[emediawire] Polycom, Inc., the global leader in telepresence, video, and voice communications solutions, today announced an enhanced solution that allows organizations to leverage Polycom's industry-leading telepresence and video conferencing solutions to reach large, targeted audiences with live video broadcasts and on-demand video and multimedia content.
"Use of live video broadcasts and on-demand video content is growing rapidly in the enterprise, government agencies, healthcare organizations, and educational institutions," said Joe Sigrist, senior vice president and general manager of video solutions at Polycom. "Polycom offers a unique solution by allowing customers to leverage Polycom telepresence and video conferencing systems to reach broader audiences through real-time video streaming for company-wide communication from executive leaders and through on-demand video content captured using the Polycom systems. This marriage of telepresence with streaming and on-demand multimedia content provides a powerful, cost-effective solution for video-enabling geographically dispersed organizations."
The Polycom Video Media Center™ (VMC™) 1000 is an appliance-based solution for centrally managing, leveraging and protecting video assets. It works in conjunction with the Polycom Recording and Streaming Server (RSS™) 2000 and other industry encoders to capture live video conferences or user-generated video recordings that can then be distributed as a live broadcast or edited, published and made available for on-demand playback. The capability can help connect dispersed workforces and improve collaboration by seamlessly integrating live video streaming and on-demand video content into organizational communications and conferencing. Polycom is demonstrating its enhanced solution at the Streaming Media East conference (Polycom booth no. 201) taking place May 12-13 at the New York Hilton.
New enhancements to the Polycom VMC 1000 include broader support for multicasting technologies, including support for multicasting through Silverlight-based players from Microsoft. Also new is expanded support for content delivery networks (CDNs), including the Qumu MediaNet and other encoding solutions. Combined with new question-and-answer capabilities for live broadcasts, the multicast and CDN support allows organizations to distribute live video broadcasts more efficiently and effectively to large audiences. The solution is well-suited for applications such as an executive address to an entire organization or town hall sessions for employees, partners, or channel community.
Additional enhancements to the Polycom VMC 1000 include compatibility with Safari browsers for Mac computer environments and support for a wider range of media formats beyond H.264, MPEG4 and Windows Media, including Quicktime and Flash. It also now supports network-based storage, providing a more scalable and robust solution allowing IT administrators to apply established data policies to video content for back-up and storage.
Polycom also announced enhancements to its RSS 2000 for recording and streaming telepresence and video conferencing meetings. The platform now supports 1080p high-definition (HD) visual communication in addition to existing support for 720p HD resolution. The system now also supports side-by-side layouts for video and content, and security enhancements such as AES media encryption and Network Address Translation (NAT).
Polycom Enhances Video Recording, Streaming and Content Management Solution for Broader Customer Applications
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