Watch the webcast replay: Polycom’s new solutions unveiled

[Dani Boekel (Dani_Boekel)]

Last week, Polycom unveiled several new collaboration solutions that will transform the workplace as we know it today. In a live event in New York and delivered via webcast around the world, the company announced breakthrough collaboration experiences that place people at the centre of collaboration. If you missed this live event, now's your chance to catch up! 

Presiding at the event, Peter Leav, Polycom's President and Chief Executive Officer described the launch as a quantum leap in achieving the company's vision of unleasing the power of human collaboration: “As we celebrate our 25th year of innovation and leadership, we are announcing breakthrough collaboration experiences that uniquely place people at the heart of collaboration enabling them to work better, smarter and more efficiently. We are delivering the workplace of the future today.”

The event featured:

• Polycom's President and CEO, Peter Leav, discussing how Polycom’s vision and strategy is driving customer success
• Insights from Scott Crowder, CIO of BMC about how they are building a workplace of the future and a collaboration culture that gives them a competitive advantage
• The unveiling of Polycom’s exciting new solutions by Ashan Willy, SVP of Worldwide Product Management and System Engineers, and Michael Frendo, EVP of Engineering

This was an event not to be missed - make sure to watch the on-demand replay. 

Meanwhile, here's a brief recap of the new solutions that were announced: 

Four new solutions  for meeting spaces of all sizes: Polycom® RealPresence Trio™,  the first smart hub for group collaboration that transforms the iconic three-point conference phone into a voice, content-sharing and video system that can fit into any team environment.  Blog: How Polycom is transforming workflow Video: Introducing Polycom RealPresence Trio

Polycom® RealPresence Centro™,  the industry’s first collaboration solution purpose-built to put people at the centre of collaboration. RealPresence Centro was built with instinctual human behaviour in mind – people feel more comfortable communicating and collaborating in the round. Polycom’s  patented 360-degree voice and video technology automatically tracks the speaker, while also showing the entire meeting space on the same screen.  Blog: Polycom RealPresence Centro to take centre stage for industries Video: Introducing Polycom RealPresence Centro

Polycom® RealPresence Debut™, brings enterprise grade video collaboration to the huddle room with a focus on
simplicity and affordability.

An easy, elegant design that enables high quality visual collaboration for huddle and
smaller room environments, as well as for small or medium sized businesses with limited IT resources. 

Blog: Consumer-grade video isn't good enough for business communications 

Polycom® RealPresence® Medialign™, a turnkey Polycom® RealPresence® Group Series  solution for multiple work environments - Polycom RealPresence Medialign enables consistent collaboration solutions across the enterprise without the need to alter the room in any way. RealPresence Medialign has a modern, all-in-one design and is the only solution that features Polycom’s industry leading and patented voice, content-sharing/management and video technology.

Blog: Are you ready for low-stress video collaboration?

Software updates for better ease of use and increased adoption:

Polycom® Concierge, the industry’s first enterprise software that automatically connects to personal devices, including personal PCs and smartphones to Polycom solutions.

The Polycom Concierge technology enables user devices to be at the centre of meeting control, wirelessly connecting to Polycom solutions including RealPresence Group Series, RealPresence Medialign, RealPresence Medialign, Polycom® Open Telepresence Experience® rooms and RealPresence Immersive StudioTM systems

New solutions for Microsoft Office 365 environments:

Polycom also announced additional new solutions for Microsoft Office 365 environments. The industry leading portfolio of Polycom® VVX® business media phones will be the first phones to support and interoperate with the forthcoming cloud voice service offering as part of Microsoft Office 365. 

For more:

▪ [Webcast] Witness collaboration as you have never seen before

▪ [Video]     The future of collaboration revolves around you

▪ [Video]     Polycom engineers explain the UX design behind Polycom RealPresence Centro