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Presentation AgendaPresentation Agenda

Why Unified Conferencing?

Polycom Unified Conferencing

Polycom Unified Conferencing Experience

MGC Platform & System Architecture

Unified Conferencing Scheduling & Management

Competitive Overview

Easy Migration Path

Summary Of Customer Benefits

Why Unified Conferencing?Why Unified Conferencing?

End users are demanding more….– Seamless, converged conferencing over any network and

communications media– Easy / simple / intuitive user interfaces– Reservationless & ad hoc services, regardless of

communications media

Networks are delivering more….– Ever expanding range of network technologies– Increasing range of endpoints

Infrastructure and operations support is getting

more complex

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One MGC platform to support for full featured

video, voice and unified conferences

One conferencing experience for voice and

video conference participants

One management tool for support personnel

and end users

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Shared hardware and software system resources to

support video and voice multipoint and gateway

conferences

Leading edge solution built on the established,

reliable MGC platform architecture

Key building block for the Polycom Office

Superior return on investment

Flexible deployment options - Easy upgrade path

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Polycom Unified Conferencing seamlessly brings together

conference participants into a unified, robust conferencing

experience– Regardless of communications media - audio and video

– Regardless of network, PSTN, ISDN and IP

– VoicePlus conferencing features, audio and video

– Touch Tone end user control for audio and video conferences

Simultaneously supports fully featured:– PSTN audio conferences

– VoIP audio conferences

– ISDN video conferences

– IP video conferences

– Unified ISDN/IP video and PSTN/IP audio

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Polycom Unified Conferencing supports:– “One Dial”– “Conference On-Demand”– WebOffice integration– People + Content– Pro-Motion 60 fields per second– H.264– Siren 14

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Attended Conference Service Voice & Video Unattended Conference Service Voice & Video Ad Hoc Conference Service Voice & Video Full, Automatic Transcoding Of Audio & Video Voice & Video ISDN & IP Conferences Voice & Video Web Browser Based Conference Scheduling And Management Voice & Video Conference Entry Queue With Greeting Voice & Video Invite New Participants To Conference Voice & Video Blast Dial-Out Voice & Video IVR / DTMF Based Conference Management Voice & Video Conference & Chairperson Security Codes Voice & Video Conference Rollcall Voice & Video Voting / Polling Voice & Video Question And Answers Voice & Video WebOffice Integration Voice & Video Siren 14 Khz audio Voice & Video 30 Frames Per Second In CP, 60 Fields Per Second VS Video Hardware And Software Based Continuous Presence Video Click&View Video Automatic Rate Detection And Downspeeding Video People + Content Video

Selected Feature Support For Voice, Video And Unified Conferences

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One MGC platform to support video,

voice and unified conferencing – Multipoint and gateway video and voice

conferences• ISDN video, IP video, PSTN voice, VoIP

and unified multipoint• ISDN-to-IP video, IP-to-IP video, PSTN-

to-VoIP and VoIP-to-VoIP gateway– Video, voice and unified conferences

integrated with web collaboration

                         

MGC Conferencing PlatformsMGC Conferencing Platforms

Flexible deployment options on any one or

combination of MGC platforms

MGC 100 large enterprise and service

provider conferencing platform– Custom system configurations– 16 universal slots– Redundant power supplies

MGC 50 enterprise conferencing platform– Custom system configurations– 8 universal slots

MGC 25 workgroup and distributed

conferencing platform– Standard system configurations– No capacity upgrades

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Polycom’s MGC 50/100 conferencing platform architecture– Robust telecom architecture

– Front-accessible hot-swappable resource modules

– Self configuring resource modules

– System redundancy

– Total resource sharing technology

– Full, automatic transcoding

– On-line software downloads

MGC track record of proven performance– Industry leader in video conferencing market

– Thousands installed

– Reputation for high quality / reliable performance and ease of maintenance

Multi-Way TranscodingMulti-Way TranscodingEnables Seamless Connection, Regardless Of NetworkEnables Seamless Connection, Regardless Of Network

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VoiceShared

Modules

VideoShared

Modules

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ISDN network connections can support both

