Polycom, a provider of unified
communications (UC), announced that the Korea Institute of Science and
Technology Information (KISTI) deployed Polycom’s UC solutions, for its Cyber
Convergence Research/Education Improvement Project.
The project is designed to offer Korean
university students quality of education and interactive research environment
by using visual collaboration technologies to connect eight science and
engineering universities.
Several educational institutions are using
Polycom UC solutions to offer visual e-learning, including Cornell University,
Georgetown University, University Paris-Descartes, and the Australian National
University.
These institutions bring lecturers,
students and content providers together face-to-face through HD video
conferencing.
KISTI deployed Polycom’s UC solutions as
part of its Cyber Lab Platform upgrade project to reinforce the value of
education and research through remote collaboration using HD voice, video and
telepresence solutions.
KISTI selected the Polycom RealPresence
Platform for this project, including the Universal Video Collaboration and
Video Content Management components.
“We are seeing increased demand for
the technology and more uses of it from broadcasting live lectures to
simulating and streaming video discussions in real-time, hosting virtual events
and consulting on research and development projects,” said Haeng Jin Jang,
Ph.D, chief principal of Global Science Experimental Data Hub Center, KISTI.
Built on open standards, the Polycom
RealPresence Platform is backward-compatible with legacy systems and
forward-compatible with new, emerging systems, protecting KISTI’s existing IT
investments, driving down total cost of ownership and accelerating ROI by using
as much as 50 percent less bandwidth. These savings were key deciding factors
for KISTI in favor of Polycom.
“Polycom is a leader in distance
education globally, providing compelling UC solutions for educators designed to
enrich the entire learning experience and creating virtual global classrooms of
the future,” said Dae-Jun Shin, country manager of Polycom Korea.
By Telecomlead.com Team
