Cisco VXI: Collaboration

Uncompromised User Experience

Deliver superior collaboration capabilities in virtualized environments that allow users to experience a unified workspace on any device.

Cisco Collaboration solutions for Virtualization Experience Infrastructure (VXI) deliver an uncompromised collaboration experience on any device that results in increased employee productivity, greater cost savings, and broader user adoption.

The solutions can enable CIOs to deliver a unified workspace with speed and agility, allowing them to support business objectives and user demands. For IT mangers, they can easily and more securely manage all IT services - from the infrastructure to a new workspace - at lower cost. Users also benefit because they can work however they want to work on any device with an uncompromised experience.

Cisco collaboration solutions offer a holistic, unified approach to solving real-time voice and video challenges in virtualized environments by:

• Combining the benefits of virtualization with time-proven unified communications user experiences
• Unifying virtual desktop, voice, and video powered by extensive and advanced communications and collaboration capabilities
• Delivering a transparent collaboration experience accessed virtually or locally on personal or corporate devices, mobile or deskbound

Cisco Jabber allows users to be productive from anywhere, on any devices - PCs, Macs, tablets, smartphones, and thin clients.  Users have easy access to presence, IM, voice and video, voice messages, and conferencing. Cisco Virtualization Experience Media Engine (VXME) extends Cisco Jabber�s unified collaboration experience to users in virtualized environments by enabling intelligent processing of real-time voice and video traffic on the local device

Cisco Unified Communications Manager is the unified call control solution that manages all communications between applications, endpoints, and devices, including Cisco Jabber, both for IM, presence, voice, and video.  Call control and session management for Cisco Jabber is managed by Cisco Unified Communications Manager.  IT managers who deploy Jabber on HVD have a choice on how they deploy Cisco Jabber to end users. Choices include:

• Cisco Jabber on HVD with VXME on thin clients or Windows PCs for users who want an integrated voice and video experience within the virtual desktop
• Cisco Jabber on desktops and mobile devices alongside HVD software such as Citrix Receiver and VMware View for users who prefer to access their Jabber client from their local PCs, Macs, or mobile devices

When combined with the innovative Cisco Unified Communications accessories, users have the freedom to work their way without compromising the user experience or security.