Polycom MGC/MGC+ Unified Conferencing Bridges
Solution Overview
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Polycom MGC/MGC+ Unified Conferencing Bridges
Solution Overview
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As companies continue to depend upon communication technologies to allow them to effectively utilize and leverage
their employees, the deployment and use of multipoint videoconferencing is quickly becoming mainstream in many
organizations.
Until recently, owning and operating a multipoint video bridge (commonly referred to as an MCU) was too expensive
and too technically complex for most organizations. Today, deploying a video MCU is not only much less expensive
than only a few short years ago, but easier to deploy and manage as well, often taking advantage of an organization’s
existing IP network.
Companies both large and small can benefit from video bridges designed specifically to meet their needs, from
simple IP-only networks that are low-cost and focus on ease of use, to large, complex “unified” networks (voice,
video, data over IP/ISDN/PSTN).
These larger video networks may require not only basic bridging, gateway and gatekeeper functionality, but other
functions such as seamless interoperability with legacy equipment, full redundancy, firewall traversal solutions, high
levels of security and sophisticated management and scheduling tools, to name a few.
Choosing the right conference network infrastructure products is an important first step towards building a reliable
and high quality video conference network, with the video conference bridge providing the core of the conference
network.
This overview provides high level information on Polycom’s unified conferencing bridges (MGC/MGC+) - please refer
to product specific documentation for more information on other Polycom network infrastructure products.
