Wednesday, April 24, 2013

LifeSize ClearSea: Merging Office Conferencing with Mobility.


In the past if your headquarters wanted to video conference with your overseas or cross country offices, they would have integrate an expensive solution in each office. With the surge of worldwide BYOD policies people have begun using programs like Skype, Facetime and Google+ Hangouts for inter-office conferencing. Many businesses still require in office attendance, but employees that are unable can rely on mobility for a solution. The problem is how do you merge the two technologies to work congruently? LifeSize has created a new product called Clearsea which has your answer.  It is a video conferencing solution that you can use with any device, has innovative features and saves your company money in the long run. Think of it as, ‘one Video Conferencing Solution to rule them all!’
ClearSea can be deployed as a server in your system or as loadable software. Once loaded you are able to add any devices you wish. Anything that supports video can be used for conferencing. Supported are PC’s, Mac’s, along with Android and iOS smartphones and tablets. So if you are home sick and need to conference in; all you need to do is pick up your tablet and dial the ClearSea conference number to seemingly be right at work. It is completely interoperable and has powerful collaboration tools so that it is simpler than ever to connect.

This solution has many features that are unlike its predecessors and enhance your HD conferencing experience.  ClearSea supports up to 1080p for laptops (720p for mobile devices), accepts calls from any H.323/SIP device, provides ‘Clustering’ for scalability, comes as a hardware appliance or virtual software, has a built in Firewall and allows Far-end camera control. All the components of  HD Video conferencing made especially for mobility.

Flexibility is also an important note for installations. Choosing between hardware and software versions allows you to easily manipulate your network to adapt to the ClearSea platform. Licensing plans are available which allow for smooth budget planning and the built in Firewall will save you time and money for additional hardware and IT resources. With increasing BYOD policies you will find ClearSea will also save you cost on buying new equipment.

With LifeSize ClearSea you are able to combine personal and professional conferencing devices. This is an excellent way to provide cost saving and simplicity in your business model. Not many companies offer these evolving solutions. They bridge the gap between technologies and make it more comfortable to work from anywhere. LifeSize is adapting to modern technology in order to save you time, pain and money. Utilizing their products will not only help you, but your company’s’ pockets as well.

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