Integrating UC & C

1. Integrating UC & C 26 February 2011 Presented by: Louis Yssel Unified Communications Technology & Integration Architect Scientific Communications

2. Specialising is assisting Enterprise Customers to architect and design their Unified Communications and Collaboration strategies, solutions and integration. • Main focus is on consulting, design and quality assurance • Turn Key Unified Communications Solutions • Engineering and Architecture Services • Audio Visual (Video Conferencing) solutions • Currently busy roling out 65 000 users for financial services company • Built 22 Video Conferencning facilities in the past 15 months • Louis Yssel • Scientific Communications • louis@scicom.co.za • 082 908 9222

3. E-Mail/Calendaring Telephony Identity & Presence Across Devices Conferencing InstantMessaging Across Networks Team Workspaces Application Integration

4. What is Unified Communications about? • User experience • Reliabiltiy • Availability • Accessibility • Single user interface • Device independent • Location independent • Time Zone independent

5. Are we there yet? • Not yet! • Cannot video from Mobile devices yet • Not yet device independent • Software elements not totally transportable yet • iPad does not have a webcam yet

6. Are we close? • Absolutely. The closest we have ever been! • From the right device, we can access all modalities of communications • We can have true follow me on IM, Voice and Video • Presence is available from all modes of communications • Video works • H.264 and high profile codecs • 1080p @ 30 fps at 2048 Kbps • 720p @ 60 fps at 1024 Kbps

7. But what is it about? • Unified Communications is about 20% new products and 80% existing platforms • 90% of the design effort is around integration • The complexity is not achieving the functionality • but in the integration of platforms • Achieve reliability • Not having a “Skype” Scenario • “Always available”

8. Vendor integration • Most vendors have built ALL the tools required to integrate • Sharepoint and OCS/Lync integrated out of the box • Sharepoint and Outlook integrates out of the box • Office and Sharepoint integrated out of the box • It is about the platforms that need to integrate • Instant Messaging • OCS, Lync MSN Messenger, Google Talk • Enterprise Voice • PBS platforms such as Cisco Call Manager, Legacy PBX etc. • Enteprise Video • Video Conferencing platforms such as Polycom, Cisco, Tandberg & Life Size

10. So what does that have to do with Sharepoint? • Collaboration requires communications • You can not colloborate unless you communicate • People are no longer structures in teams that work together in the same room • Virtual teams across the planet • The Enterprise requires toll quality voice • Least cost routing • On net conferencing • VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO

11. Polycom and Microsoft SharePoint • The Polycom VMCTM 1000 solution* and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 provide: • End-to-end publishing and distribution of video content through an • intuitive interface. • Easily find and view live broadcasts or video on demand, as well as related rich media content, directly from their SharePoint Server • Single point of personalized viewing for users, offering the content management capabilities of the Polycom Video Media Center 1000 solution within the Microsoft SharePoint Portal

12. Vbrick Video Streaming • Record Video Conferences for later viewing • Accommodate on-demand viewing of executive broadcasts • Produce HR compliance materials • Record and distribute new product demonstrations • Produce employee-based konowledge repository • Produce training materials • Produce visual research materials

14. Thank you for your time Jhb! Please don’t forget to fill in your evaluation forms!