Hi,

 

I'm interested in deploying a video conferencing solution between 4 offices 
with approximately 10 users at each.

 

Reading through the cisco sales guff, I've figured out I have no idea which 
product I'm actually looking for, it looks as though things have changed nam
es recently and I'm hoping to get away with an éxpress' setup rather then th
e full blown call manager + servers setup.

 

Currently the network is serviced by a mixture of 2811s & 2821s routers, Cat
 3550 switches & 7940 / 7960 handsets, the phones are all hanging off an ast
erisk installation .. Bandwidth between offices and the network infrastructu
re isn't really an issue.

 

Does cisco offer a SMB product to enable video conferencing between users? 

Do I need a server or appliance at each site to cater for the video mixing /
 transcoding?

Can webcams on PC's be utilized?

 

Any information or a kick in the right direction is appreciated.

 

-Daniel Hooper

 

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Hi Daniel,

If VT Advantage is good enough for you, you're in luck
as CCME 4.0 supports it.

Paul


--- Daniel Hooper <dhooper@emerge.net.au> wrote:

> Hi,
> =

>  =

> =

> I'm interested in deploying a video conferencing
> solution between 4 offices with approximately 10
> users at each.
> =

>  =

> =

> Reading through the cisco sales guff, I've figured
> out I have no idea which product I'm actually
> looking for, it looks as though things have changed
> names recently and I'm hoping to get away with an
> =E9xpress' setup rather then the full blown call
> manager + servers setup.
> =

>  =

> =

> Currently the network is serviced by a mixture of
> 2811s & 2821s routers, Cat 3550 switches & 7940 /
> 7960 handsets, the phones are all hanging off an
> asterisk installation .. Bandwidth between offices
> and the network infrastructure isn't really an
> issue.
> =

>  =

> =

> Does cisco offer a SMB product to enable video
> conferencing between users? =

> =

> Do I need a server or appliance at each site to
> cater for the video mixing / transcoding?
> =

> Can webcams on PC's be utilized?
> =

>  =

> =

> Any information or a kick in the right direction is
> appreciated.
> =




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Cisco does not really have a SMB SIP video conferencing product.  I wouldsug
gest looking into the Tandberg 1700MXP or something similar.  The Tandberg u
nit will allow point to point conference as well as multipoint MCUs built in
to each unit.  I am not sure of the webcam interop with these units however.

 

You can't use VTA with Asterisk as right now it is only SCCP based.  

 

From: cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces@puck
.nether.net] On Behalf Of Daniel Hooper
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 2:22 AM
To: cisco-voip@puck.nether.net
Subject: [cisco-voip] cisco video conferencing

 

Hi,

 

I'm interested in deploying a video conferencing solution between 4 offices 
with approximately 10 users at each.

 

Reading through theCisco sales guff, I've figured out I have no idea which p
roduct I'm actually looking for, it looks as though things have changed name
s recently and I'm hoping to get away with an éxpress' setup rather then the
 full blown call manager + servers setup.

 

Currently the network is serviced by a mixture of 2811s & 2821s routers, Cat
 3550 switches & 7940 / 7960 handsets, the phones are all hanging off an ast
erisk installation.. Bandwidth between offices and the network infrastructur
e isn't really an issue.

 

Does cisco offer a SMB product to enable video conferencing between users? 

Do I need a server or appliance at each site to cater for the video mixing /
 transcoding?

Can webcams on PC's be utilized?

 

Any informationor a kick in the right direction is appreciated.

 

-Daniel Hooper

 




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