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features employees need with the fast,
secure cloud provisioning and management capabilities required by IT managers. It also helps solve common interoperability challenges, serving as a compatibility gateway for existing in-room conference systems. Crestron Mercury uses Azure IoT Hub, Azure Stream Analytics, Azure Service Fabric clusters, and Azure Cosmos DBTM SaaS.
“On average, we host about 8,000 video conferences per month, but it’s usually tough
to conduct those in the smaller huddle spaces our employees sometimes prefer,” said Brent Daniel, UCC Solutions Engineer for Unum Group. “Mercury’s exibility in sharing AV data allows us to quickly expand the types of spaces that can accommodate video calls with minimal e ort from my team.”
“We designed Mercury to address common meeting-related headaches in today’s increasingly mobile workplace,” said Ted Colton, VP of UC Strategy at Crestron. “Companies need to walk into a room and get to work – not waste time fumbling with technology. Because of Mercury’s price point, a seamless meeting experience is accessible for businesses of all sizes, regardless of their existing web collaboration setup.”
Sam George, Director of Microso Azure IoT, Microso Corp. said, “Microso is committed to supporting partners that are addressing the evolving needs of the modern
workplace. Crestron’s use of Microso Azure services like Azure IoT Hub ensures not only the performance businesses need, but also o ers global scale and support for Mercury devices.”
Additional product details include:
l Present
Crestron Mercury enables users to instantly and securely present content wirelessly on the room display from a laptop, smartphone, or tablet using the built-in Crestron AirMedia® wireless presentation gateway.
l Call
With Crestron Mercury, it’s easy to make exceptional-sounding phone calls from mobile devices or standard SIP phone systems using the built-in, high-performance speaker and microphones.
l Collaborate
Knowledge workers can easily collaborate with colleagues via Crestron Mercury from a laptop or dedicated in-room PC using any so phone, or web conferencing or UC application, such as Skype for Business, Cisco WebEx, GoToMeeting, and Slack.
l Manage
Crestron Mercury consoles are easy to provision and manage from the cloud, and they leverage standard network security policies.
A built-in occupancy sensor supports energy- saving automation as well as collection of room-usage data.
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