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White Papers
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Audio Electronics and the “Mobile Phone Buzz”
Radio interference is nothing new, but our awareness of it is at an
all-time high. The proliferation of mobile devices compounds the problem in ways never imagined possible. Fortunately, there are solutions available today that will stop the “buzz” and offer the best quality audio available in today’s market. This paper discusses those solutions and the surefire solution to the ever-increasing conference phone “buzz” problem.
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Bringing Unified Communications to Life with Seamless Video Interoperability
Video is becoming pervasive in the enterprise. Enterprises should consider how they will unify their voice and video systems to make them
easy to use, easy to manage, and easy to integrate with the rest of the capabilities available in a unified communications solution. Read this Wainhouse Research white paper to learn how video-enabled unified communications is useful to real businesses.
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Business-Grade Video Conferencing for SMBs
Polycom business-grade video conferencing and telepresence solutions help SMBs boost productivity, increase competitive advantage in the market and reduce costs. At a touch of a buttion, companies can see and collaborate with peers, vendors, and customers whether they are local or located on the other side of the world.
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Can You Hear What I Mean? Polycom Delivers HD Voice
The adoption of new communications technology has created an opportunity to take the power of voice communications to the next level. IDC believes that the end-user experience in current implementations of VoIP can be improved in a manner that is simple yet clearly demonstrates the value and superiority of IP-based communications.
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Cisco and Polycom ECS Interoperability with CallManager V4.0
This guide discusses the integration of Cisco Systems’ CallManager (V 4.0) and Polycom’s VSX series of group video conferencing systems, creating an IP based video telephony solution.
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Case Studies
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Case Study: Colorado Department of Transportation
Learn how the Colorado Department of Transportation implemented Polycom Video Conferencing solutions to connect it's various facilities. Within 18 months of deployment, the CDOT has saved over a million dollars in travel costs and improved productivity.
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Case Study: Euphonix
Euphonix, a leading manufacturer of large-format digital audio consoles, media controllers, and peripherals, wanted to provide the best possible sound quality to its users and give them the highest quality device to use while saving money on total communication costs. Download this case study to learn how the company realized $100,000 in savings as well as improved interoffice and client meeting by implementing Polycom’s high-quality, full-featured, reliable desktop and conference room VoIP phones.
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Case Study: Fortis
Fortis Bank needed a common, standardized communications platform that would be easily scalable to cost-effectively accommodate the European bank’s rapidly growing empire. Learn how Polycom video conferencing solution has been the mainstay of Fortis Bank’s communications platform to deliver travel cost savings, increased efficiencies – and the flexibility to adapt to the changing shape of the organization.
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Case Study: Jackson Spalding
Jackson Spalding, a marketing communications firm, has offices in Athens, Georgia, and Dallas, Texas and remote employees on the U.S. coasts. When traditional voice conference calls weren’t enabling employees in remote offices to engage fully, they implemented Polycom HD room telepresence solutions. Video communication has allowed the employees to feel “location liberation” while still being productive and efficient.
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Case Study: Lathrop & Gage
A full-service law firm, Lathrop & Gage LLP has offices in 11 cities across the United States. The IT team was tasked with finding a way to facilitate seamless collaboration among the offices. They were able to implement Polycom video conferencing with their existing IT infrastructure. Within the first year, the company realized the positive impact video conferencing as a collaboration tool, was having on their bottom line.
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Podcasts
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VC2 — The Future of Visual Communications
Video communications is evolving rapidly, and with this change, it is transforming the way we do business. High Definition and Immersive Telepresence are great examples of these advancements, yet there are still areas in need of significant improvement.
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Top Reasons for a Hosted VoIP Solution
As Voice over IP becomes more and more prevalent for businesses of all sizes, questions have emerged about the value of a hosted solution. Tune in to Alex Doyle, Senior Director of Global Solutions Marketing at BroadSoft, as he discusses the benefits of hosted VoIP to businesses.
