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Polycom to Showcase Polycom® RealPresence® Video Solutions at InfoComm 2012, Booth #N1527
Posted on Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Polycom video and voice solutions allow customers to collaborate across any environment, whether on the go with mobile video solutions or in a conference room with a life-like, immersive system
 
When/Where:
InfoComm 2012
Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC)
3150 Paradise Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89109
Exhibits June 13-15, 2012
Booth #N1527
 
What:
At InfoComm 2012, Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), the global leader in open standards-based unified communications (UC), will demonstrate enterprise-grade Polycom® RealPresence® video and voice solutions that extend video collaboration to any work environment (immersive theater, conference room, work office, home office, or on the go). See first-hand how Polycom solutions, powered by the Polycom® RealPresence® Platform, are changing the face of communications and how businesses and industries collaborate worldwide.
 
In addition, Polycom is participating in six industry presentations and panels, talking to the company's vision of video collaboration ubiquity, as well as delivering video collaboration for mobile, social, and cloud platforms (details below).
 
Polycom this week also announced that the Company (along with partners Microsoft and HP) is bringing UC and video collaboration solutions to the University of West England (UWE). The high-definition global video network will connect the UWE campus in Bristol with its partner universities and colleges located throughout Europe, Vietnam, Malaysia, and the USA. See the related press release.
 
INDUSTRY PRESENTATIONS
Wednesday, June 13
  • 10:30-12:00 pm – Visual Collaboration in the Cloud: Is this a transformational moment?
  • Topic: "Video Conferencing as a Service" and virtualization of the enterprise
  • Polycom panel participant: John Antanaitis, Vice President of Product Marketing, Polycom
  • Location: Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) Room N223-N224
  • 12:30-2:00 pm – IMCCA State-of-the-Industry Lunch & Learn
  • Topic: the latest issues in collaboration including mobility, interoperability, and convergence
  • Polycom panel participant: John Antanaitis
  • Location: LVCC Room N219-N222
Thursday, June 14
  • Telepresence Day: Keynote and Session
  • Topic: visual communication and video ubiquity including availability, ease of use, mobility, and quality
                     Opening Keynote
                     9:00-10:00 am – The Emergence of Mobility
                     Presenter: John Antanaitis
                     Location: LVCC Room N219-N222
 
                     Session
                     10:05-10:35 am – Telepresence and Mobile Video
                     Polycom panel participant: Laura Marx, Senior Director of Mobility Go to Market, Polycom
                     Location: LVCC Room N219-N222
 
  • 12:30-2:00 pm – Unified Communications: Transforming the way we meet and communicate in the enterprise
                   Topic: what makes a UC deployment successful and how to prepare an organization for UC
                   Polycom panel participant: John Antanaitis
                   Location: LVCC Room N223-N224
  • 2:30-4:30 pm – Mobility and Collaboration: Is it really telepresence if it's on a tablet?
                      Topic: the trend of 'video anywhere,' and the impact of 'bring your own device' policies
                      Polycom presenter and panel participant: Laura Marx
                      Location: LVCC Room N223-N224
 
NETWORKING EVENT
Tuesday, June 12
5:30-7:30 p.m. – Opening Reception
Location: Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, Paradise South ballroom
3000 Paradise Rd., Las Vegas, NV, 89109
 
DEMONSTRATIONS
To see Polycom RealPresence video and voice solutions, please visit booth #N1527. Demos include:
  • Polycom® RealPresence® Mobile – a software app that extends secure, enterprise-grade, video collaboration and content-sharing beyond the conference room, allowing mobile device users to easily join individual or multi-party video meetings with other standards-based video systems including immersive video rooms, group/desktop systems, laptops, tablets, and smartphones in HD quality. RealPresence Mobile, winner of the 2012 Edison award for innovation is available as a free download on a number of devices including the Apple iPad 2, various Android tablets, and the Apple iPhone 4S. Similar to connecting a smartphone to the corporate email server, RealPresence Mobile can be registered to the RealPresence Platform, allowing customers to enjoy advanced features including provisioning, management, firewall traversal, and connectivity to multi-party calls.
  • Polycom® RealPresence® Immersive, Room, and Desktop Solutions – including the Polycom® HDX® Series; Polycom® EagleEye Director, which personalizes video collaboration by enabling close-up views of every speaker with automated and 'directed' camera pan, tilt, and zoom; Polycom® UC Board™, which transforms ordinary surfaces into virtual whiteboards; Polycom® CX7000 unified group video collaboration system, the first room video solution purpose-built for full integration with Microsoft® Lync™; Polycom® VVX® business media phones; and Polycom installed audio solutions including Polycom® SoundStructure® and Polycom HDX Ceiling Microphones that ensure natural, clear conversations.
  • Polycom® RealPresence® Social – including Polycom video collaboration integration with IBM Sametime and IBM Connections, allowing IBM Sametime users to join multi-party or one-on-one video calls that can be launched within email and social business interfaces.
  • Polycom® RealPresence® Platform – Most comprehensive, open standards-based software infrastructure for universal video collaboration; demonstrations will highlight connectivity, scalability, manageability, reliability, and security.
  • Polycom® Video Content Management – Polycom® RealPresence® Media Manager allows users to manage all aspects of live and on-demand video content including permissions-based security, user tracking, usage reporting, and flexible content distribution across diverse network environments and devices. Polycom® RealPresence® Capture Station allows users to webcast and record presentations that take place every day in meeting rooms, classrooms and boardrooms. Po
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