SkypeBuzz Q4 2016

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West Video Meeting Gateway Overview
Jon Bratsis
Q: What are the major trends in the industry that have led you to create VMG?
A: Video conferencing continues to gain popularity; and with the increasing mobility of today’s workforce, business users are joining video meetings from di erent locations, using di erent devices and relying on a number of di erent solutions to get connected.
Q: What uni ed communication challenges are you looking to solve?
A: When it comes to video conferencing, many enterprises struggle to overcome mixed environments of di erent vendors, and want to take advantage of infrastructure they’ve already purchased.
With West Video Meeting Gateway (VMG) we have addressed the gaps in technology that present challenges joining Microso O ce 365 Skype for Business meetings with internal and external users, and legacy video conferencing equipment.
Currently West VMG is the only solution to enable a native video meeting experience within Microso O ce 365 Skype for Business from any endpoint (including legacy endpoints) and o ers native scheduling, hosting and joining using the standard Skype for Business button in Outlook. e solution makes video conferencing easier to use – anytime, anywhere and from any device – which lessens barriers to adoption and enables enterprises to fully realize their Microso O ce 365 and previous video conferencing equipment investments.
Q: What led you to partner with Yorktel speci cally?
A: We’ve partnered with Yorktel to develop a best-in-breed product with accelerated time to market. West VMG is a true end-to-end solution – incorporating West’s audio expertise and Yorktel’s video capabilities – designed with
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Sennheiser announces that its range of premium headsets and speakerphones solutions that are qualified on Lync 2013 are also
Certified for Skype for Business
Sennheiser’ s headsets and speakerphones that are qualified on Lync 2013 are now also Certified for Skype for Business.
This certification means that Sennheiser products enable Skype for Business users to communicate in the most effective way, wherever they are, with plug-and play simplicity, proven compatibility and high-quality audio.
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by Jon Bratsis, Vice President of Product Management at West Corporation (www.westuc.com)
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