1. Multipoint Video Conferencing
A Deeper Dive into VC’s Most Talked About Feature
Robb Woods
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2. A perspective from the past
LOCATION A LOCATION C
LOCATION B
Typical video conferencing within an enterprise
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3. Moving beyond the enterprise walls
LOCATION A LOCATION C
DESKTOP
VIDEO MOBILE
LOCATION B
Shift towards multipoint video conferencing
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4. Emerging endpoint options
Past Now
 Conference Room  Room-based video systems
 Room-based video  Smartphones
systems  Tablets
 IT involvement  Soft clients
 Video enabled IP Phones
 Web browser
 USB Smart Cameras (TelyHD)
 Self-service
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5. Business drivers for multipoint video conferencing
 Business is global
 Executives are on the move
 Teleworking is on the rise
 Video is proven to be more effective
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6. Trends driving multipoint conferencing
 241M wireless video-enabled devices expected
by 2015
 Desktop and Laptop capabilities
 Network speed & availability continues increase
 BYOD (Bring your own Device)
 BYOA (Bring your own Application)
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7. Key ingredient of multi-point video conferencing
MULTIPOINT
LOCATION A LOCATION C
MCU CONTROL UNIT
(VIDEO
BRIDGE)
LOCATION B
Multipoint video conferencing
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8. Where is the MCU?
MULTIPOINT
MCU CONTROL UNIT
(VIDEO
BRIDGE)
MCU
MCU in an endpoint MCU as a standalone network element
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9. Today’s MCU options
MCU
Part of an Standalone Hybrid Cloud-based
endpoint hardware Combination On-demand
(Limited capacity) (Finite of on-premise scale,
capacity) + cloud or Flexibility
multi-tenancy
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10. “Multipoint” or “Multiplatform” or “Both”
MULTIPOINT
MCU CONTROL UNIT
(VIDEO
BRIDGE)
Enterprise multipoint setup from a single Other vendor
vendor platforms
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11. Multipoint MCUs & Interoperability
VENDOR C
VENDOR A VENDOR A VENDOR A PLATFORM
MCU MCU
VENDOR B
VENDOR A VENDOR A PLATFORM VENDOR A
MCU as a video bridge Extending MCU to take over
“interoperability” as a key feature
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12. “Multiplatform” = “Multipoint”?
 Not the same
 Multiplatform speaks to the
different types of video
enabled devices that are
supported in a multipoint
call.
 Becoming more important
as more video enabled
devices are introduced.
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13. Network and Infrastructure
ENTERPRISE
PRIVATE NETWORK
REMOTE/MOBILE INTERNET
WORKFORCE
All endpoints within the Multipoint is driving the requirement for
enterprise network seamless connectivity between “private” and
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14. Today’s MCU options – Standalone hardware
 More capacity/compute power – software license to
open up additional capacity
 Limited by finite capacity upgrades
 Demands dedicated resources for management
 CAPEX intensive
 Limited update cycles
 More options being added around:
 Interoperability support
 Firewall traversal/Border gateway
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15. Today’s MCU options – Hybrid
 Multi-tenant architecture and/or on-premises + cloud
hybrid model
 Less CAPEX compared to standalone hardware option
 Limits additional CAPEX with growth
 Somewhat easier to use when used as a service
 Dependencies
 Capacity, performance and resiliency capped by the
underlying hardware
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16. Today’s MCU options – Cloud
 New technology - apprehension for some
 SaaS - Software as a Service
MCU
 Limited OPEX and almost no CAPEX
 Scale as you grow
 Wider interoperability options through software
 Globally accessible – being in the cloud
 High availability – easy to build redundancy and failover
 Faster update cycles – more agile
 Self Service or IT Control options
16  Ease of use

17. Summary
 Why multipoint?
 Why consider multiplatform?
 MCU options
 What is right for you?
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18. Questions?
Robb Woods
robb@bluejeans.com
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19. Next videocast will be
Check back on March 19:
BlueJeans.com for The Core of
the recorded Multipoint VC,
videocast the MCU
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