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The new Aethra MCUs and Gateways

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AETHRAVIDEOCONFERENCING SOLUTIONS

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VIDEOCONFERENCING MODELS

Point-to-Point

A videoconferencing that connects two locations

Multipoint

A videoconferencing that connects more than two locations

...that is, both for Point-to-Point and Multipoint...

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WHAT IS...?

?• MCU• Gateway• Aethra Director Suite• Aethra Scheduler• Aethra Gatekeeper• Aethra Network Management

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WHAT IS A MCU?

Multipoint Control Unit

The device that connects the locations in a multipoint videoconference

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WHAT IS A GATEWAY?

Gateway

The network interface that allows connection between different protocols

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WHAT IS THE AETHRA DIRECTOR SUITE?

The Aethra Director Suite

The application software, offered with the MCU, that includes the Aethra Scheduler, the Aethra Gatekeeper and the Aethra Network Management.

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WHAT IS THE AETHRA SCHEDULER?

The Aethra Scheduler

The software that allows to schedule a videoconferencing session, fully managing room reservations, equipments, participants availability and the type of conference.

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WHAT IS THE AETHRA GATEKEEPER?

The Aethra Gatekeeper

The tool that manages registered equipments by associating a mnemonic name (that is, an alpha-numeric alias) to an IP address to simplify call modes between endpoints.

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WHAT IS THE AETHRA NETWORK MANAGEMENT?

The Aethra Network management

The tool that performs monitoring operation on all multi-point video communication devices.

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INTEGRATED SOLUTION

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It divides the video monitor into up to 4 quadrants.

CONTINUOUS PRESENCE

Athens (h.14:00)

London (h.12:00)

Moscow (h.15:00)

Rome (h.13:00)

It allows to see simultaneously each participant of the several sites involved in the conferencing.

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SCREEN LAYOUTSThere are many possibile

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SCREEN LAYOUTS

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PICTURE-IN-PICTURE (PIP)

The images in the windows can easily change thanks to the dynamic drag and drop repositioning, with the main window always showing the active speaker.

You can open up to 2 smaller windows in a full screen image.

These portions of the monitor can display your image and another site simultaneously during the meeting..

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TEXT AND BORDER OVERLAY

You can overlay each image in a video conference display with text - such as the participant name - accompanied by border images - such as a company logo to clearly identify each participant.

Border Overlay

Text Overlayyour name!

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WEB-BASED MANAGEMENT

The MCU can be remotely configurated, managed and administrated via web.

You can easily set up ad-hoc or scheduled conferences to collaborate and share resources.

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MANAGEMENT

Cascading and clustering capabilities allows to join separate conferences in one unified conference.

In this way it’s possible to increase the number of partecipants to your videoconferences, reducing network bandwidth usage, improving scalability and simplifying the management.

unified multiparty conference

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DIAL IN / DIAL OUT

Users dial-in to participate to a conference call.

The MCU will automatically set up the conference without participants being attended by an operator.

Dial in

Dial out

A conference operator dial out to invite participants to join the conference.

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ANY MEDIA

The MCU supports all the multipoint audio, video and data protocols, for unrivaled quality of your conferences.

The Advanced Audio Transcoding between the different protocols and networks and the recording and streaming capabilities add value to your multiparty meetings.

Video calls can reach up to 2MB

H.239 Dual Video allows to view two different streams for video and data at the same time.

T.120 support enables two or more users to share data and applications.

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ANY NETWORK

The MCU ensures interoperability with existing and emerging protocols such as H.323, SIP, V.35 and 3G-324M for wireless devices.

Downspeeding enables the completion and mantaining of a call during loss of ISDN B channels

Bandwidth optimization of symmetric and asymmetric streams allows to save on network resources avoiding to send video streams of participants not displayed on screen.

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SECURITY

You can protect the privacy of your meeting and your data thanks to password and encryption.

Password regards several levels of each MCU, from administration to configuration, from chairman control to joining a conference.

The support of encryption protocols (AES and DES) allows you to easily choose which level of security do you want for your conference, without the need to add new hardware.

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APPLICATIONS

Finance

Public Sector

Educational

Emergency

Commercial meeting

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APPLICATIONS:FINANCE

Connect real time the New York Stock Exchange, your financial advisors in London and in Frankfurt and your headquarters in Zurich.

You can see them all in a glance, compare qualified opinions and make a decision without precious time run by.

In financial markets time is money, and money is often a matter of seconds.

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APPLICATIONS:EDUCATIONAL

From the primary schools to the most specialized research centers, in the globalization era world has never been so closer and ideas are all but steady.

You can easily exchange experiences, consult experts, organize panel discussions, or simply reach the best professionals in that field.

Improve the quality of your teaching and learning process, and enhance your e-learning courses with the best tools to keep ideas moving.

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APPLICATIONS:COMMERCIAL MEETING

Los Angeles, New York, London, Moscow, Tokio: no boundaries for your business, no more expensive, tiring and useless business trips.

You can manage meetings between all the Directors of your branches all over the world, directly from your room. You can reach the sales forces on the field, quickly collecting feedback and sharing strategies.

Manage your contacts with the efficiency you look for everyday!

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APPLICATIONS:PUBLIC SECTOR

Stop thinking about bureaucracy as small, separated and far islands.

You can link several offices of the Public Administration, coordinate projects and share competencies.

You can easily contact all regional offices to give new directives and consult with peripherals sites.

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APPLICATIONS: EMERGENCY / SECURITY

Natural disasters, terrorism, war, crisis: connect your task forces with hospitals, embassies, army and intelligence centers.

You can save precious time in emergency situation, when action requires full speed and minimum response time.

You can control in the same breath several critical areas, with no need to be right there.

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WHY AETHRA?

Unique supplierFrom endpoint to infrastructure, every product you need to set up and manage your next meeting, both for service provider and final customer.

Management solutionsNo matter where you are, which is your network or what is your business: you can manage it all in the simplest and easiest way.

Flexible solutionsA wide range of configurations for your MCUs and Gateways, according to your multi video communication needs.

Aethra qualified supportWith special projects, consultancy, testing of solutions, project management.

...one stop supplier...

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Thank you!