Ease of Use with MGC/MGC+ Conferencing Bridges ............7 Managing the MGC+ Conference Bridges with MGC Manager ........11 Summary – The Value Proposition of Deploying A Polycom Multipoint Conferencing Bridge ..............................12 Polycom, Inc. 4750 Willow Road, Pleasanton, CA 94588.
This overview provides high level information on Polycom’s unified conferencing bridges (MGC/MGC+) - please refer to product specific documentation for more information on other Polycom network infrastructure products.
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Polycom Unified Conferencing Partner Agency Bridges ReadiManager SE200 RSS 2000 Scheduling and Recording and Management Streaming V2IU Firewall Client Agency Streaming Traversal or Partner Clients Road Warrior Polycom, Inc. 4750 Willow Road, Pleasanton, CA 94588. 1.800.POLYCOM www.polycom.com Page 4 of 12...
– on a single, flexible platform. The flexibility and scalability of the Polycom MGC platforms enables them to be positioned at the center of the conferencing network, and deliver a complete range of conference services without the need for additional external technology.
Polycom MGC platforms, the MGC+50 supports IP (SIP and H.323) and ISDN/PSTN on a single platform. Both the MGC+50 chassis and the MGC+100 chassis include an extra slot for the “IAM” module, which provides embedded voice/video conference management and scheduling software, comprised of the ReadiManager SE200 software suite.
Polycom has multiple options for scheduling, including MGC Manager (which is included with all MGC platforms), Polycom WebCommander (which allows for end user scheduling through a web-browser or Outlook) and Polycom ReadiManager SE200, an “all-in-one” network appliance that provides an integrated suite of management and scheduling applications on a single platform –...
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The conference is automatically terminated when the last participant quits the conference, when the chairperson exits the conference or manually by the operator - or conference chair. IVR-enabled Meeting Room with Entry Queue Polycom, Inc. 4750 Willow Road, Pleasanton, CA 94588. 1.800.POLYCOM www.polycom.com Page 8 of 12...
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On-Demand Unified Conferencing – User Scenario Let’s take a look at what “on-demand unified conferencing” means to a typical Polycom employee in their day-to-day work, taking advantage of Polycom technology. Employee “Mary” has been assigned a personal meeting room, which for ease of use purposes is the same number as the extension on her desk phone –...
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Interactive Voice Response (IVR) services for voice and video connections, on IP and ISDN. This enables the Polycom MGC platform to support many new service developments including: Entry queue / Single number access to all conferences from all networks and media PIN code protection on conferences from all networks and media User controlled conference functions via DTMF e.g.
RIDGES WITH ANAGER Operations support and system administration of the Polycom MGC/MGC+ platforms are accomplished using the MGC Manager application that has already proven its capability with operations departments worldwide. MGC Manager enables an operator or administrator to view and manage all system chassis resources in a single view as well as monitor, provide operations support and administer a global network of audio and video MCUs and gateways.
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