Archive for the 'tips and tricks' Category

38: Polycom Productivity Suite For Soundpoint IP Phones

On April 11, 2008, Polycom released its new Polycom Productivity Suite for SoundPoint IP Phones. For all the details, joining us on today’s Polycom on Demand is Polycom Senior Product Manager for Voice over IP Applications, Alain Mowad.

Links related to this show:

Polycom Applications for SoundPoint IP Phones

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37: Behind the Scenes of the Polycom Green/Sustainability Initiatives

According to Conservation International, every time two people meet over video instead of traveling roundtrip from LA to New York, they save the carbon emission equivalent of taking one car off the road for a year. Since our last podcast about creating an environmentally friendly organization you can be proud of, Polycom has formally announced its internal and external sustainability initiatives.

For all the details, today’s Polycom on Demand welcomes Director of Business Development Geri Mitchell-Brown.

Links related to this show:

Polycom Global Sustainability
Polycom Go Green Assessment Service

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35: How to Manage a Complex Videoconferencing Environment You Can Be Proud Of

For a first-person look into many of the issues facing customers trying to manage a complicated videoconferencing environment, along with a talk about what can be done to make things easier, today’s Polycom on Demand features the return of Director of Worldwide Service Marketing Charlie Wiseman.

Links related to this show:

Polycom Support Services

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31: Create an Environmentally Friendly Organization You Can Be Proud Of

Polycom, like many organizations today, is aware of the need to become more and more environmentally conscious as an organization. Additionally, the company has notice a rise in requests from its customers to help them better realize their own “green” goals.

To talk more about the environmental challenges facing companies today and to highlight what Polycom is doing to make thing easier, today’s Polycom on Demand welcomes VP of Enterprise Solutions Marketing Bob Preston.

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30: Secrets to an Effective Video Conferencing Environment

During the production of this show, we have received several requests asking for a clear explanation of what makes for an effective video conferencing environment/infrastructure.

For today’s Polycom on Demand, we welcome the return of Product Marketing Manager Megan Bouhamama who talks with us about the challenges and solutions surrounding your video conferencing environment.

Links related to today’s show:

ReadiManager® SE200
RMX 2000™
RSS™ 2000
VMC™ 1000 Polycom Video Media Center

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21: WiFi Telephony Deployment

As has been mentioned in previous podcasts, Voice Over IP (VOIP) acceptance in the workplace continues to grow. An interesting result of that acceptance is the increasing efforts toward adding wireless capabilities to those existing VOIP environments. This momentum lead Polycom to acquire SpectraLink, a company known throughout the industry as an expert in workplace WiFi telephony.

To learn more about this technology and what to consider when rolling it out within your organization, today’s Polycom on Demand features an interview with Polycom Senior Director of Voice and Wireless Services Wayne McAllister.

Links mentioned in today’s show:

Deploying Netlink Wireless Telephones: Best Practices [pdf]

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10: Video Conferencing 101

Today’s Polycom On Demand features Technical Trainer Tim Coursey as he presents an easy-to-understand introduction into video conferencing.

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09: Six Selection Specifications of Conferencing Solutions and Services

For many companies, working through the selection process of a new conferencing solution environment can feel a bit intimidating. To help reduce the complexities associated with this task, NSD Solutions Specialist Jim Thomas takes the listener through the Six Selection Specifications of Conferencing Solutions and Services as a guide to help make this process easier to understand.

Six Selection Specifications of Conferencing Solutions and Services –

1. Flexibility
2. Reliability
3. Robust
4. Easy
5. Secure
6. Product Development & Support

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06: Top Tips for Successful Video Conferencing

When it comes to the deployment of a successful video conferencing environment,
there are three key areas of concentration:

  1. technology (your equipment, network and management systems)
  2. organizational (the people involved in delivering and supporting your service)
  3. process (the procedures you use to maintain and operate your conferencing
    environment)

Today’s Polycom On Demand features our conversation with Charlie Wiseman, Director of Global Services Marketing for Polycom, who walks the listener through the top tips for each of these areas of focus.

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