TelePresence

Video conferencing system technology based on industry standards is an ideal way for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and divisions within enterprises to collaborate using rich media tools. A video conferencing system from Cisco provides a standards-based, reliable, versatile, easy-to-manage, and cost-effective network infrastructure for collaboration.

What are the Business Benefits of a Cisco Video Conferencing System?

A video conferencing system from Cisco gives your organization tools to:

• Improve productivity
• Conduct efficient remote training and education
• Reduce travel expenses
• Build stronger relationships with customers and remote staff
• Leverage your existing communications and network investments

Can a Cisco Video Conferencing System Work with Other Collaboration Systems?

A video conferencing system in the Cisco Unified Videoconferencing line of solutions supports multiple protocols (H.323, H.320, SIP, SCCP) for connectivity with a broad range of room equipment, desktop video systems and communications environments. A Cisco video conferencing system can connect to Cisco Unified Communications Manager video telephony, Cisco Unified MeetingPlace, and Cisco TelePresence conferencing.

What is Cisco TelePresence?

Cisco TelePresence uses sophisticated technologies that deliver a high-quality, collaborative experience. Cisco TelePresence uses the global Internet Protocol (IP) network and unified communications to deliver an immersive, same-room conferencing experience. Cisco TelePresence makes it possible for meeting participants to communicate as naturally as they would in person. Every expression, gesture, and nuance is clearly visible, whether participants are located across town or on different continents.

What Differentiates Cisco TelePresence from Video Conferencing Systems?

Cisco TelePresence takes full advantage of the network as a platform to deliver an experience that is far more powerful and flexible than a traditional video conferencing system. Cisco TelePresence can transform your business by dramatically enhancing relationships with your customers, partners, and globally diverse teams. Find out how Cisco TelePresence makes communications with customers more meaningful, timely, and efficient.

Other benefits of Cisco TelePresence include:

• Easy to use. You can schedule a Cisco TelePresence meeting with the enterprise groupware tools you use every day. And initiating a conference is as easy as making a phone call. From the touch-screen of the meeting room's IP phone, you simply push a button to launch a Cisco TelePresence conference.
• Life-like images. High-definition 1080p video delivers full-motion video for a true in-person experience.
• Intuitive controls. Because the interface is the phone, participants can take full advantage of unified communications capabilities such as hold, mute and conference during a Cisco TelePresence conference.
• Plug-and-play peripherals. The Auto Collaborate feature lets you share information (such as documents) with all locations in the video conference meeting just by plugging in a laptop computer or document camera.
• Integrate legacy video systems. Cisco TelePresence supports interoperability with standards-based video conferencing technologies. Inoperability with a standards-based video conferencing system creates a bridging strategy to help your organization migrate from those systems to Cisco TelePresence.

Get information about Cisco Unified Videoconferencing.