Polycom Group Series - Good for it's time.
July 06, 2021
The Polycom RealPresence Group Series codecs were used as part of our outgoing Video Managed Service. Enabled collaboration for staff in …
Polycom RealPresence Group Series
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What is Polycom RealPresence Group Series?
The Polycom RealPresence Group Series is a video conferencing codec that connects to a standards-based video conferencing infrastructure to allow users to make video conference calls. There are three products in the series – RealPresence Group 300, RealPresence Group 500, and RealPresence Group 700.…
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What is Polycom RealPresence Group Series?
The Polycom RealPresence Group Series is a video conferencing codec that connects to a standards-based video conferencing infrastructure to allow users to make video conference calls. There are three products in the series – RealPresence Group 300, RealPresence Group 500, and RealPresence Group 700. It is certified to use with Office 365 and Skype for Business.
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July 06, 2021
Polycom Group Series - Good for it's time.
- The codecs whilst refreshed from older HDX ones have not really evolved in a significant fashion over the years. Everything feels like an add-on which requires multiple devices to be purchased for a fuller experience.
- Reliablity has been good so long term the HW pays for itself however the maintenance and support costs continue to be a less attractive ongoing ROI.
- Increasing server capacity is expensive and eventually you are forced to upgrade to a newer model. Turns into a balance of the here and now versus future proofing to a specific point.
June 01, 2021
Worth the extra cost if you use it correctly
- I don't have any firm stats but I can promise there was a decrease in travel costs
- It gives such a better experience connecting with people at a different site that it's easier to form a relationship. It's not some person on the other end of a phone call - you can see them and hear them.
- Help us lots to interact with our Chinese vendor on daily basis.
- Help to reduced the cost of traveling and business hours.
- IP based secure dial-in with govt. bodies.
May 30, 2021
Poly Group Series: A good choice.
- Ongoing maintenance is costly but worth it for risk mitigation.
- Better quality of video and integration.
- GS 700 intergration is very flexible with integrated room solutions.
February 25, 2020
Talking to the World
- The system reduced travel costs immediately.
- The system allowed for rapid transmission of information and problem solving to take place across campus, across the country, and around the world.
February 12, 2020
Great for meetings
- Helped keep costs down at board meeting time. Everyone can just call in now and employees do not need to travel as much.
- Helped organize meetings and bring customers together with sales.
February 03, 2020
Veteran Collaboration Manager
- Polycom management suite provides easy configuration and monitoring.
- Standardizing on Polycom has lowered our travel cost due to the high reliability and quality.
January 28, 2020
Polycom RealPresence Group Series Provides High Quality Experience and Decreases Travel Cost
- Less travel costs
- More productivity during meetings
September 14, 2019
Satellite office conference room solution at lower costs.
- It's a professional-grade conference room solution, which reduced board member travel costs.
- We have been able to increase productivity by spending less time navigating through a phone directory to call someone, and to find out if and when they are available.
- We can determine if someone is available through the notifications on the phone screen itself or use the instant messaging function, which are both linked to our Outlook calendars.
- We are able to more quickly connect our students to resources and other professionals on campus by being able to anticipate who is available to meet with them or speak with them over the phone, before even having to make a call.
June 13, 2018
Polycom RealPresence: Real(ly) good
- Video conference adoption has increased by over 3X in the past 8 years. About half of that time was while using Polycom RealPresence Group Series codecs.
March 06, 2018
A 'sure thing' for quality conferencing.
- Placing more systems will always increase the use. Make system freely available, simple to use and provide training and support.
January 26, 2018
Go for it
- Increase user ability to schedule rooms
- Increase users' ability to join calls without IT assistance
- Impress guests with capabilities
January 24, 2018
Polycom after One Year!
- System was never put in with a hard ROI
- Hope is to reduce travel costs if people get comfortable with it
- Will reduce external costs of external hosted products used (will mandate)
- The units are not easy enough to use for some of people with fears of technology.
- Video has saved people time and money when not needing to travel.
- People have to pay attention when on video.
January 17, 2018
Difficult to set up - but once its going good video / audio
- Increase productivity
- Increase connectiveness across the team.
January 15, 2018
Group Series, the only series for your work group.
- Once pexip integrates Polycom/Skype this will be a big win for us due to the RPTouch integrating the "one - touch join". This will increase adoption of video greatly.
- Before the Group series with peripherals was implemented the cost of a video room was twice what it is today. Massive win.
- Due to provisioning and automated firmware the IT involvement has been greatly reduced. No longer is there a need for manual changes to individual endpoints.
January 11, 2018
Still Powerful, but losing relevence slowly
- The introduction of video at the firm has, over time, significantly reduced travel cost.
- The added value of Polycom is getting harder and harder to justify in most situations anymore. When low cost software video is delivering such great quality...it is hard to justify tripling the cost of a small room to add Polycom.
January 11, 2018
Crisp Sound – Sharp Video!
- We are able to more easily train associates to use the devices. They can operate them with minimal instruction and little oversight.
November 28, 2017
Review from an VC Engineer who uses Polycom Equipment Daily
- Cost reduction of traveling.
- Real time presences from a remote location.
- Ability to have people on Video instead of having them in person when inconvenient.
November 17, 2017
Group Series Review
- Reduce travel
- Increase time on task
- Increased communication and understanding vs. phone only
- Not much in terms of ROI, but we have replaced aging lifesize solutions
- Works great with BlueJeans
- Has a wide variety of options to standardize on a single set of hardware for all types of video rooms
November 10, 2017
Polycom at Work!!
- Huge savings on travel expenses.
- Increased collaborations and productivity.
- Good results have caused more purchases of video equipment.
November 10, 2017
Opinion of a regional manager
- Allowed more effective communication in certain formats
- Allowed to connect more often with our counterparts specifically outside of North America (places where it's more expensive to fly/ further away)
November 03, 2017
Picture perfect
- Less jitter/tiling than other systems.
- Reduces travel expenses
- Hardwired means that it is only in those locations that it is able to be used.