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Cisco Meeting Server (former Acano)
Ken Reeves
Fall 2016
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• Overview of Acano integration into Cisco
• Opportunity to scale Acano-Cisco Meeting Server, globally
• Technical Overview of Cisco Meeting Server (CMS) Solution
• Q & A
Meeting Objectives
Our MissionProvide a No Compromise Collaboration Experience to:
EveryDesk
EveryRoom
EveryPocket
Accelerating Cisco’s Flexible Deployment Strategy
Hybrid
Cloud
+
Premises
Cisco Collaboration
CLOUD
ON-PREMISES
HYBRID
CLOUD
ON-PREMISES
HYBRID
EVERY POCKET EVERY ROOM
EVERY DESK
Teamwork Technology
Collaboration Edge Architecture
Unified
CommunicationsConferencing
Customer
Care
Cisco Network
Completes the
conferencing portfolio
An Introduction to CMS (former Acano) Solution
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Our legacy
network voice video bridging
video total
solution
unified voice,
video, data
voice, video, web
conferencing &
bridging
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What is Cisco Meeting Server?
#1 #2
Experience
A software based platform providing complete conferencing services in a flexible deployment model.
Challenge:
The State of Collaboration
Customers Today
Reserve a VMR? Huh?
hat do I dial?
What’s a URI? No Browser Option?
Can’t use our IM client?
ARRGGHH! I JUST WANT TO JOIN A MEETING!!!
IP-PBX /
PSTNCall Control IM Server
BYODIM ClientsVideo EndpointOffice Phone
WebRTCWiFi -3/4G -
LTE
Browser
Usage & Adoption Remains a Challenge
BYODIM ClientsVideo EndpointOffice Phone Browser
IP-PBX /
PSTNCall Control IM ServerWebRTC
WiFi -3/4G -
LTE
PRESERVE THE USER EXPERIENCE
UNIFY DISPARATE INFRASTRUCTURE
Acano Helps Overcome Chronic Challenges
Chat, talk, meet and share in one place
And more
Complementing existing infrastructure
S4B (Lync) Infrastructure Audio Infrastructure Video Infrastructure Web Conferencing
iOSBrowsersPolycomCiscoSkype for Business
Preserve the user experience
Unify disparate infrastructure
Distributed Architecture
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• Capacity
• Resilience
• Geo-distribution
Acano’s success based on solving the following customer challenges…
#1 #2 Microsoft interoperability (AVMCU, GW and
multi-party conference)
WebRTC support for external parties
Scalable video/audio bridging
Flexible deployment model
Applications – When Cisco Meeting Server?
Key features:
• Outstanding interoperability
• Unlimited team spaces
• Flexibility and customization
− Company logo, branding, prompts
• Platform-independent licensing
• Built-in SIP NAT traversal
• Security
• Multi-tenancy
• H.323 Support, Video IVR
Video/ TelePresence
Standards:
• SVC/H.264UC (Lync 2013)
• RTVideo (Lync 2010)
• WebM/VP8 (WebRTC)
• High Profile H.264
(Polycom)
• TIP (Cisco Immersive
Telepresence)
Key features:
• Anyone can join
• Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Internet
Explorer, Safari
• Native WebRTC Support
• Bidirectional content
• Guest access or user login
WebRTC Access
Key features:
• Reduced costs
• Integrates with existing dial plan
• Customizable:
- Multiple ways to join
- Thresholds
- DTMF
- Bult-in IVR
• Detailed reporting
• Highly scalable
A fresh perspective on
collaboration
Audio conferencing
Key features:
• Seamlessly connects Skype for
Business with other video systems
• Dual homed conferencing
• Bidirectional content sharing (RDP)
• Scheduled conferences
• Buddy list integration
• Skype audio and video support
Skype for Business (Lync)
integration
Native support:
• SVC/H.264UC (Lync 2013)
• RTVideo (Lync 2010)
• Direct federation
to Office365
• IM and Presence
• Multi-party conferencing
• Drag and drop
Dual Home conferencing
• For customers with Lync/Skype4B as their
primary meeting tool
• Get the best out of Skype4B clients and video
room systems
A fresh perspective on
collaboration
Dual home conferencing
Dial Conference ID Click-To-JoinInitiate Dual Home Connection
VIDEO SYSTEMSLYNC SERVER
AVMCU
ACANO SERVER
LYNC
SKYPE4B
LYNC
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Dual Home Differentiators– Initiate every meeting using the S4B outlook plugin
– Multiple Lync participants seen
– Use Lync conference ID to join via endpoints
– Shared Roster list
– Call Bridge can send both RTV and H.264 SVC streams to the AVMCU
Cisco Endpoints Skype For Business
Dual Home Connection
Use Cases
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Leading Global
Service Provider
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• Fully distributed conferencing
• Mix of virtual & Acano server
• Scale and the platform
• Branding white-labeled client
• Any endpoint H323, TIP, SIP
• Audio platform
Leading Global
Pharmaceutical
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• 16 plus TX9000 running in one
conference
• 55,000 Lync users
• Distributed/cluster environment
• Lync integration
• One meeting for all devices
Leading Global
Financial
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• 4 global POPs
• 1000 concurrent call capacity
• Full redundancy (Active/Active)
• Audio at scale
• Management integration
Thank You
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