Voice video interface units: Polycom, Inc.

Voice video interface units: Polycom, Inc. www.polycom.com Hardware, starts from $1,999 This series of appliances offer a scalable way to support communications between organizations and across the Internet without sacrificing network security. They provide optimized bandwidth utilization with prioritized delivery of voice and video as well as the shortest path routing of media directly between two end points rather than a centralized cen��tral��ize?v. cen��tral��ized, cen��tral��iz��ing, cen��tral��iz��esv.tr.1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate.2. server. Their voice- and video-aware firewalls enhance the security perimeter. The solutions can work alone or with existing firewall/ NAT traversal Passing through network address translation (NAT) to reach a user. NAT hides private IP addresses from the public Internet; however, voice over IP (VoIP) and videoconferencing calls that originate from outside the network must locate the user's IP address. See STUN, UPnP and NAT. solutions. The units are fully compatible with leading H.323 aware firewalls and session border controllers A Session Border Controller is a device used in some VoIP networks to exert control over the signaling and usually also the media streams involved in setting up, conducting, and tearing down calls. , including those from Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation).Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. and Edgewater Networks. Polycom has also started a new program that provides schools purchasing $500 in equipment with a complimentary United States United States,officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. Distance Learning Association individual membership. The membership in the organization--which monitors new technologies and supports fully integrated, teacher friendly and network supported systems--includes e-mailed news alerts, discounts on products and event registration, and national legislative representation. CIRCLE #518 FOR INFORMATION