Polycom Introduces RealPresence Platform for Universal Video Teamwork

This software infrastructure will allow teamwork through universal video, offering security, reliability, mass management and scalability so video can be a cloud-based service for large corporations, small and medium-sized businesses and consumers.

Polycom presented the RealPresence platform this Wednesday, a software infrastructure for teamwork using universal video. The Polycom Royal Place RealPresce (previously called Polycom UC Intelligent Core) aims to energize HD telepresence solutions. The open standards approach of this platform guarantees integration with hundreds of unified communications and social media applications, like Microsoft Lync 2010, IBM Sametime and Jive's social business platform. In addition, The RealPresence platform integrates with essential network and security infrastructure to deliver secure teamwork with any number of people on heterogeneous networks with bandwidth consumption up to 50% less than other solutions. Polycom RealPresence Platform Also Offers Security, reliability, mass management and scalability so video can be a cloud-based service for large corporations, small and medium-sized businesses and consumers. Andy Miller, president and CEO of Polycom, has commented that “thanks to our platform based on open standards, innovative devices, extensive service offerings and native application interoperability, “Polycom is playing a vital role in what promises to be the network effect of video teamwork for hundreds of millions of people around the world.”. “Although many know Polycom for its popular peripherals, Polycom software is gaining recognition among customers who need to “unify” all their UC tools, especially now that video collaboration goes beyond firewalls”, added Richard Costello, senior IDC analyst. Today's RealPresence platform announcement is a key component of Polycom's software strategy to bring the adjective “unified” to unified communications that requires open standards-based software interfaces and integration to enable applications., the systems, networks and video-enabled devices from different vendors that can interoperate seamlessly. Ease of use enabled by interoperability drives adoption, since users expect to work as a team face to face in every conversation, training session, interview, product review, employee integration, sales and partner commitment, company meeting, event, etc. Besides, Greater worker mobility also adds to the growing demand for more scalable video solutions. Polycom RealPresence Platform Delivers Enterprise Ease of Use, Telecom Operator Reliability and Scalability, already supports up to 25.000 simultaneous sessions and 75.000 device logs, which is five times the closest competitor of Polycom. The functional modules of the RealPresence platform are: • Universal Video Collaboration: video teamwork software, Multipoint voice and content that connects multiple protocols, allowing people and content to connect at the highest quality at the lowest cost. • Video Resource Management: software to manage, Monitor and deliver video teamwork centrally across an organization. • Virtualization: Software to manage and distribute calls on teamwork networks with scalability, the redundancy, and reliability (until 25.000 simultaneous sessions and 75.000 device logs in a maximum of 64 video servers) what large global corporations and cloud deployments need. • Universal Access and Security: software that easily and securely connects video participants inside and outside the organization while optimizing to deliver the best teamwork experience, regardless of whether it takes place within the large corporation, between companies, or between companies and consumers. • Video Content Management: software para la captura de vídeo segura (grabación y reproducción), así como gestión, administration, y entrega de contenido de vídeo. Amplio ecosistema de partners Un elemento esencial en la plataforma Polycom RealPresence es la integración con soluciones de partner en las áreas de mensajería instantánea/presencia, telephony, conferencia web, trabajo en equipo mediante vídeo, mobiles, social media, redes y seguridad. Esto proporciona a los clientes la libertad de elegir los mejores productos con la garantía de que interactuarán. La plataforma actúa de núcleo central en un entorno de CU y funciona con aplicaciones de comunicaciones y empresariales de centenares de proveedores, including instant messaging/presence and video teamwork ( Microsoft Lync e IBM). Sametime are integrated natively on the RoyalPress platform, so users can start teamwork through video in a simple and intuitive way from these well-known tools. These solutions allow customers to consolidate video applications, voice, instant messaging/presence and other teamwork on a large corporate communications platform like Lync or Sametime. Users can easily and comprehensively access all their teamwork tools across desktop and mobile devices.. Besides, with powerful call processing software from Polycom, Users can call a common extension regardless of which PBX system or device they are calling from. Connectivity is enabled automatically regardless of protocol standard, the device, network or location, thereby providing the IT manager with an innovative tool that meets the needs of users. For call control, it allows you to integrate Avaya solutions, BroadSoft, Cisco, IBM, Microsoft Corp. and Siemens, plus many other call control platforms and Polycom HD voice solutions. Adobe, AT&T, Cisco WebEx, Citrix, IBM, Intercall and Microsoft allow web conferencing to be provided, while Apple, Motorola, Samsung, HP and others provide mobile and tablet solutions. On the other hand, Polycom has announced that its HD video solutions will be integrated into the Jive social business platform, which will allow teamwork through face-to-face video from anywhere (see today's related announcement). This joint solution will allow Jive customers to have video chats, group video calls, as well as video recording meetings or messages for your archive, training and collaboration. Polycom has also partnered with telecommunications providers to offer video as a service from the cloud. En junio de 2011, Polycom y 14 global telecommunications operators, including Airtel, AT&T, BCS Global, BT, Cable and Wireless Worldwide, Global Crossing, Glowpoint, iFormata Communications, Orange Business Services, PCCW Global, Telefonica, Telstra y Verizon, have announced the Open Visual Cloud Consortium organization (OVCC).