Dubbed the OTX, Polycom’s newest Telepresence Experience is just plain AWESOME! With a newly designed, more contemporary look, the new OTX solution includes embedded preview monitors for presentation content or document collaboration that slide up from inside the tables (on both ends), connection ports inside the tables and separate displays for VTC and document content. […]
A new headset interface adapter for the SoundStructure C-Series from Polycom allows for simplified audio-only calls when using a SoundStructure. The advantages of the new adapter are the ability to use your phone’s dialing interface to dial or answer calls with SoundStructure processing the audio, that it connects to a standard digital or VoIP telephone […]
Last week Polycom launched what they are calling the Open Collaboration Network, a new initiative that aims to improve productivity through seamless voice and video communications. What is it? Bringing together AT&T, Avaya/Nortel, BroadSoft, British Telecom, IBM, Juniper, HP, Microsoft, and Siemens, the program seeks to encourage interoperability and connectivity so partners can deliver fully […]
Last week, Juniper Networks and Polycom announced an alliance focused on improving the reliability, cost-effectiveness and quality of the customer experience for telepresence and video conferencing services. Anchored by dynamic signaling between the Juniper network resource control platform and the Polycom video call control system, the joint managed video services solution will reduce total capital […]
In addition to simplified dialing, Polycom has also further simplified the user experience of their Telepresence line of products by automating screen layouts, voice activated room switching for multi-site calls and Polycom telepresence solutions support interoperability with leading unified communications platforms from Avaya, Microsoft, IBM, Broadsoft, Cisco and others. Although Cisco is perceived to be […]
Polycom announced the Polycom HDX 4000 series, an executive desktop video conferencing systems that offers a complete UltimateHD experience including HD voice, HD video and HD content-sharing capabilities. This is designed to work with Polycom conference room and telepresence video systems (as well as other standards-based, IP video conferencing systems). This desktop solution supports any […]
Polycom showed at InfoComm a new product called SoundStructure. This is an installed audio solution for voice and video conferencing applications that the company says delivers truly immersive sound quality. SoundStructure series are flexible and scalable and the company says it delivers several breakthroughs for communicating at a distance but making it sound like you’re […]
Polycom made several announcements recently regarding the company’s high definition conferencing. First is a new feature for the company’s RMX 2000 – a software enhancement that lets customers combine video conferencing endpoints with different resolutions (HD, standard definition, and common intermediate format resolution) within the same call. It allows users to show multiple sites simultaneously […]
Polycom announced availability of the Polycom RMX 2000 real-time media conferencing platform use for multipoint video (multiple locations on a single call) as well as unified conferencing (video, voice, and content all on a single call) services within enterprises and through service provider IP networks. The RMX 2000 conferencing platform can support both room video […]
Polycom announced plans to acquire SpectraLink, a Boulder, Colorado-based workplace wireless technology company. The terms are $220 million — Polycom will purchase all of the outstanding shares of SpectraLink for $11.75 per share. The acquisition is expected to be complete in the second calendar quarter. “The SpectraLink acquisition extends Polycom’s leading IP-based collaboration solution to […]
Polycom’s new V700 is an executive desktop video conferencing system that provides an integrated, all-in-one solution for video communications and content sharing. The V700 uses a standards-based Polycom video conferencing codec, integrated 17-inch display that can double as a PC monitor, integrated speakers and microphones, and remote control. The V700 uses full-screen, full-motion 30 frames-per-second […]
Polycom announced RealPresence Experience High Definition (RPX HD) telepresence solutions, designed to provide an immersive collaboration experience. Unique features, says the company, include full 8- or 16-foot HD cinematic views, Siren 22 kHz StereoSurround high definition sound, and EyeConnect technology, which puts the camera at eye level for more natural face-to-face interaction. Polycom’s standards-based HDX […]
Within hours of the Cisco announcement about their new HD videoconferencing system, Polycom announced availability of a new conference system based on a new architecture. The Polycom HDX 9000 system delivers HD Voice, HD video and HD content sharing, and has new features such as simultaneous HD dual streams for people and content, and Siren22 […]
Polycom announced the RSS 2000, a network server that enables customers to record, stream and archive multimedia content on demand. The Polycom Readi Streaming Server 2000 helps enterprise customers access recorded multimedia content — including presentations, interviews, demonstrations, or training materials. It supports recording, archiving, streaming and H323 playback of high definition video content, and […]
