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Conferencing

The ability for three or more people to communicate in real time by using voice and video technologies is a core

component of collaboration. Cisco rich media conferencing builds upon existing infrastructure in place for point-to-point

calls, offering users a consistent voice and video experience (Figure 7).

Figure 7. Architecture for Conferencing

Table 7 lists the roles of the conferencing components in this architecture and the services they provide.

Table 7. Components for Conferencing

Module Component Description

Conferencing

Cisco TelePresence

Conductor

Manages and allocates conferencing resources requested from Unified CM.

Optimizes resources by making unused resources available for greater scalability in

conferencing.

Cisco TelePresence Server Provides voice and video conferencing.

Available on dedicated hardware platforms and on virtual machines.

Can be deployed concurrently with Cisco TelePresence Conductor (remotely managed mode)

or as a standalone conference resource (locally managed mode).

Cisco WebEx Software as a

Service (SaaS)

Subscription-based web conferencing delivered through WebEx Collaboration Cloud