesNoNo * Competitor’s information is based on publicly available information and is subject to change. Polycom cannot guarantee the accuracy of such information.

Polycom Unified Conferencing Competitive Overview Wide band audio 14 Khz Enterprise People And Content Integrated Web collaboration Workgroup, Enterprise and Service Provider Platform Options PolycomRadVisionTandberg YesNoNo * Competitor’s information is based on publicly available information and is subject to change. Polycom cannot guarantee the accuracy of such information.

Polycom Unified Conferencing Easy Migration Path 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

Polycom Unified Conferencing MGC Upgrade 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

Polycom Unified Conferencing Summary Of Customer Benefits 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

Polycom Unified Conferencing