LET’S TALK COLLABORATION

SHARON CULOTTA, CTSSYMCO, INC.

WHAT DOES COLLABORATION MEAN

TO YOU?

Early Days of COLLABORATION:

* Transparencies! 35mm slide projector, a VCR? * Conferences calls from phones & desk style units (star shaped speaker phones) * 2 way Video Conferencing (video & sound) * Multi-location Video Conferencing & with document sharing from Word files, Excell/ppt/photos/CAD drawings) * Interactive White Boards w/video projectors * All stand alone solutions!

Parts & Pieces:

VTC: Video Tele-Conferencing (Codec) System includes camera & microphone(s) with built in basic echo cancellation + network interface.

Audio Conferencing: (Audio only) Smart phones and desktop calling devices.

Interactive White-boarding: Annotating overtop of a document or illustration. Anything running on your network device can be part of the meeting with certain systems...

Software Components: Tying Web-X , Microsoft Link, Go to Meeting type users to the Colab session!

Parts & Pieces:

DSP: Digital Signal Processing (Audio) What makes a good meeting sound good! Dual Touch - Screen: Electronic digital

interface to allow you to use your fingers to navigate “the system” from the display.

Cloud Based Systems: (software) Utilize the Cloud or the network to link users together. This style of collab is purchased by the “Bandwidth” requirement of the meeting. (resolution levels and number of participants.) Web-X, Link, Go to Meeting, etc.

What’s Important?

Good AUDIO! Use DSP’s and HQ Mics for larger applications

HD Picture Quality! With high resolution images from computers & document sharing.

Easy to navigate control system via a touch panel. Easy transitions between modes.

Future Proof Spaces Connectrac!

Bandwidth: * IT Departments are now in charge of

indicating which technologies can be used

* Tying multiple locations together requires higher amounts of bandwidth especially with cloud style services to “Collaborate”

* IT backbones are now typically on a 10 Gig

switch with fiber back planes! 40 Gig systems

are next… What’s in your wallet?

Collaboration Technologies:

* Wired Approach – least expensive – useful limited effectiveness…

* Wireless connectivity to the display! One way – offers multiple users to display their device

* Push / Pull technologies & BYOB support!

Collaboration Technologies:

* Multi-Format support in one package! Some use licensed software (restricted

)

Others “Open Architecture” software

Collaboration – a Wired Approach

Wired systems include table box connectivity

along with automatic switchers to route HDMI & VGA signals to a display…

Companies like FSR, Extron and others have systems available like this.

Collaboration – a Wireless Approach

One way wireless connection in a room to a display. Up to 100 feet away from base unit Up to 25 participants with a “USB

Dongle”

Collaboration – Push / Pull Networked Technology

Uses in house wireless & LAN based networks

- allows shared content from everyone’s device via a dedicated hardware box & server based software . True BYOD!

Collaboration – Multi Format – Combined Meeting Rooms

Highest priced approach to “Collaboration”

Systems could include a VTC Codec farm, Dual 70 inch displays, full document sharing from devices, live camera & DSP supported microphone/speakers (echo cancellation), control system with touch panel to combine multiple rooms in same building or across campus or town.

Collaboration – Multi Format – Smaller Meeting Rooms

Medium priced approach to “Collaboration”

Systems include VTC, Dual Touch 60 & 70 “ inch displays, interactive whiteboard & annotation capability with documents - locally or from another system!

Add phone callers & Web-X style meetings to same session.

Systems can be in multiple locations

70” displays good for up to 15 people (or so…)

Welcome Michael Linacre

Questions?