Cisco Meeting Server (former Acano) Ken Reeves Fall 2016 1
Meeting Objectives Overview of Acano integration into Cisco Opportunity to scale Acano-Cisco Meeting Server, globally Technical Overview of Cisco Meeting Server (CMS) Solution Q & A
Our Mission Provide a No Compromise Collaboration Experience to: Every Room Every Desk Every Pocket
Accelerating Cisco s Flexible Deployment Strategy + Hybrid Cloud Premises
Cisco Collaboration Completes the conferencing portfolio EVERY DESK EVERY POCKET EVERY ROOM Teamwork Technology CLOUD HYBRID Unified Communications Customer Care Conferencing CLOUD HYBRID ON-PREMISES ON-PREMISES Collaboration Edge Architecture Cisco Network
An Introduction to CMS (former Acano) Solution 7
Our legacy network voice video bridging video total solution unified voice, video, data voice, video, web conferencing & bridging 8
What is Cisco Meeting Server? # 1 # 2 A software based platform providing complete conferencing services in a flexible deployment model. Experience
Challenge: The State of Collaboration Customers Today
Usage & Adoption Remains a Challenge Office Phone Video Endpoint Browser IM Clients BYOD ARRGGHH! I JUST WANT TO JOIN A MEETING!!! hat do I dial? Reserve a VMR? Huh? Can t use our IM client? What s a URI? No Browser Option? IP-PBX / PSTN Call Control WebRTC IM Server WiFi -3/4G - LTE
Acano Helps Overcome Chronic Challenges Office Phone Video Endpoint Browser IM Clients BYOD PRESERVE THE USER EXPERIENCE UNIFY DISPARATE INFRASTRUCTURE IP-PBX / PSTN Call Control WebRTC IM Server WiFi -3/4G - LTE
Chat, talk, meet and share in one place And more
Complementing existing infrastructure Skype for Business Cisco Polycom Browsers ios Preserve the user experience Unify disparate infrastructure S4B (Lync) Infrastructure Audio Infrastructure Video Infrastructure Web Conferencing
Distributed Architecture Capacity Resilience Geo-distribution 15
Acano s success based on solving the following customer challenges # 1 # 2 Microsoft interoperability (AVMCU, GW and multi-party conference) WebRTC support for external parties Scalable video/audio bridging Flexible deployment model
Applications When Cisco Meeting Server?
Video/ TelePresence Key features: Outstanding interoperability Unlimited team spaces Flexibility and customization Company logo, branding, prompts Platform-independent licensing Built-in SIP NAT traversal Security Multi-tenancy H.323 Support, Video IVR Standards: SVC/H.264UC (Lync 2013) RTVideo (Lync 2010) WebM/VP8 (WebRTC) High Profile H.264 (Polycom) TIP (Cisco Immersive Telepresence)
WebRTC Access Key features: Anyone can join Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer, Safari Native WebRTC Support Bidirectional content Guest access or user login
Audio conferencing Key features: Reduced costs Integrates with existing dial plan Customizable: - Multiple ways to join - Thresholds - DTMF - Bult-in IVR Detailed reporting Highly scalable A fresh perspective on collaboration
Skype for Business (Lync) integration Key features: Seamlessly connects Skype for Business with other video systems Dual homed conferencing Bidirectional content sharing (RDP) Scheduled conferences Buddy list integration Skype audio and video support Native support: SVC/H.264UC (Lync 2013) RTVideo (Lync 2010) Direct federation to Office365 IM and Presence Multi-party conferencing Drag and drop
Dual Home conferencing For customers with Lync/Skype4B as their primary meeting tool Get the best out of Skype4B clients and video room systems A fresh perspective on collaboration
Dual home conferencing Dial Conference ID Initiate Dual Home Connection Click-To-Join LYNC LYNC VIDEO SYSTEMS ACANO SERVER LYNC SERVER AVMCU SKYPE4B 23
Dual Home Differentiators Initiate every meeting using the S4B outlook plugin Multiple Lync participants seen Use Lync conference ID to join via endpoints Shared Roster list Call Bridge can send both RTV and H.264 SVC streams to the AVMCU Cisco Endpoints Skype For Business Dual Home Connection
Use Cases 27
Leading Global Service Provider Fully distributed conferencing Mix of virtual & Acano server Scale and the platform Branding white-labeled client Any endpoint H323, TIP, SIP Audio platform 28
Leading Global Pharmaceutical 16 plus TX9000 running in one conference 55,000 Lync users Distributed/cluster environment Lync integration One meeting for all devices 29
Leading Global Financial 4 global POPs 1000 concurrent call capacity Full redundancy (Active/Active) Audio at scale Management integration 30
Thank You 32