H.264 High ProfileYour Polycom Advantage2011

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Polycom H.264 High Profile SupportBreaking a Critical Price/Performance Barrier

H.264 High Profile is a standards-based video compression technology, part of the ITU-T H.323 standards

Polycom is the first to bring it to market

Reduces the bandwidth requirements for high-definition (HD) telepresence and standard definition (SD) video conferencing by up to 50%

Reduces total cost of ownership significantly

Brings high quality video to bandwidth-constrained locations

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Polycom HDX® H.264 High Profile

Available on all shipping Polycom HDX telepresence solutions· HDX v2.6 or higher: HDX 6000, HDX 7000 rev C, HDX 8000 rev B, HDX

9000 rev B· HDX v3.0 or higher: HDX 4002 rev C

Share HD Video and HD Content from as low as 1.5Mbps· HD video at 512Kbps, HD Content at 1Mbps

For powerful multipoint conferencing with H.264 High Profile, leverage the Polycom RMX® media platform

HDX Telepresence ensures the clearest, most efficient teamwork with HD performance from just 512Kbps

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Immersive Telepresence H.264 High Profile

Supported on Polycom RPX™, OTX™, ATX™ and TPX® with ITP v2.7 or higher

Multiple codec’s means greater savings – up to 50% of total bandwidth

Benefits of H.264 high profile are delivered· In point-to-point calls with other Polycom immersive telepresence solutions· In point-to-point calls with Polycom HDX® telepresence systems · In multiparty calls with Polycom RMX® media platforms

Immersive Telepresence maximizes global executive impact without maximizing your network expense

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Polycom RMX® H.264 High Profile

Available with Polycom RMX v7.0 with MPMx modules for the RMX 1500, RMX 2000 and RMX 4000 platforms· Extends the benefits of H.264 High Profile to every multiparty call made by an

HDX endpoint· Supported through transcoding, negotiating to the High Profile standard with

each HDX endpoint that calls in, even if other non-High Profile endpoints join the call· Therefore, every call made through RMX can save on bandwidth even during

transition from legacy endpoints to HDX endpoints

RMX Media Platforms extend the benefits of High Profile to multi-party collaboration for all Polycom immersive and room telepresence interactions

The H.264 High Profile End-to-End SolutionOnly from Polycom

HDX Telepresence ensures the clearest, most efficient teamwork with HD performance from just 512Kbps

Immersive Telepresence maximizes global executive impact without maximizing your network expense

RMX Media Platforms extend the benefits of High Profile to multi-party collaboration for all Polycom immersive and room telepresence interactions

High Profile Only from Polycom Bandwidth Reduction

Resolution / Frame Rate

H.264 Baseline Profile Call Speed in Kbps

(Industry Norm Today)

H.264 High ProfileCall Speed in KbpsOnly from Polycom

CIF 30fps 128 64

4CIF 30fps 256 128

4CIF 60fps 1024 512

720p 30fps 1024 512

720p 60fps 1512 832

1080p 30fps 2048 1024

“Our research has shown that a vast majority of video calls are being done at 768 Kbps or lower, so this move by

Polycom is significant. Whoever said bandwidth was free?” – Andrew Davis, Wainhouse Research Bulletin February 22, 2010

Bandwidth Reduction

UP TO 50%!

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Polycom Cost Advantage vs. Competition

5,000 person organization - Infrastructure Savings with PolycomAll DMA, CMA, RSS, & RMX products required

H.264 High Profile + 1yr Maintenance OPEX Savings

Equipment CAPEX Savings Total Cost of Ownership

SavingsTelepresence Bandwidth Savings

(Immersive + Room)Telepresence Systems and Bridge

Savings

$300K $1.42M $1.72M

500 person organization - Infrastructure Savings with PolycomAll DMA, CMA, RSS, & RMX products required

H.264 High Profile + 1yr Maintenance OPEX Savings

Equipment CAPEX Savings Total Cost of Ownership

SavingsMCU based Bandwidth Savings

(Immersive + Room)Telepresence Systems and Bridge

Savings

$24,510 $90,510 $115,020

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Polycom H.264 High Profile Summary:Lowers TCO and Accelerates ROI

Fully Leverage Your HD Investments· All HD systems can now deliver full HD

performance at SD call rates

Facilitate Broader UC Deployments· Lower bandwidth extends high performance

video to satellite offices and remote specialists

5,000 Person Enterprise – Real, Quantifiable Savings

Yearly bandwidth savings up to

$300K

1st Year TCOsavings up to

$1.72M

Automatically vs. Cisco-like Deployment

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Supporting Resources

H.264 High Profile Calculator· DEMO – See the savings yourself· Adding a few video deployment figures delivers an immediate

comparison of bandwidth usage and estimated cost savings

H.264 High Profile Whitepaper· Outlines the specifics and

benefits of the technology

Click here or go towww.polycom.com/highprofile

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