PSTN voice and ISDN video conferences

IP network connections can support both VoIP

and IP video conferences

Audio resources can support all video and

voice conferences

CP resources can support ISDN and IP video

conferences

Tx resources can support mixed all

conferences

T.120 resources can support any mix of ISDN

and IP video endpoints per conference

Network costs are reduced

Network back-up is improved

IP interface costs are reduced

IP back-up is improved

Investments in IP are leveraged

Audio support costs are reduced

Any audio algorithm can be supported

Audio back-up is improved

Advanced + CP ISDN and IP conferences

Click&View provides endpoint control over their

video experience

Easily connect anyone from anywhere

T.120 support costs are reduced

T.120 back-up is improved

ISDN/IP video conferences with T.120

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AudioAudio

VideVideoo

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DataDataT.120T.120

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MGC MMCS software supports video

and voice multipoint and gateway

conferences

Audio transcoding supports video

and voice conferences

Video and data rate transcoding

supports ISDN and IP video

conferences

All voice and video participants use

the same # to connect

IVR/DTMF based features are

available to all participants and to all

conferences

IP packets are processed to produce

correctly structured and video and

voice IP data streams

MGC transmitted IP packets receive

IP network QoS

Reduced costs maintaining OS

OS improvements benefits video and

voice conferencing support

Voice and video conferences can support

narrow and wide band audio

Full transcoding enables mixed, ISDN and

IP video conferences

Connecting to a Unified Conference is

simple

All voice, video and unified conferences

share the same robust IVR/DTMF

features

IP based voice and video conference

quality is improved

MGC Operating SystemMultipoint Gateway

Unified Conference SuiteIVR/DTMF Voice & VideoSingle Number Entry Queue Virtual Meeting Rooms

IP Packet CommanderDuplicate PacketsAudio OptimizationPacket SynchronizationJitter CorrectionQoS Bit Insertion

TranscodingAudioVideoData Rates

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One management application for

system and operations support– Support a single or network of MGC

platforms from a single application window

– Powerful diagnostic and fault resolution capability down to the DSP level

One browser interface to schedule

and manage video, voice and

unified conferences

One IVR/DTMF interface to manage

video, voice and unified

conferences

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Support personnel and end users have one

management application for conference scheduling and

manage – Less training is required – Productivity is improved

Manage a network of MGC 100s, MGC 50s and MGC 25s

from a single application window

Management application upgrades costs less and

require less training

WebCommander provides a single end user interface

for scheduling and managing voice, video and unified

conferences

IVR/DTMF single user interface for managing and

interacting with VoicePlus features in voice, video and

unified conferences

Billing and reporting applications support for both MGC

voice, video and unified conferencing means that only

one set of support processes are required

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Same experience for voice and video participants regardless of their network: IP, ISDN, PSTN Voice & video IVR/DTMF Voice & video entry queue Voice & video roll call Voice & video Q&A Voice & video voting/polling

Simultaneous support for full featured: PSTN voice VoIP voice ISDN video IP video Unified voice & video

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* Competitor’s information is based on publicly available information and is subject to change. Polycom cannot guarantee the accuracy of such information.

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Wide band audio 14 Khz

Enterprise People And Content

Integrated Web collaboration

Workgroup, Enterprise and Service Provider Platform Options

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* Competitor’s information is based on publicly available information and is subject to change. Polycom cannot guarantee the accuracy of such information.

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Migrate to Polycom Unified Conferencing, when it

is needed– Start with a MGC 100, MGC 50 or MGC 25 Unified system

configuration– Start with a MGC 100, MGC 50 or MGC 25 VideoPlus system

configuration and upgrade to unified – Start with a MGC 100, MGC 50 or MGC 25 VoicePlus system

configuration and upgrade to unified– Start with a MGC 100. MGC 50 or MGC 25 Gateway system

configuration and upgrade to unified

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Audio+ - 12, 24, 48 and 96 ports modules

Video+ - 8 port module

Click&View

Unified Conferencing Suite– Audio & video IVR/DTMF interface– VoicePlus features in video

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One MGC platform to support for full featured

video, voice and unified conferences

One conferencing experience for voice and video

conference participants

One management tool for support personnel and

end users

Flexible deployment options - easy upgrade path

Superior return on investment

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