Archive for the 'telepresence' Category

57: Polycom UC Intelligent Core — Freedom to Collaborate Anytime & Anywhere

When it comes to your telepresence and video conferencing infrastructure, the Polycom UC Intelligent Core is an important combination of strategy and products.

To learn more, this episode of Polycom on Demand features our conversation with Polycom Vice President of Solution Product Marketing Jim Kruger and Director, Group Product Marketing Laura Shay.

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Polycom UC Intelligent Core

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56: A Breakthrough In Immersive Telepresence: Polycom OTX 300

Today marks the announcement of Polycom’s latest Immersive Telepresence Solution, the Open Telepresence Experience OTX 300.

To brief our listeners on this new product, this episode of Polycom on Demand features our conversation with Polycom Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Video Solutions Group, Joe Sigrist.

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Polycom Telepresence Solutions

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54: H.264 High Profile: High Definition Video Conferencing at Half the Bandwidth

Polycom recently announced the support for a standards-based video compression technology called H.264 High Profile. With a reduction in bandwidth requirements by as much as 50%, there’s been a great deal of buzz in the market.

For this episode of Polycom on Demand, we learn more about this exciting new technology with the return of Polycom Vice President of Product Marketing John Antanaitis.

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Polycom’s H.264 High Profile
Polycom’s H.264 High Profile Press Release

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51: The Importance of Telepresence Interoperability

In October of this year, Polycom took part in a major Telepresence interoperability test through the Internet2 advanced networking consortium. Stefan Karapetkov, Polycom’s Emerging Technologies Director, was there at every step to document the successes and challenges of completing this major telepresence milestone.

For this episode of Polycom on Demand, Stefan shares his ‘lessons learned’ from the test and provides insights into what the results portend for any organization exploring a telepresence deployment.

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Stefan’s Blog: Part 1 — Why Telepresence Interoperability
Internet2 Report: Telepresence Interoperability is Here

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49: Polycom Video Adoption Center: A Great Resource For Using Polycom Video And Telepresence In Your Organization

While Polycom aims to make using its equipment as easy as possible, we recognize implementing a video conference or telepresence system for the first time can be a bit intimidating. And even for those customers with years of experience, the idea of learning about best practices in the use of video conferencing can be helpful as well. In response to this type of customer feedback, Polycom has recently launched the Polycom Video Adoption Center.

To learn more about this new resource for using video and telepresence in your organization, this episode of Polycom on Demand features our conversation with Polycom Marketing Content Director John O’Shaughnessy and Global Director of Industry Solutions Brian Gilman.

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Polycom Video Adoption Center

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43: The Four Keys to Enterprise Video Asset Management

So that you may fully realize the value of your company’s video conferencing capabilities, it’s vital to consider what can be done with these important video assets after the fact—after a particular video conference or session has been completed.

To learn how to best approach the ongoing use of your video assets, this episode of Polycom on Demand features our conversation with Polycom Director of Content John O’Shaughnessy and Director of Product Marketing Laura Shay.

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Polycom RSS 2000
Polycom VMC 1000

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42: From PC Clients to the Immersive Telepresence Suite — Uniting Enterprise Video

While it is true that large organizations continue to embrace the value behind video conferencing, there remains a certain level of frustration when it comes to dealing with the intricacies associated with these often-complex environments. In other words, while folks understand the benefit, it needs to be easier for them to experience it as well.

To discuss what to look for when it comes to a successful large-scale video conferencing environment, today’s Polycom on Demand features our conversation with Polycom Video Solutions Group Vice President of Product Marketing John Antanaitis and Senior Product Marketing Manager Marty Sexton.

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Polycom VC2 – Transforming Visual Communication
IVCi White Papers
Wainhouse Research White Papers

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41: VC2 In Action: Customer Examples

As we talked about in episode 34 of the podcast, VC2 is Polycom’s drive to transform tradition video conferencing to a more pervasive visual communication component of enterprise communication. As time has progressed since the VC2 announcement, we thought it appropriate to share some real-world examples of how the VC2 concept is being implemented by Polycom customers.

Today’s Polycom on Demand features Polycom Video Solutions Group Vice President of Marketing Joan Vandermate.

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Polycom VC2 – Transforming Visual Communication

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34: VC2 — The Future of Visual Communications

As we continue to see the evolution of video communications take hold in the way we all do business, the pace of this evolution is accelerating rapidly. High Definition and Immersive Telepresense are great examples of these advancements, yet there are still areas in much need of improvement.

To help us better understand more about where we are and what the future holds in the video communications industry, today’s Polycom On Demand features our interview with Senior Vice President and General Manager of Polycom’s Video Solutions Group Joe Sigrist.

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Polycom VC2 – Transforming Visual Communication

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27: Introduction to Telepresence

As video conferencing continues to progress, telepresence is the latest in a long line of visual communications technologies that have promised to radically change the way we all look at corporate collaboration. At the same time, there is the concern that telepresence is just another example of a solution looking for a problem.

For today’s Polycom On Demand, we’re going to dig a bit deeper into the telepresence phenomenon by speaking with Polycom RPX product marketing manager Michele Damerau.

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Polycom RealPresence™ Experience High Definition (RPX™ HD)
Podcast: Duke University Fuqua School of Business
Polycom UltimateHD™

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