Polycom Improves Video Management Capabilities through New Solutions and Updates

UC&C pioneer and frontrunner Polycom, Inc. announced several products and updates for the video management sector. This includes:

• Polycom® RealPresence® Resource Manager Software v8.0 update
• Polycom® RealPresence® Video DualManager™ 400 Solution
• Polycom® RealPresence® Distributed Media Application™ (DMA v6.0)

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Release of the New Polycom® RealPresence® Resource Manager Software v8.0 Update

Aiding IT organizations and experts in the Bring Your Own Device or BYOD trend, the new Polycom® RealPresence® Resource Manager Software v8.0 update release is capable of supporting a maximum number of 50,000 video devices, including:

• Desktop
• Mobile
• Smartphones
• Tablets

In addition to that, it can also support maximum of 10,000 group video collaboration systems. Some examples of these systems are:

• Polycom® HDX® Series system
• Polycom® RealPresence® Group Series system

The large number that can be accommodated by this software makes it ideal for large companies and organizations.

Polycom Worldwide Engineering Executive Vice President A.E. Natarajan claims that all organizations of different sizes need video collaboration capabilities to manage their employees wherever they may be. Natarajan also added, “For large enterprises and service providers, the enhanced Resource Manager can help IT support BYOD since it’s optimised for the secure, highly scalable video collaboration that is being fueled by the proliferation of mobile and desktop video users. For mid-sized enterprises, the new RealPresence Video DualManager 400 is a single appliance that gives the IT organisation the intelligent infrastructure they need to make video collaboration always available so that their employees can have more productive meetings with their colleagues, partners and customers.”

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What Polycom® RealPresence® Video DualManager™ 400 Solution Is All About

A Polycom® RealPresence® Platform industry-standard server, the Polycom® RealPresence® Video DualManager™ 400 solution can offer several features including:

• Broad call-control support
• Mid-sized enterprise video networks interoperability
• Resource management

Usually, the RealPresence Video DualManager 400 includes:

• Polycom® RealPresence® Resource Manager
• RealPresence Video DualManager 400 solution

While the Polycom® RealPresence® Resource Manager is capable of allowing IT administrators to be able to manage video resources, the RealPresence Video DualManager 400 solution is capable of doing a lot more, like:

• Maximizing return of the UC&C implementation in the enterprise
• Minimizing administration and communications costs
• Protecting current IT investment through network unification
• Simplifying users’ UC&C collaboration

If you want to know more about the feature and benefits of the new RealPresence Video DualManager 400 solution, visit this site. 

Wainhouse Research Senior Analyst and Partner Ira M. Weinstein believes that there is a growth in the need in centralizing device and video traffic management as number of users of video conferencing systems also grows. “The RealPresence DualManager 400 includes full versions of two important Polycom infrastructure solutions, Resource Manager and DMA, packaged within a single appliance. This release makes it faster and easier for organizations to add proactive monitoring and advanced device management to their video conferencing environments. These capabilities are especially critical for global deployments that include both group and personal video systems,” Weinstein expounded.

Distributing Video Calls across Networks through Polycom® RealPresence® DMA Software

The new Polycom® RealPresence® Distributed Media Application™ (DMA v6.0) offers video operators with enhanced help-desk video services and features. Some of which are:

• Added interactive voice response messaging (Call Status and Information)
• Additional interoperability capabilities
• Customization options
• Enhanced and detailed call records for billing and recording
• On-demand support with dialing
• Support for multiple languages

There are also several advantages for the service providers who will avail of the DMA and Resource Manager updates. Here are some:

• Mobile and desktop service offers’ solution scale will be improved
• Better end-user experience
• More details for billing and reporting

There are available worldwide in August:

• Polycom RealPresence Resource Manager (v8.0)
• Polycom RealPresence DMA (v6.0)
• Polycom RealPresence Video DualManager 400 appliance