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MAKAGON Video Conferencing: 5 Forecasts speakerphones, and content capture devices. Ask the
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Moreover, those peripherals are as good as the
old hardware video conferencing endpoints, in Telecom Pro
Cloud actually gives you more control. Server terms of content transmission quality.
huggers might prefer hardware and server without re-encoding. his efectively lowers
Forecast #4: he advent of UltraHD 4K and
management, but with those systems, employees the cost of video conferencing infrastructure, mobile video conferencing
Q
are controlled by devices and storage issues. he cancels the limitations regarding the number of hose may seem like two separate subjects,
: What is the diference between
cloud ofers remote access to sotware and data connected subscribers, and eliminates delays and but in reality, they are closely connected. he
a public cloud and a community
from any device.
visual artifacts caused by signal compression.
key feature of SVC architecture is the ability to Acloud?
We’re past the major glitches. A decade ago, Forecast #2: All-purpose PCs will replace deliver video streams to multipoint conference : Cloud computing network
cloud bandwidth was extremely limited and the video conferencing endpoints in meeting participants in both the original resolution,
architecture is similar for all
therefore expensive, and quality over the top rooms
and in any lower resolution. his allows for the deployment models. he diference between
(OTT) solutions were not readily available like Our proof is in the recent announcements creation of a dynamic video window layout with a public cloud and a community cloud is
they are today. hanks to trial, error and major innovation, cloud-based phone systems and other introducing Microsot Surface Hub, Google Chromebox for Meetings, and the Russian the total resolution starting from 120px and scaling up to 3840x2160 (4K) or higher. he the users that are eligible to access to the respective cloud systems. A public cloud
OTT solutions function just as well as their more release of Flipbox by Polymedia. Users do not same conference can be accessed without the is open for use by the general public and
traditional counterparts.
care what enables video conferencing features need for re-encoding from any device, and with a community cloud restricts access to a
Access to SaaS. Sotware integrations that play a on the end device, whether it be sotware, high great adaptivity for luctuating bandwidth quality. deined set of users with common interests
large role in our work low today simple could not quality peripherals, or a dedicated VC terminal. For now, though, this feature is available only
or concerns. A community cloud has more
exist without the cloud. Rolling out new platforms When there is no noticeable diference, people in sotware VC solutions built on modern SVC selective and restricted access than a public
in a traditional hardware and sotware setting see with their wallets. hat is why the majority infrastructure, which gives those solutions an cloud.
takes time and resources, and limits access to the of modern conference rooms (with the price tag advantage.
latest technologies designed to make the work under $20.000) are equipped with widescreen Forecast #5: New work scenarios – from Q
process better.
4K displays, an integrated or dedicated PC, and planning to delivery
: What is telecom hotelling?
Work from anywhere. Today’s mobile workforce special sotware which enables meeting and In 2013 and 2014 we saw how quickly video A
demands the technology that enables them to brainstorming, whiteboarding, and all other conferencing systems entered workplaces and : Hotelling is the practice of
work from wherever, whenever. Freelancers, video conferencing features.
mobile devices. he classic scenario of booking delivering communications services
remote workers and even traditional workers
Forecast #3: A world of AV peripherals to a conference room and planning the meeting to a shared or unassigned workspace.
who want to take their laptops home to work choose from
with an overloaded web interface seems to
Organizations that have employees that
ater hours are better supported with quality his is a direct consequence of the previous be receding into the past. In the era of Skype, travel between oices or work remotely
communication tools and access to company iles, point. Previously, cameras, microphones, users demand the same comfortable interface, part of the time and in the oice part of the
thanks to the cloud.
speakers, etc. could be connected only using the ability to call to phone numbers, and to
time provide voice and data connectivity
As the whole world embraces the cloud, skeptics their own proprietary ports that usually were be able to add their own contacts from the enterprise video conferencing system. In 2015, in workspaces that allows users to access
have their reasons not to. I believe that eventually this will make them even better at utilizing the not interoperable with solutions from diferent vendors or even with diferent product series by browser-based conferences, address books with the voice and data network. Uniied communications and presence technology
functionality of public, private and hybrid cloud. the same manufacturer. With the introduction presence, integration with telephony, calendars has greatly eased the administration of
With complete ease, ditch traditional systems and of PCs in the meeting rooms, we get the ability and streaming platforms brought together by a shared workspace, as users can connect to
ways of doing things and replace them with lower to connect anything via USB, HDMI or analog comfortable user-friendly interface will become the network virtually anywhere and voice
cost, more robust options in the cloud. It’s time to ports, and also by using wireless technologies standard features for any respected video and messaging callers can reach them
embrace the cloud without hesitation and accept like Bluetooth, Miracast and WiFi (the last two conferencing vendor. WebRTC, support for SIP without the need to know their physical
the long-term advantages the cloud has in store for of which deserve a separate article). here is now protocol, and basic UC principles will help. ■
location.
even the most skeptic adopters. ■
a huge range of plug-and-play PTZ cameras,
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