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RADVISION, AN AVAYA COMPANY, INTRODUCES THE INDUSTRY’S
MOST POWERFUL MULTIPOINT CONTROL UNIT
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Scopia Elite 6000 Series MCU shatters the price barriers for high definition video
conferencing
Unique hybrid software-hardware architecture delivers unparalleled video quality and the
highest port density in the industry
Revolutionary new MCU doubles the performance of traditional MCUs and minimizes
energy consumption
For Immediate Release: January 29, 2013
Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2013, Amsterdam – Radvision, an Avaya Company, today
announced its next-generation Scopia Elite 6000 Series multipoint control unit (MCU), enabling realtime video collaboration for businesses of any size. The new Scopia Elite 6000 Series, which is the
latest addition to the Elite Series MCU portfolio, reduces the cost per port for high definition video
conferencing by up to 50 percent, offers double the density and performance, and requires up to 75
percent less power than traditional hardware-based MCUs.
Video conferencing is becoming more pervasive due to an increasing number of video-enabled
devices. As a result, there is growing demand for higher quality video and greater ability to support
more participants and conferences as well as a mixture of endpoints. The Scopia Elite 6000 Series
MCU delivers that high quality through full 1080p60fps high definition video communication while
minimizing the bandwidth requirements for HD video in a streamlined, easy to use and administer,
cost-effective solution.
The Scopia Elite 6000 Series MCU offers:
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Revolutionary Power. The Scopia Elite 6000 harnesses revolutionary processing power,
featuring dual 1080p/60fps channels for video and content, simultaneous H.264 High Profile
for bandwidth efficiency and H.264 Scalable Video Coding (SVC), along with multi-stream
immersive telepresence connectivity deliver uncompromised multi-party collaboration.
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Unmatched Density and Scale. A hybrid architecture delivers unmatched density with support
for 40 full 1080p HD ports on a single 1U system, and the highest processing performance
available in the market. Scopia’s “Virtual MCU” management solution provides an intelligent,
distributed multi-party conferencing architecture for maximum scalability and resiliency.
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Maximum Ease of Use. Video information overlays along with easy conference creation and
entry through the enhanced on-screen auto attendant make attending conferences simple.
User can moderate meetings through onscreen menus compatible with any endpoint or via the
Scopia Control iPad® app. They can easily mute participants, change video layouts, start or
pause recording and even invite other participants.
For end users, Scopia Desktop and Scopia Mobile, both of which are supported on the Elite 6000
Series MCU, enable one-click-to-video and an intuitive interface for video conferencing on-the-go.
Participants can moderate a call, share content, record and stream and even choose individual
layouts featuring up to 28 on-screen participants.
IT administrators and service providers offering cloud-based video conferencing also benefit from the
capabilities of the recently announced Scopia Management System, which features enhancements
including Google Maps integration providing a global geographic view of the collaboration topology
along with additional enhancements such as multi-tenancy, concierge services, and massive
scalability of up to 400,000 users for service providers and large enterprises. Additionally, the Scopia
Elite 6000 supports the industry’s broadest telepresence interoperability including support for the
recently announced Scopia TIP Gateway. Scopia Elite MCUs are now fully interoperable with all
standards-based telepresence systems including those from LifeSize, Polycom, and Cisco/Tandberg.
Quotes
“With its hybrid software-hardware approach to the Elite 6000 Series, Radvision is creating a new
category for transcoded video solutions. The Elite 6000 Series does exactly what a hardware-based
MCU does, only more efficiently - and it offers the benefits of a software-only based MCU but with
more capacities and lower cost per port. It’s a unique offering that has the potential to redefine what
enterprises and service providers expect from their video vendors. And since Radvision is now a part
of Avaya, the roadmap for integrated transcoded and switched video is very promising, offering end
users a best-of-both worlds approach to real-time collaboration.”
Roopam Jain, Industry Director, Conferencing & Collaboration, Frost & Sullivan
“The Research and Education Advanced Network New Zealand Ltd (REANNZ) owns and operates a
high-speed, unrestricted broadband network for the New Zealand education, research and innovation
communities. We provide reliable, high-quality video conferencing services to numerous organizations
across the government and private sectors, and Scopia video conferencing is a greatly valued
solution at the core of network. We’ve been testing the new Scopia Elite 6000 Series MCU and find it
to be an excellent, intuitive approach to offering mobile and desktop video conferencing for our
members virtually anywhere, anytime, on any device and over our network.”
Desi Ramoo, Senior Member Engagement Specialist, REANNZ (2012)
About Radvision, an Avaya Company
Radvision, an Avaya company, is a leading provider of video conferencing and telepresence
technologies over IP and wireless networks. Radvision teams with its channel and service provider
partners to offer end-to-end visual communications that help businesses collaborate more efficiently.
Radvision propels the unified communications evolution forward with unique technologies that
harness the power of video, voice, and data over any network. Visit www.radvision.com, our blog, and
follow us on Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube.
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