Scheduling, Reservations, And Conference Management; Monitoring, Management, And Directory Services - Polycom ConferenceSuite Supplementary Manual

Video and Voice communications are becoming a critical part of more and more organizations each year. As organizations increase their dependence
on this technology, it becomes increasingly important to maintain the technology's proper operation and measure and track its usage. Polycom has
a wide range of different management applications enabling an organization to purchase and use only the software they need. When selecting the
Polycom management applications best suited to an organization's needs, it is important to understand that some situations will be best served by
a combination of these applications.
This paper focuses on identifying the key differentiating features between each application and does not cover the complete feature set of each
application. The features listed are unique to all other Polycom applications available today. This paper is intended to augment the information
available on these applications through datasheets, presentations, and other whitepapers. These materials are available on the Polycom Website,
www.polycom.com. Select the "Product and Services" tab and then select the Network Systems and Network Management options.
The applications reviewed in this paper are grouped in the following order:

Scheduling, Reservations, and Conference Management

Polycom ReadiManager™ LX100, Network Aware Scheduler™ – Polycom Conference Suite module
WebCommander™, MGC™ Personal Scheduler, and MGC Manager

Monitoring, Management, and Directory Services

Polycom ReadiManager LX100, Video Network Management – Polycom Conference Suite Module
Global Management System™
H.323 Gatekeeper
Polycom PathNavigator™
These management applications are focused on one of the following areas: 1) the video network, 2) the MGC, or 3) the endpoints. Polycom
ReadiManager LX100 is both a multivendor scheduling tool and Polycom centric endpoint management tool. Polycom ConferenceSuite and Polycom
PathNavigator are video network-centric tools enabling them to be used in multivendor environments. WebCommander, MGC Personal Scheduler,
and MGC Manager are MGC-centric tools providing indepth management and monitoring capabilities on the MGC. Global Management System is a
Polycom endpoint-centric tool focused on endpoint maintenance and a global address book. Polycom offers in-depth tools to address specifics needs
of the organization.