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multiparty voice and video calls and to easily add Web conferencing to their voice and video
communications. Integrating document sharing and multiparty access with face-to-face
communications allows dispersed workforces and teams to enhance the quality and effectiveness
of their interactions.
Easy Deployment and Management
Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express VT makes it easy and affordable to integrate advanced
conferencing capabilities with Cisco Unified Communications Manager. It is a software solution,
installed on a single server, that supports common industry protocols—Skinny Client Control
Protocol (SCCP), H.323, and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)—to ensure connectivity with a range
of video endpoints. Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express VT maximizes an organization’s video
investments by supporting traditional room-based video conferencing and desktop video telephony
environments. And because the solution is tightly integrated with Cisco Unified Communications
Manager, connecting multiple users is as easy as dialing a phone number. After it is configured
through a simple Web-based administration interface and registered with Cisco Unified
Communications Manager, Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express VT requires little additional
administrative support.
Key Features and Benefits
Simple Voice, Video, and Web Conferencing
Initiating a mutiparty voice or video session using Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express VT is as
simple as dialing the user you want to add and pressing the Conference or Merge button on the
Cisco Unified IP phone, Cisco IP Communicator, or Cisco Unified Personal Communicator.
Meeting attendees experience high-quality voice conferencing, and video participants see the
person who is speaking or the person who last spoke.
Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express VT also helps users with Cisco Unified Personal
Communicator improve the productivity of their voice and video calls by adding Web conferencing.
At a moment’s notice, Cisco Unified Personal Communicator users can share content through a
simple screen-sharing interface served by Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express VT.
By integrating voice, Web, and video conferencing capabilities, Cisco Unified MeetingPlace
Express VT is well-suited for interactive meetings and presentations. Web conferencing is built
using Adobe Flash technology, which helps ensure rapid and reliable meeting entry, and the
interface is streamlined for meeting management and simple screen sharing of applications or the
entire desktop. Shared content scales to any screen resolution, so the content being shared
always fits into your Web meeting-room window. The full-screen mode lets you maximize your
view of the content. Whether on the Windows, Mac, Linux, or Solaris platform, users can easily
participate in Web conferences and experience a consistent interface (Figure 2).
Figure 2. Impromptu Voice, Web, and Video Conferencing with Cisco Unified Personal Communicator