By Telecom Lead Team: RADVISION, a
provider for unified visual communications, announced that its SCOPIA
Video Gateway for Microsoft Lync has achieved Microsoft qualification for
video interoperability with Microsoft Lync 2010 and Microsoft Office
Communications Server 2007 R2.
The Gateway is
now fully qualified as a video solution for Microsoft unified communications
(UC) solutions. The Gateway allows Microsoft Lync 2010 and Microsoft Office
Communications Server 2007 R2 users to connect to standards-based HD video
conferencing systems, telepresence rooms or video infrastructure.
It also allows
users to enjoy high-quality video, with features such as presence and
click-to-call capabilities through the familiar Lync and Microsoft Office
Communications Server 2007 R2 interface.
The RADVISION
SCOPIA Video Gateway for Microsoft Lync enables our customers to bridge the
islands of existing video conference devices with their unified communications
platform, helping maximize their return on existing collaboration investments,”
said Kirk Gregersen, general manager Lync marketing at Microsoft.
The SCOPIA
Video Gateway is designed to meet scalability and affordability requirements of
the broad UC market.
The gateway
displays the presence information in the contact list for any standards-based
video conferencing system and telepresence room, enabling intuitive
click-to-call capabilities.
RADVISION
offers the first and only Microsoft-qualified gateway solution for video
conferencing, providing a unique opportunity for businesses with existing video
deployments to use those assets with a Microsoft UC environment,” said Roberto
Giamagli, general manager for RADVISION‘s video business unit.
Furthermore,
the gateway maintains enterprise end-to-end security through reliable and
standard protocols, while also providing firewall traversal for seamless
connectivity across corporate boundaries.
SCOPIA Video
Gateway deployments can grow from a small workgroup to an entire enterprise
with unlimited scalability and dynamic resource allocation.
mid-sized businesses (SMBs). It added the RADVISION SCOPIA Elite MCU 5105 to
its portfolio of innovative, standards-based video conferencing infrastructure.
