Polycom Unified Conferencing Presentation Agenda Why Unified Conferencing

Polycom Unified Conferencing

Presentation Agenda Why Unified Conferencing? Polycom Unified Conferencing Experience MGC Platform & System Architecture Unified Conferencing Scheduling & Management Competitive Overview Easy Migration Path Summary Of Customer Benefits

Why Unified Conferencing? End users are demanding more…. – Seamless, converged conferencing over any network and communications media – Easy / simple / intuitive user interfaces – Reservationless & ad hoc services, regardless of communications media Networks are delivering more…. – Ever expanding range of network technologies – Increasing range of endpoints Infrastructure and operations support is getting more complex

Polycom Unified Conferencing One MGC platform to support for full featured video, voice and unified conferences One conferencing experience for voice and video conference participants One management tool for support personnel and end users

Polycom Unified Conferencing. . Is The Answer Shared hardware and software system resources to support video and voice multipoint and gateway conferences Leading edge solution built on the established, reliable MGC platform architecture Key building block for the Polycom Office Superior return on investment Flexible deployment options - Easy upgrade path

Polycom Unified Conferencing Key To The Polycom Office

Polycom Unified Conferencing

Polycom Unified Conferencing seamlessly brings together conference participants into a unified, robust conferencing experience – – Regardless of communications media - audio and video Regardless of network, PSTN, ISDN and IP Voice. Plus conferencing features, audio and video Touch Tone end user control for audio and video conferences Simultaneously supports fully featured: – – – PSTN audio conferences Vo. IP audio conferences ISDN video conferences IP video conferences Unified ISDN/IP video and PSTN/IP audio

Polycom Unified Conferencing supports: – – – – “One Dial” “Conference On-Demand” Web. Office integration People + Content Pro-Motion 60 fields per second H. 264 Siren 14

Polycom Unified Conferencing Full Featured Voice. Plus, Video. Plus and Unified Conferencing Selected Feature Support For Voice, Video And Unified Conferences ü ü ü ü ü ü Attended Conference Service Unattended Conference Service Ad Hoc Conference Service Full, Automatic Transcoding Of Audio & Video ISDN & IP Conferences Web Browser Based Conference Scheduling And Management Conference Entry Queue With Greeting Invite New Participants To Conference Blast Dial-Out IVR / DTMF Based Conference Management Conference & Chairperson Security Codes Conference Rollcall Voting / Polling Question And Answers Web. Office Integration Siren 14 Khz audio 30 Frames Per Second In CP, 60 Fields Per Second VS Hardware And Software Based Continuous Presence Click&View Automatic Rate Detection And Downspeeding People + Content Voice & Video Voice & Video Voice & Video Voice & Video Video Video

Polycom Unified Conferencing One MGC Platform One MGC platform to support video, voice and unified conferencing – Multipoint and gateway video and voice conferences • ISDN video, IP video, PSTN voice, Vo. IP and unified multipoint • ISDN-to-IP video, IP-to-IP video, PSTNto-Vo. IP and Vo. IP-to-Vo. IP gateway – Video, voice and unified conferences integrated with web collaboration

MGC Conferencing Platforms Flexible deployment options on any one or combination of MGC platforms MGC 100 large enterprise and service provider conferencing platform – Custom system configurations – 16 universal slots – Redundant power supplies MGC 50 enterprise conferencing platform – Custom system configurations – 8 universal slots MGC 25 workgroup and distributed conferencing platform – Standard system configurations – No capacity upgrades

Polycom Unified Conferencing One MGC Platform Polycom’s MGC 50/100 conferencing platform architecture – – – – Robust telecom architecture Front-accessible hot-swappable resource modules Self configuring resource modules System redundancy Total resource sharing technology Full, automatic transcoding On-line software downloads MGC track record of proven performance – Industry leader in video conferencing market – Thousands installed – Reputation for high quality / reliable performance and ease of maintenance

Multi-Way Transcoding Enables Seamless Connection, Regardless Of Network

Polycom MGC Platform Shared Hardware Resources Video Shared Modules Voice Shared Modules

