[cisco-voip] Cisco video conferencing

[Matt Slaga (US)]

Cisco does not really have a SMB SIP video conferencing product.  I would suggest looking into the Tandberg 1700MXP or something similar.  The Tandberg unit will allow point to point conference as well as multipoint MCUs built into each unit.  I am not sure of the webcam interop with these units however.

 

You can't use VTA with Asterisk as right now it is only SCCP based.  

 

From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Daniel Hooper
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 2:22 AM
To: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
Subject: [cisco-voip] Cisco video conferencing

 

Hi,

 

I'm interested in deploying a video conferencing solution between 4 offices with approximately 10 users at each.

 

Reading through the Cisco sales guff, I've figured out I have no idea which product I'm actually looking for, it looks as though things have changed names recently and I'm hoping to get away with an éxpress' setup rather then the full blown call manager + servers setup.

 

Currently the network is serviced by a mixture of 2811s & 2821s routers, Cat 3550 switches & 7940 / 7960 handsets, the phones are all hanging off an asterisk installation .. Bandwidth between offices and the network infrastructure isn't really an issue.

 

Does Cisco offer a SMB product to enable video conferencing between users? 

Do I need a server or appliance at each site to cater for the video mixing / transcoding?

Can webcams on PC's be utilized?

 

Any information or a kick in the right direction is appreciated.

 

-Daniel Hooper

 




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