Polycom RealPresence Platform

Polycom RealPresence Polycom RealPresence Platform is the most complete program infrastructure for support of universal remedies of collective work with use of the latest solutions of telepresence and video conference of high definition of HD.

Users in different places in the world are able to afford personal contact by means of the systems of telepresence with support of highly scalable, reliable, safe and reserved infrastructure capable to maintain business continuity.

Creation of the unified environment of the joint communications (UC) stimulating adoption of the new technologies simplifying use standard business processes (for example, instant messaging, scheduling and e-mail).

Interaction of several thousand applications of the joint communications and business applications using the unique, based on open standards methods, put in the RealPresence Polycom platform which supports delivery of video as service in large-scale networks of the organizations, on external resources and in cloud networks.

Protection of investments due to forward and backward compatibility not only with existing, but also future systems. Decrease in total ownership cost and acceleration of an investment payback thanks to unique capability of the systems of Polycom to use twice smaller bandwidth and to provide at the same time by 3.5 times high capacity of resources in comparison with alternative solutions.

Possibilities of the platform

Five methods of improvement of the environment of joint work

The Polycom RealPresence platform is a crucial element of visual communication systems of Polycom RealPresence which include the platform, applications interacting with the platform, the offered services and the compatibility with a broad spectrum of environments and devices based on open standards for which support of solutions for joint work using corporate video conference of HD quality is implemented. Five functional zones serviced by the Polycom RealPresence platform are given in the following scheme.

Expansion of the platform due to inclusion from the compatible products delivered by partners of Polycom Visual communication systems of Polycom RealPresence provide compatibility with all set of the products and services delivered by the global system of partner interaction of Polycom. Therefore the customer can always find the first-class solution suitable its organization with a guarantee of interaction of all components.

Presence IM/indication. Applications of instant messaging (IM) and control of availability (an opportunity to keep track of the status of connection of any user in network) allow users to communicate in real time using text messages. For example, the client applications IM/indication of presence and the video application for desktop PCs developed by Microsoft and IBM are integrated with group, mobile and desktop visual communication systems through the RealPresence platform.

Call management. The applications providing functions of a telephone central office such as routing of calls and additional subscriber functions, such as waiting of a call and readdressing of calls. If you use applications of call management of Microsoft, Siemens, BroadSoft, Cisco and Avaya (it is only the small list of the companies), the RealPresence platform can be used for integration and simplification of a video and voice communication of high definition.

Web conferences. The services of joint work in network allowing the separate working groups to organize meetings for exchange and editing content. Solutions of Polycom can be used with all main applications for the organization of web conferences for improvement of holding meetings, studies, lectures and the presentations using interactive video systems of high definition.

Joint work using video conference. Development of solutions for joint work using video conference by Polycom company is made in partnership with many developers in the field including with the most strong contenders (because our customers so want).

Mobility. Polycom maintains partnership with leaders in the industry of mobile communication, including Alcatel/Lucent, Apple, Ericsson, HP, HTC, Juniper, Microsoft, Motorola, RIM and Samsung, for expansion of sales opportunities of joint work of certain users and working groups in networks of mobile communication and repeated connection to corporate room visual communication systems of high definition.

Social networks. The popularity of social networks increasing nowadays leads to transition of chains of communication through borders of firewalls and to invasion into life of the companies, changing the modes of work and interactions. The software and other business applications for social networks developed by Jive company will be integrated with the RealPresence platform and to be brought to this new interesting segment of the market as corporate applications for joint work using video conference.

Polycom RealPresence Utility Cart 500 и Polycom RealPresence EduCart 500

On September 1, 2014 the Polycom corporation announced availability in Russia Polycom RealPresence Utility Cart 500 and Polycom RealPresence EduCart 500 — two solutions of video conference developed especially for use at the enterprises and in educational institutions.

These packaged solutions of Polycom represent the autonomous systems — "carts" allowing users it is easy to organize a session of a video conferencing of high definition and joint work with content practically in any place, but not in specially selected conference room. Both systems were developed as the available solution for clients who need video conference in any place in the territory of their enterprise or educational institution. Besides, stations of video conference can be equipped with peripheral devices, such as HD cameras for documents or projectors — for carrying out detailed inspections or the presentations.

2015: Polycom added functionality of the platform

On June 29, 2015 the Polycom company announced an output of the solutions Polycom RealPresence Web Suite and Polycom RealPresence Media Suite within the Polycom RealPresence Platform platform.

Polycom RealPresence Web Suite helps to be connected in the presence of the web browser and the video camera by one click to the environment of the corporate level for communication on audio and video conference and also for information exchange.

Polycom RealPresence Media Suite turns any workplace into media studio, helping users to create, look for, reproduce and to upload the video in the general access, to organize video conferences and Internet broadcastings.

Polycom RealPresence Web Suite is the software capable to integrate 1.3 billion Internet users, providing connection to network for video cooperation, using any device, having only clicked on a hyperlink. The solution combines technologies of Polycom for high-quality video conference with flexibility of means for web conferences that increases interactivity and efficiency of interaction of users.

Representation of Polycom RealPresence Web Suite, 2015

Polycom RealPresence Media Suite is externally similar to usual video libraries of a consumer class, but is qualitatively new and easy portal of record and Internet broadcasting in work which allows users to write and play full frame video during the conference, to spread rollers in the general access and it is also simple and convenient to organize stream broadcasting, as using the web browser.

Representation of RealPresence Media Suite, 2015

RealPresence Media Suite helps to arrange information, to increase efficiency of interaction and training of employees, having improved thus joint work within all organization. The single and simple software package does not demand installation a set of application, such as portals of Internet broadcasting and means of distance learning. It provides network record for 100 simultaneous sessions of video conference, stream broadcasting of 50 forward translations and access of 10 thousand audience to direct Internet broadcastings and videos.