Desktop Video Conferencing
Many business managers today are investigating how they can enable video across the enterprise. They may have previously provided early generation video conferencing suites, but now wish to enable collaboration enterprise-wide via desktop videoconferencing.
Savvy enterprise managers understand that to reap the full rewards of rich media communications, the communication application should be embedded into the enterprise workflow and supported by the IT infrastructure. This market trend, in which video is integrated with IP telephony and enterprise presence and directory servers, is known as unified communications (UC).
Overview of video conferencing solutions
A wide range of video solutions are available today, presenting customers with a broad set of price-performance-features options.
At the high end of today’s videoconferencing continuum are systems described as “immersive telepresence” These systems deliver very high quality audio and video, creating the illusion that geographically dispersed participants are in the same room.
Telepresence systems generally spare no expense when it comes to electronics or room preparation and are intended to provide a virtual meeting experience that simulates an face-to-face meeting as closely as possible.
Some systems require, or strongly recommend, that calls be supported by a Global Managed Service offer to assure that all calls proceed on time, with no issues.
One notch below telepresence sits the mainstream of the video conferencing market – systems designed for conference room use. This market segment has been transitioning to high definition video, larger screen formats, and rich, wideband audio, thereby providing users with a much richer meeting environment.
For personal video conferencing applications, many enterprises have deployed all-in-one desktop solutions that combine the performance of dedicated videoconferencing hardware with packaging designed for individual use rather than for the conference room.
Other personal solutions are based on using a video phone or the ubiquitous PC platform for videoconferencing. A webcam and software easily convert a multifunctional PC into a visual communications platform that can go anywhere and use any wired or wireless network.
Read more (Brochure: An Executive Guide to Video Communications, PDF)
Avaya Desktop Video Conferencing
In Avaya's solution for desktop video conferencing, users can place a voice call with Avaya one-X® Communicator and IP Softphone and then dynamically add video with the click of a button.
One-X Communicator is a UC software application. The application combines softphone, intelligent presence, voice/video calling, visual voicemail, visual voice/video conferencing, as well as access to corporate directories and communication logs improve workforce productivity across your enterprise.
Organisations can deploy one-X Communicator either as a standalone Softphone, integrated with leading desktop productivity tools like Microsoft® Office Communicator or IBM Lotus Sametime, or as part of a complete Unified Communications solution from Avaya.
Read more (Brochure: Avaya Video Solutions, PDF)