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Survey Results
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Validating ROI in Enterprise and SMB
Download these survey results from a Wainhouse Research study Polycom completed in 2009 and learn about the cost-savings that Polycom video conferencing solutions can provide for Enterprises and small to medium businesses (SMBs). The study also highlights some key reasons for video conferencing implementation.
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Rebates
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Research Reports
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Polycom’s Lost Packet Recovery (LPR) Capability
In Q4 2007, Polycom asked Wainhouse Research (WR) to evaluate the performance of its newly released LPR (or Lost Packet Recovery) feature; an algorithm available on Polycom’s HDX video systems. LPR protects IP video calls from the impact of packet loss by temporarily allocating a small portion of the call bandwidth to be used for forward error correction (FEC). The details of the evaluation is covered in this report.
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The Total Economic Impact of Microsoft Lync Server 2010
A Forrester Consulting study commissioned by Microsoft found that a composite organization using Lync 2010, with a risk-adjusted ROI of 337%, can achieve net benefits of over $13 million through direct cost savings from web and teleconferencing, travel cost savings and reduced IT and telephony labor costs.
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Technology Briefs
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5 Myths About Telepresence
It’s expensive. It’s complicated. It’s impersonal. These are a few of the myths that we debunk in this eye-opening fact sheet. Visual communication is rapidly transforming the way people learn, live, and work. Don’t let a few myths stand in the way of your business success.
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Alliance Brief: Polycom UC Solutions for Cisco Environments
Budgets are often limited, so every organization seeks to leverage their existing communications investments with an eye on tomorrow. Read Polycom’s Alliance Solution Brief to learn how its voice and video solutions enable best-of-breed unified communications environments with the major UC and call control platforms, including Cisco.
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Alliance Brief: Polycom UC Solutions for IBM
Learn how Polycom’s award-winning voice and video collaboration solutions, coupled with the IBM Lotus Sametime and Lotus Notes, create a high performance workplace. This allows organizations to implement new and efficient business processes, improve productivity, and enable competitive innovation. Key benefits include enhanced collaboration, a simple interface, a fast ROI and improved productivity, and a leveraged investment.
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Microsoft and Polycom Strategic Alliance
Learn how Microsoft and Polycom deliver a complete and interoperable end-to-end UC solution that addresses key business challenges like total cost of ownership (TCO), productivity, efficiency, and team collaboration.
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Polycom Solutions for Microsoft UC Environments
Read this tech brief to learn how Polycom empowers Microsoft Unified Communications with a full suite of HD voice, video, telepresence and infrastructure solutions, allowing organizations to increase productivity, reduce costs and unify dispersed teams.
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Tools
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Hosted VoIP Savings Calculator
To see how much a company can save by implementing a Hosted VoIP solution, Polycom and BroadSoft have introduced a cost-savings calculator. It’s a free, easy-to-use tool that requires just a few user inputs to quickly assess their potential savings. Businesses can now visualize the immediate and long-term cost savings and have a sound financial validation for moving forward with Hosted VoIP.
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Polycom ROI Calculator
Out of town meetings cost more than just the ticket and hotel. Time equals money and both are more precious than ever these days. Learn how you can cut costs, save time and minimize carbon emissions by replacing travel meetings with visual conferencing.
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Videos
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Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith Deploys IP UC Solutions
LBBS implemented the Broadsmart Unified Communications (UC) Service Solution, anchored by nearly 2,000 Polycom Voice over IP (VoIP) handsets. And, the firm has begun using the Polycom VVX 1500 D, the industry’s first simultaneous dual-stack (H.323 and SIP) media phone to combine advanced telephony, one-touch video, and integrated business applications.
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Brochures
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Polycom's Visual Communications Solutions
This brochure provides information on the range of Polycom's visual communications solutions, to include telepresence solutions, video conference systems, conference platforms, management applications, recording and streaming, and security and remote access.
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UC Intelligent Core Solutions Brochure
With Polycom UC Intelligent Core infrastructure technology, organizations fully leverage their existing UC investments while establishing a standards-based, highly resilient foundation for deploying, adapting, and extending UC ecosystems without compromise. Download this brochure to learn how to empower collaboration within, and beyond, the organization.
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