Polycom Introduces the Polycom RealPresence CloudAXIS Suite to Support Video Collaboration Just with a Web Browser and Camera

Polycom, Inc. introduces Polycom® RealPresence® CloudAXIS™ Suite to the market, the very first solution that allows users to make use of high quality and enterprise-grade video collaboration using a web browser.  

All about Polycom RealPresence CloudAXIS Suite

Purely an extension of the Polycom® RealPresence® Platform, Polycom RealPresence CloudAXIS Suite widens the circle of people who can access high quality video collaboration solutions, since customers can meet with any business (B2B) or any consumer (B2C) face-to-face easily through mobile devices, video room systems and PCs.

Using the Polycom® RealPresence® CloudAXIS™ Suite, subscribers can use a web browser on their PC, mobile devices, and room video system and be able to access several features, including:

• Ability to Record Meetings
• Content sharing
• Group Chat

Available from March 31, Polycom RealPresence CloudAXIS Suite can run on Windows OS and soon on Mac. It is also compatible with the Polycom RealPresence Mobile 2.3 app.

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Polycom President and CEO Andy Miller said, “Polycom RealPresence CloudAXIS Suite makes it easy for businesses to collaborate face-to-face via video with colleagues, customers, partners, students, patients and consumers around the world, with the security, reliability, scalability and quality that is expected from an enterprise-grade solution. With the availability of Polycom RealPresence CloudAXIS Suite, we are delivering on our vision and promise to make enterprise-grade video collaboration ubiquitous and available to anyone, which we believe will help drive a network effect of video and transform how people and industries collaborate and work.”

Another application, which users can use to install Polycom RealPresence CloudAXIS Suite a lot easier and less costly, is through Video SmartStart.

Know more about Video SmartStart here.

Initially available to enterprises for private cloud deployments, Polycom CloudAXIS Suite features include:

• Enterprise-Grade Security, Reliability and Quality
• Global Presence-Aware Directory 
• Simple and Intuitive Video Collaboration Experience 
• Investment Protection 

IDC Enterprise Communications Infrastructure Senior Research Analyst Richard Costello believes that different industries need video collaboration. He said, “With more businesses moving toward video collaboration, there’s a critical need in the video marketplace for technology that easily and securely connects people inside an organisation to people outside the firewall. Polycom RealPresence CloudAXIS Suite is the type of innovation that will redefine how businesses around the world get work done. By letting customers easily deploy, use and scale videoconferencing technology, Polycom is making it possible for organisations to connect to anyone so they can improve productivity, as well as leverage video collaboration for new use cases and applications.”

Polycom RealPresence CloudAXIS can help different industries in different ways. Some of which are:

• Business Functions and Vertical Industries: Brings scalability and usability to a new level
• Retailers and Financial Institutions: Improves service reach and levels by helping to stay connected to customers, visually
• Manufacturers: Allows collaboration with remote suppliers and vendors, reducing market time
• HR and Organizations: Allows more convenient face-to-face interview with candidates wherever they may be- improving hiring decisions and saving time
• Educational Institutions: Connects teachers with students- personalizing and enriching the entire learning experience

The health organization National Health Service (NHS) Lothian is an example of this. Considered as Scotland’s second largest health organization in terms of residential population, which is 800,000 people, providing healthcare services to a lot of people can be a real challenge. With Polycom RealPresence CloudAXIS Suite, clinicians can conduct medical assessments of patients over video.

NHS Lothian IT infrastructure and Operations Head Iain Robertson said, “Polycom RealPresence CloudAXIS Suite will provide healthcare clinicians with an easy-to-use and secure method of communicating with patients at home using their own devices – such as a PC or tablet – and software which they are already familiar with. Patients will be able to avoid unnecessary trips to hospital clinics and have pre-scheduled video meetings, and our clinical staff will initiate the consultations by sending a URL to the patients. This ‘virtual clinic’ model will change the way we provide care, making it easier and more efficient for all parties involved, and is building on the existing video capability of the organisation.”