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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