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