Polycom's Readi
Convene provides a
cost-effective, all-in-one conferencing solution
for powerful, rich media business communications.
Easy to deploy, easy to manage, and easy to access. Polycom Readi
Convene conference bridge supports full-
featured IP voice, video, data, Web, and unified conferencing – including both multipoint and gateway calls – plus
a completely integrated suite of scheduling and management applications, all on a single platform for
unsurpassed ROI.
This full suite of advanced voice and video conference management applications – available on the Readi
Convene
“Integrated Application Module” (IAM) – simplifies day-to-day operations and minimizes the need for deploying
multiple servers. This completely integrated suite of applications is also available on the stand-alone, appliance-
based Readi
Manager™ SE200.
Readi
Convene supports both on-demand and scheduled conferences on the same platform, allowing organizations to
deploy the most effective type of conferencing to meet their needs. With Readi
Convene's on-demand conferencing
features, administrators can deploy self-service conferencing, allowing users to launch their own voice, video, or
unified conferences at any time, relieving the administrator of time-consuming and repetitive conference set up
and management.
Transform your conference network into a reliable and highly effective conferencing environment by providing
options for end user access, which can be as simple as dialing a single number, with or without pass codes; clicking
on a familiar name in a global directory; or even launching a conference from a Web-based buddy list such as
Polycom Web
Office
®
Web conferencing portal. Polycom Web
Office also integrates with Microsoft
®
Windows
®
Messenger for a flexible choice of desktop collaboration solutions.
Alternatively, users can take advantage of Readi
Convene's easy to use scheduling applications such as Microsoft
Outlook
®
, IBM
®
Lotus Notes
®
, and other Web-based scheduling tools to easily book conference resources and invite
participants to scheduled meetings.
Readi
Convene is also easy to order, with IP-based conference packs that offer best price/performance in ready-to-
deploy configurations. Optionally, conference pack upgrades are available for ISDN and PSTN multinetwork support.
Quite simply, Readi
Convene is an innovative, IP-based conferencing platform that simplifies the purchase, deploy-
ment, and management of rich media conferencing and collaboration.
Your single IP-based multipoint conferencing platform to access the power of Polycom unified collaborative
communications solutions.
With the greatest breadth and depth of integrated video, voice, and Web solutions, only Polycom delivers the ulti-
mate communications experience. Our market-leading conferencing and collaboration technologies, supported by
world-class service, enable people and organizations to maximize their effectiveness and productivity. Add to that
the most experience and proven best-practices in the industry, and it's clear why Polycom has become the smart
choice for organizations seeking a strategic advantage in a real-time world.
Polycom
®
Readi
Convene
™
IP-Based Multipoint Conferencing Platform with
Integrated Conference Management Applications
Benefits
“All-in-one” conferencing solution
–
Single platform supports full-featured unified
conferencing, including integrated gatekeeper,
device management, conference scheduling,
and management capabilities - all preinstalled
on the Readi
Convene Integrated Application
Module (IAM)
Leverage existing IP infrastructure
– All
of the features needed to make IP video con-
ferencing easy to deploy and manage across
an entire enterprise
Simple to deploy
– Set up your network
in half the time. One web-based wizard for
intuitive one-time data entry, while endpoints
self-register and your existing global user
directory auto-synchronizes with
management applications
Lower cost of ownership
– Only one plat-
form required to support IP and ISDN video /
voice conferencing, plus integrated schedul-
ing, deployment, and management applica-
tions – significantly reducing costs
Easy to use
– The simplest way to confer-
ence. Takes advantage of one-number dialing
with a single pass code for both voice and
video applications, or simply point and click to
initiate on-demand conferencing from a desk-
top video application
On-demand or scheduled
– Supports
on-demand and scheduled applications for
complete conferencing flexibility
Automatic universal transcoding
– Less
IT support necessary with full, automatic
transcoding that ensures every voice and
video endpoint reliably connects to the
conference at optimal capability
Microsoft ready
– Polycom Web
Office
®
integrates with Microsoft Windows
®
Messenger, offering desktop Web
collaboration solutions
Easy to Order
– Complete, ready-to deploy
conference packs offer best IP price/perform-
ance, with upgrades for ISDN and PSTN
Connect. Any Way You Want.