Polycom Unified Conferencing Benefits Shared Hardware Resources ISDN H. 320 ISDN network connections can support both PSTN voice and ISDN video conferences Network costs are reduced IP network connections can support both Vo. IP and IP video conferences IP interface costs are reduced Network back-up is improved Multimedia Bus PRI. T 1. E 1 IP H. 323 10. 100 MB Audio IP back-up is improved Investments in IP are leveraged Audio resources can support all video and voice conferences Audio support costs are reduced Any audio algorithm can be supported Audio back-up is improved Video CP resources can support ISDN and IP video conferences Advanced + CP ISDN and IP conferences Click&View provides endpoint control over their TC – CP Tx resources can support mixed all conferences video experience Data T. 120 resources can support any mix of ISDN and IP video endpoints per conference T. 120 support costs are reduced T. 120 Easily connect anyone from anywhere T. 120 back-up is improved ISDN/IP video conferences with T. 120

Polycom Unified Conferencing Benefits Shared Software Resources MGC Operating System Multipoint Gateway Transcoding Audio Video Data Rates Unified Conference Suite IVR/DTMF Voice & Video Single Number Entry Queue Virtual Meeting Rooms IP Packet Commander Duplicate Packets Audio Optimization Packet Synchronization Jitter Correction Qo. S Bit Insertion MGC MMCS software supports video and voice multipoint and gateway conferences Reduced costs maintaining OS Audio transcoding supports video and voice conferences Voice and video conferences can support narrow and wide band audio Video and data rate transcoding supports ISDN and IP video conferences Full transcoding enables mixed, ISDN and IP video conferences All voice and video participants use the same # to connect Connecting to a Unified Conference is simple IVR/DTMF based features are available to all participants and to all conferences All voice, video and unified conferences share the same robust IVR/DTMF features IP packets are processed to produce correctly structured and video and voice IP data streams MGC transmitted IP packets receive IP network Qo. S OS improvements benefits video and voice conferencing support IP based voice and video conference quality is improved

Polycom Unified Conferencing Scheduling And Management Options One management application for system and operations support – Support a single or network of MGC platforms from a single application window – Powerful diagnostic and fault resolution capability down to the DSP level One browser interface to schedule and manage video, voice and unified conferences One IVR/DTMF interface to manage video, voice and unified conferences

Polycom Unified Conferencing Unified Scheduling And Management Support personnel and end users have one management application for conference scheduling and manage – Less training is required – Productivity is improved Manage a network of MGC 100 s, MGC 50 s and MGC 25 s from a single application window Management application upgrades costs less and require less training Web. Commander provides a single end user interface for scheduling and managing voice, video and unified conferences IVR/DTMF single user interface for managing and interacting with Voice. Plus features in voice, video and unified conferences Billing and reporting applications support for both MGC voice, video and unified conferencing means that only one set of support processes are required

Polycom Unified Conferencing Competitive Overview Same experience for voice and video participants regardless of their network: IP, ISDN, PSTN ü Voice & video IVR/DTMF ü Voice & video entry queue ü Voice & video roll call ü Voice & video Q&A ü Voice & video voting/polling Simultaneous support for full featured: ü PSTN voice ü Vo. IP voice ü ISDN video ü IP video ü Unified voice & video Polycom Rad. Vision Tandberg Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No No * Competitor’s information is based on publicly available information and is subject to change. Polycom cannot guarantee the accuracy of such information.

Polycom Unified Conferencing Competitive Overview Polycom Rad. Vision Tandberg Wide band audio 14 Khz Yes No No Enterprise People And Content Yes No No Integrated Web collaboration Workgroup, Enterprise and Service Provider Platform Options * Competitor’s information is based on publicly available information and is subject to change. Polycom cannot guarantee the accuracy of such information.

Polycom Unified Conferencing Easy Migration Path Migrate to Polycom Unified Conferencing, when it is needed – Start with a MGC 100, MGC 50 or MGC 25 Unified system configuration – Start with a MGC 100, MGC 50 or MGC 25 Video. Plus system Video configuration and upgrade to unified – Start with a MGC 100, MGC 50 or MGC 25 Voice. Plus system Voice configuration and upgrade to unified – Start with a MGC 100. MGC 50 or MGC 25 Gateway system configuration and upgrade to unified

Polycom Unified Conferencing MGC Upgrade Audio+ - 12, 24, 48 and 96 ports modules Video+ - 8 port module Click&View Unified Conferencing Suite – Audio & video IVR/DTMF interface – Voice. Plus features in video

Polycom Unified Conferencing Summary Of Customer Benefits One MGC platform to support for full featured video, voice and unified conferences One conferencing experience for voice and video conference participants One management tool for support personnel and end users Flexible deployment options - easy upgrade path Superior return on investment

Polycom Unified Conferencing