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geographically dispersed workforces nd the Hive Streaming solution particularly appealing. According to Greg Harrison, Advanced Systems Analyst, Eastman Chemical Company “Internal video communications with employees is critical to keeping sta involved and informed on our critical initiatives and corporate progress.
With over 15,000 employees in more than 100 countries, we found Hive Streaming to be the most cost e ective and e cient video delivery solution. Hive Streaming has vastly decreased tra c on our network while enabling us to improve video quality for all our employees.” Today, Hive is publishing a case study on the Eastman deployment and it’s available from this link Hive website.
More information about Hive Streaming can be found at hivestreaming.com. n
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third-party video systems to join their meeting. is is the rst time video equipment from Cisco, Lifesize or Polycom, etc., can be invited and connected directly into a Skype Meeting.
Alongside the free Medley service, StarLeaf also o ers premium services that incorporate
an enterprise’s existing video systems into the Skype for Business environment. ese premium services make those existing systems integral
to the Skype Meeting work ow, giving users
a consistent and familiar experience when scheduling meetings in Outlook. Whether organizations choose to use the free option or go for a seamless integration, StarLeaf o ers
a simple and easy way to continue to leverage existing video meeting room systems without further investment in complex infrastructure or conference bridging services.
“ ere’s no doubt that Skype for Business is
fast becoming the enterprise’s chosen Uni ed Communications platform, yet as video collaboration becomes pervasive across desktops, users soon hit the interop brick wall, where there’s no connectivity with traditional AV meeting rooms,” said Kevin Bernitz, StarLeaf VP, Product Management. “We’ve introduced StarLeaf Medley and a broad range of premium services that ensure that companies can continue to leverage their existing deployments and even scale them, if need be.”
ere are no plug-ins or downloads involved. All it takes to use Medley, the free service, is to simply forward your Skype Meeting invite to skype@starleaf.com or add skype@starleaf.com to your invitee list when organizing your meeting. e StarLeaf Medley service then automatically responds with third-party endpoint dial-in instructions.
“When organizations implement uni ed communications solutions, such as Skype for Business, they expect to both expand their capabilities and eliminate silos of communications that restrict information sharing. Unfortunately, certain UC solutions still create silos,” said Robert Arnold, Principal Analyst at Frost and Sullivan. “StarLeaf, with a laser focus on interoperability,
is enabling the connectivity that all organizations seek.”
Available for both on-premise and online deployments of Skype for Business, users can learn more and try the beta version of Medley today at www.starleaf.com/medley.
About StarLeaf - StarLeaf is a service provider with a global platform that delivers secure, reliable and rich meeting and calling services to Fortune 500 companies all the way down to the smallest organizations around the world.
Whether a company chooses StarLeaf meeting room systems or already has their own, StarLeaf removes the complexity and cost of management and enables users to call anyone, including those who use Microso Skype for Business as their client. n
“Video is a critical component of uni ed communication and collaboration in the modern enterprise,” said Johan Ljungberg, CEO of Hive Steaming.
“More and more employees want to use video to communicate in the workplace in the same way that they do in their personal lives. We expect 2017 to be a landmark year for enterprise video adoption.”
One excellent example of a uni ed communication platform expanding its video feature set within the Enterprise is Microso ’s Skype for Business.
One of these features is Skype Meeting Broadcast which leverages Hive Streaming to enable enterprises to globally broadcast a video presentation without impacting the corporate network. Hive Streaming has seen a dramatic increase in utilization of the Skype Meeting
Broadcast feature within Skype for Business
in 2017. “By enabling Skype for Business customers to broadcast video presentations
to employees globally, without having to
install additional hardware, Hive Streaming signi cantly enhances the Skype for Business o ering,” said Greg Baribault, principal group program manager, Microso Corp. “Hive Insights, the Hive analytics product, coupled with Hive’s silent testing capabilities takes the guess work and the risk out of Skype Meeting Broadcast by allowing customers to get detailed statistics on viewer quality of experience and the impact of streaming video on their global network prior to the broadcast.” Hive Streaming is currently o ering Hive Insights for free to Skype Broadcast customers for a limited time. More information is available in the Azure Marketplace.
e collaboration with Microso is an example of how Hive Streaming has chosen to go to market globally.
Most corporations looking to unify communications and widely deploy video are generally requiring a platform that incorporates a content management system.
Hive Streaming is focused on being the leading so ware-based video delivery solution within these platforms. Hive Streaming also partners and integrates with the products and services of: Jubilant Technologies, Live Arena, MediaPlatform, uStudio, Panopto, Qumu, Swisscom, TalkPoint and other leading video platform providers.
e Hive Enterprise Video Distribution solution is simple to deploy, so ware based, and secure. Hive Streaming is focused on live and on demand video delivery. Large enterprises with