Polycom Unveils Personal Virtual Meeting Rooms

Polycom RealPresenceOne is all set to change the dynamics of the video conferencing market in India. The new offering launched early this year and has been popular for industries like manufacturing, healthcare, education, government, financial services and various other verticals, is now available across all the cities in India. It is a comprehensive package for video and content collaboration which is now sold by subscription making it even easier for companies to adopt human collaboration.

According to a recent forecast by Gartner, the top 10 technology trends and drivers that will be strategic for Indian organizations in 2014 include ‘collaboration technologies’ which encompasses voice over IP, file sharing, videoconferencing, content archiving, media streaming, feedback and polling. Real-time collaboration technologies not included in the Web conferencing category include instant messaging and stand-alone audio conferencing. In India where enterprises look for a customized product or service for all their business needs, now with Polycom Real Presence One organisations can choose from the new, flexible video delivery options  available, including hybrid and on-premises video, depending on the option that works best for their business models and budgets. All of the options include the same benefits now what the size of the investment making RealPresence One truly scalable.

Polycom’s new RealPresence Platform options include:

•    Virtualised collaboration through a subscription: Polycom RealPresence One is a new, comprehensive offering including RealPresence Platform software and services for video, voice and content collaboration, available on an annual subscription basis. This is an ideal solution for customers who want to implement voice, video and content collaboration solutions in their organisations for the first time.

•    Virtual editions of individual RealPresence Platform components: Polycom RealPresence Platform, Virtual Editions: individual components of the award-winning RealPresence Platform are now available as virtualised software that runs on industry-standard servers in existing datacenters. Polycom RealPresence, Virtual Editions are ideal for organisations who want to optimise, streamline or expand their existing video networks, and will work alongside hardware appliances, for a seamless, hybrid network.

Polycom Realpresence One has been enhanced to model the way today's users are accessing critical business systems based on the following five premises:

Enjoy simplicity— A comprehensive offering includes all the software and services one needs to ensure success

Low risk—No CAPEX investment, increase video resources anytime, and renew subscription annually

Align with strategic IT policies— One can add video infrastructure to their existing virtualized datacenter

Increase agility— Easily spin-up and spin-down video capacity based on one’s organization’s changing needs

Reduce deployment time—Software is quick and easy to deploy, especially for trials and proof-of-concepts

Reduces total cost of ownership— Virtual appliances and applications use one’s IT resources more efficiently, supporting datacenter consolidation

“This opens up new opportunities for businesses in India to adopt collaboration solutions that would truly enable their teams to benefit from face to face collaboration no matter where they are across India.” said Minhaj Zia, Managing Director, India & SAARC. “These are very exciting times for Indian based businesses as they can strengthen their competitive offerings not just across India but in the global market place as well.  This is an ideal solution for customers who want to implement voice, video and content collaboration solutions in their organisations for the first time.”