multipoint video conferencing - blue jeans

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A Deeper Dive into VC’s Most Talked About Feature

Robb Woods

Multipoint Video Conferencing

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A perspective from the past

Typical video conferencing within an enterprise

LOCATION B

LOCATION A LOCATION C

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Moving beyond the enterprise walls

LOCATION B

LOCATION A LOCATION C

Shift towards multipoint video conferencing

DESKTOP

VIDEO MOBILE

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Emerging endpoint options

Past

Conference Room

Room-based video

systems

IT involvement

Now

Room-based video systems

Smartphones

Tablets

Soft clients

Video enabled IP Phones

Web browser

USB Smart Cameras (TelyHD)

Self-service

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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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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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Key ingredient of multi-point video conferencing

Multipoint video conferencing

LOCATION B

LOCATION A LOCATION C MCU MULTIPOINT

CONTROL UNIT

(VIDEO

BRIDGE)

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Where is the MCU?

MCU

MCU in an endpoint MCU as a standalone network element

MCU MULTIPOINT

CONTROL UNIT

(VIDEO

BRIDGE)

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Today’s MCU options

Part of an

endpoint

(Limited capacity)

Standalone

hardware

(Finite

capacity)

Cloud-based

On-demand

scale,

Flexibility

Hybrid

Combination

of on-premise

+ cloud or

multi-tenancy

MCU

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“Multipoint” or “Multiplatform” or “Both”

Enterprise multipoint setup from a single

vendor

Other vendor

platforms

MCU MULTIPOINT

CONTROL UNIT

(VIDEO

BRIDGE)

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Multipoint MCUs & Interoperability

MCU as a video bridge

MCU

VENDOR A

Extending MCU to take over

“interoperability” as a key feature

VENDOR A

VENDOR A VENDOR A

MCU

VENDOR A VENDOR C

PLATFORM

VENDOR B

PLATFORM VENDOR A

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“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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Network and Infrastructure

All endpoints within the

enterprise network

Multipoint is driving the requirement for

seamless connectivity between “private” and

“public” networks

REMOTE/MOBILE

WORKFORCE

INTERNET

ENTERPRISE

PRIVATE NETWORK

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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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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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Today’s MCU options – Cloud

New technology - apprehension for some

SaaS - Software as a Service

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

Ease of use

MCU

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Summary

Why multipoint?

Why consider multiplatform?

MCU options

What is right for you?

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Questions?

Robb Woods robb@bluejeans.com

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Check back on

BlueJeans.com for

the recorded

videocast

Next videocast will be

March 19:

The Core of

Multipoint VC,

the MCU

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