Company Videoconferencing

Company Videoconferencing
We have covered everything about personal videoconferencing and now it is time to touch
on what is available for the business environment. So, what is the difference between what
we already discussed and business videoconferencing? Business videoconferencing is per-
sonal videoconferencing on steroids, with the cost and features to go along with it. Business
videoconferencing is the Ferrari of videoconferencing solutions.These systems have much
better quality and are designed for serious videoconferencing needs.They are often good
enough to think the people are in the room next to you.
We will not go into too much detail about business videoconferencing, because that is a
book in itself. If you are interested in learning more about business videoconferencing,
check out the book, Videoconferencing:The Whole Picture, by James R. Wilcox.The main point
we want to get across in this section is that there are a couple of leaders in the business
videoconferencing space and they have just about every feature you might want or need in
a business videoconferencing solution.Another point is to avoid ISDN systems if you are
starting from scratch, because it is pretty much dead technology, though it is still widely
used in the corporate world.There are better IP-based solutions with bandwidth being far
cheaper than when ISDN ruled the data world.
The main thing to keep in mind about business videoconferencing is that it is high-
end, expensive, and focused towards the business and corporate world, not the home or
small business user.The part that we are most interested in is how personal videoconference
users connect to these business videoconferencing systems with something in our home or
small of?ce that is cost effective. Basically you will need a video telephone device or a
webcam with some H.323 or SIP compliant software that enables you to connect to one of
the business videoconferencing systems from home or small of?ce to your main of?ce
where the videoconferencing system resides. Each provider will have their own solution for
the home or small of?ce user.The best option available currently for this function is
PolyCom's PVX software that we will touch on in this chapter and was also discussed in
Chapter 7. Most of the business videoconferencing solutions are purchased through a
reseller that will help you with everything you need, including installation, support and ser-
vice contracts.
PolyCom

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