Polycom launches Open Telepresence Experience 300 and H.264 High Profile compression support

Monday 7^th June 2010 - 16:03

Polycom made a few announcements this week with the launch of a new telepresence solution and support for a more efficient video compression technology.

Polycom's Open Telepresence Experience (OTXTM) 300 is an immersive telepresence solution delivers full 1080p video at up to half the bandwidth of comparable systems and, according to the company offers the lowest total cost of ownership.

The cost savings of the new Polycom OTX 300 comes partly from its ability to support high-definition video using up to 50 percent less bandwidth than competing solutions through Polycom's implementation of H.264 High Profile--a new video compression technology. As of the announcement, Polycom could claim to be the only company able to offer the new compression standard.

"Polycom telepresence helps customers address the increasingly critical challenge of collaborating across multiple locations," said Andrew Miller, president and CEO, Polycom in the release. "Using telepresence, Polycom customers save millions of dollars a year by improving productivity and reducing the need to travel. In addition, we estimate a mid-sized enterprise will spend up to $2.1M less in the first year of a typical Polycom telepresence deployment--including equipment, bandwidth, services and maintenance--versus a comparable deployment from Cisco."

For more:
- read this release
- and this one

Source: Fierce

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