Crestron Mercury begins its deployment to solve interoperability in meeting rooms

Powered by Microsoft Azure, Mercury conferencing system marks the entry of AV innovation into the unified communications environment and enables businesses to make every location a meeting space.

The multinational Crestron has announced widespread deployment of the Crestron Mercury desktop conferencing system, that offers a complete meeting and collaboration solution that is easy to manage, that makes unified communications compatible and unified (UC) with audio and video with any web collaboration, and that he will show in detail in his participation in WHEREAS 2018 (hall 2 – stand C20).

The Mercury console is the only tool needed to transform any space into an effective collaboration area, at an affordable cost. Developed by Microsoft Azure, This system combines all the essential programming features, conferencing and collaboration that employees need with the fast, secure cloud management capabilities that IT administrators require. Besides, uses Azure IoT Hub, Azure Stream Analytics, Azure Service Fabric and Azure Cosmos DB SaaS clusters.

“On average, we organize some 8.000 video conferences per month, "But it's often difficult to do them in the smaller spaces that our employees sometimes prefer," explains Brent Daniel., UCC Solutions Engineer for Unum Group-. “Mercury’s flexibility to share AV data allows us to quickly expand spaces with minimal team effort.”.

In this sense, Ted Colton, vp. Crestron UC Strategy, notes that “we designed Mercury to eliminate common 'headaches' related to meetings at work, increasingly mobile, today. Companies need to get in a room and get to work, without wasting time looking for technology and with an affordable solution like Mercury to offer a meeting experience to companies of all sizes, regardless of the web collaboration configuration they have”.

For your part, Sam George, director de Microsoft Azure IoT, adds that “our company is committed to supporting partners who address the changing needs of the modern workspace. “Crestron’s use of Azure services ensures the performance businesses need and offers global warranty and support for Mercury devices.”.

Additional Crestron Mercury Features:

• Presentations: Users can instantly and securely present content wirelessly on the room screen from a laptop, a smartphone or tablet using the built-in Crestron AirMedia wireless presentation input.
• Calls: Mercury makes it easy to make great-sounding calls from mobile devices or standard SIP systems using the built-in speaker and microphones..
• Collaboration: It is possible to work as a team from different locations from the user's laptop using any virtual phone, web conferencing or UC app, como Skype for Business, Cisco WebEx, GoToMeeting y Slack.
• Management: This console is easy to manage from the cloud by taking advantage of standard network security policies. A built-in occupancy sensor supports energy-saving automation, as well as the collection of room usage data.
• Time: This system connects directly to Microsoft Exchange Server, Exchange Online or Crestron Fusion Software for easy room scheduling. Built-in graphics engine generates an on-screen display of the room calendar and simple instructions for starting a meeting. Native PinPoint Proximity Beacon adds additional convenience, allowing mobile room search or scheduling with this app.