Polycom today announced the Polycom CX7000 Unified Collaboration System, what they claim is the “first room video telepresence solution custom-built for full integration with Microsoft Lync.” It’s an interesting solution that combines a wireless keyboard, wireless mouse, omni-directional full-duplex speakerphone, a high-end camera, and a small footprint PC, which I’m guessing is running some flavor of Windows in order to run the Microsoft Lync client.
According to Polycom, the Polycom CX7000 solution (codenamed “Rally”) features an especially tight integration between the Polycom and Microsoft solutions, with an intuitive interface, simplified UC experience, and more seamless telepresence. The solution offers all the typical Lync features you need: presence, IM, online meetings, content collaboration, etc.
“The power of UC is to eliminate barriers to teamwork and bring people face-to-face. Polycom and Microsoft share a passion for delivering easy-to-use UC solutions that transform businesses into highly collaborative environments,” said Andrew Miller, president and CEO, Polycom. “The new Polycom CX7000 room telepresence solution, custom-built to integrate with Microsoft Lync, takes the seamless, highly intuitive experience to a new level by enabling customers to connect and collaborate how, when, and where they want. Expect more of the same as Polycom continues to work with Microsoft to accelerate UC adoption.”
The CX7000 solution is part of a comprehensive line of CX devices from Polycom that are optimized for use with Microsoft Lync. You could of course build your own similar solution: buy a PC, install Microsoft Lync, purchase a HD USB webcam, wireless keyboard and mouse. But you’d still need a decent omni-directional high-quality full-duplex microphone/speakerphone. Polycom is renowned for higher quality speakerphones that work well in boardroom/conference room environments. It’s a nice approach to offer this as an “all-in-one” package. I’m told it will feature up to 720p/30fps, for Lync point-to-point calls and up to VGA/30fps, for Lync AVMCU (multipoint or shared content) calls. You can use the Polycom EagleEye View camera with built-in microphones for audio input or if you go high-end the CX7000 HD system includes the EagleEye III camera and the Polycom HDX Microphone Array, which is better designed for larger rooms.
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