Cisco Systems CUVAV224BUN manual Important Features and Benefits, Local and Remote Views

Data Sheet

When registered to Cisco Unified Communications Manager, the Cisco Unified Video Advantage- enabled phone has the features and functions of a full-featured IP videophone. It supports conversations on any video endpoint supported by Cisco Unified Communications Manager. System administrators can provision a Cisco Unified IP phone with Cisco Unified Video Advantage just as they would any other Cisco Unified IP phone, greatly simplifying deployment and management. Enterprise customers now have a cost-effective, scalable, and visually interactive IP communications solution.

Important Features and Benefits

Cisco Unified Video Advantage is innovative in that video telephone calls are just like regular phone calls. Features such as Call Forward, Transfer, Conference, and Hold are now available with video, and they are all initiated through the Cisco Unified IP phone. IP telephony and IP video telephony are delivered to every employee using a unified dial plan and a common directory over a single Cisco Unified Communications infrastructure.

The video codec and bandwidth selection in Cisco Unified Video Advantage is completely controlled by Cisco Unified Communications Manager or Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express, so you need no special experience or knowledge about video capabilities or settings. You no longer need to predetermine if the other end of the call is a video endpoint or phone.

Enabling interactive face-to-face communications at the desktop enhances productivity and the quality of communications, streamlines business decision making, and improves teamwork. By reducing the need for in-person meetings, Cisco Unified Video Advantage can help your company save money on travel expenses, strengthen an existing telecommuting program, or reduce your organization’s carbon footprint in traveling to meetings (see figure 2). Cisco Unified Video Advantage is designed to deliver enhanced modes of communication while protecting existing unified communications investments.

Figure 2. Local and Remote Views

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