You may be an ideal customer for the LifeSize Icon Series if:
- You’re considering room-based video systems
- You understand why video is beneficial but have hesitated to date due to cost/complexity
- You already have outdated video equipment and are considering refreshing
- Or you have chosen competitors’ systems over LifeSize in the last 18+ months
LifeSize has a history and reputation for innovating around highest performance, unbeatable price/performance and on ensuring simplicity in our solutions – simplicity and ease for BOTH end users and for IT teams. One of the key things we’ve heard from customers time and again is that many still perceive video conferencing as too complex, too burdensome on IT, and just too costly. Even though they know that the quality and performance of our products can accelerate effective communications and boost productivity, many have held off purchasing for these reasons. Instead they continue to use alternatives like audio or web conferencing. You may be an ideal customer for the LifeSize Icon Series if: - You’re considering room-based video systems - You u nderstand why video is beneficial but have hesitated to date due to cost/complexity - You already have outdated video equipment and are considering refreshing - Or you have chosen competitors ’ systems over LifeSize in the last 18+ months
We want you to enjoy frustration-free video conferencing at an unbeatable value so that you can scale video broadly and realize the enormous productivity gains that video conferencing brings. - Face-to-face immersive discussions over any distance - Easy sharing of information and knowledge even with folks in different time zones through both live and on-demand streaming - Collaborate with one person or lots of people, all over video when you need to
What do we mean by Smart Video? Think back to a time before smartphones were omnipresent. People selected their cell phones based on a completely different set of criteria than we use today, primarily battery life, sturdiness, and size. Now, six years later, people buy their mobile phones based on different criteria—how easy it is to use, what they can do with it, and so on.
This is the beginning of Smart Video™, an experience that will transform video conferencing in a way similar to how smartphones reinvented mobile calling. LifeSize Icon Series’ Smart Video strips away all of the complicated processes inherent in video today so that users who have previously been intimidated by the cost and complexity of traditional video conferencing can now connect more efficiently and focus on what matters most – their business.
-- We’ve designed this series to be all about making the user experience much easier and more intuitive so that people who have shied away from using video due to cost and complexity can now embrace it. -- What is different is that we designed this series to be able to access all the powerful video applications on the UVC Platform seamlessly and easily so that business user can have face-to-face business discussions effectively over any distance. -- And ultimately, why do we think our customers will care? Well, they get hassle-free and frustration-free video conferencing at an unbeatable value that lets them keep their focus on building their businesses. This technology enables that without getting in the way. --
Why is this solution different from any codec or endpoint that users may be looking at today? Those are stand-alone systems that can ’t easily adapt to users’ changing needs. -- LifeSize Icon Series blurs the lines between endpoint and infrastructure, delivering a truly connected experience at an unbeatable value. It’s tightly integrated with the LifeSize UVC Platform and its applications – including streaming and recording, firewall traversal, multiparty video calling and management – to make it easier for users to experience the full power of their platform. This integration also makes buying and supporting video conferencing more flexible and efficient. As users’ organizations want to do more over video, they can adapt the Icon systems to those needs. -- For example, helpful meeting reminders, schedule and directory on the Icon system are populated through the UVC Manager application, which comes with every Icon system. -- And being able to record or join a large meeting spontaneously are capabilities enabled by UVC Video Center and UVC Multipoint (and LifeSize Bridge too) on the back end. -- But your users never need to know what is powering those capabilities; they just get access to the functionality to do their business simply and easily through their Icon systems. --
Only LifeSize Icon Series delivers smart video conferencing through: Simplified directory navigation: quickly search the unified directory and connect in seconds Scheduling capabilities: see the complete schedule, including click-to-join meeting reminders Streaming and recording: users can stream and record presentations with the press of a single button Multiparty calling: seamlessly integrated ad-hoc and scheduled multiparty calling Firewall/NAT: secure full HD video calls within and across networks Presentation: intuitive data sharing up to 1080p and custom layout options HD video quality: up to 1080p60 Flexible upgrades: including number of displays, type of camera and resolutions
-- Now let ’s look at some of the unique features of the LifeSize Icon Series. --
-- Let ’s look at the schedule and directory. One point to highlight right away is that when you purchase an Icon system, you get a free license on LifeSize UVC Manager to manage your LifeSize Icon system. -- Through LifeSize UVC Manager, you can schedule calls for your LifeSize Icon system. These calls appear in the Schedule tab on the LifeSize Icon Series. More important, a pop-up reminder appears on the display when it is time to join your call. -- Very simple. One click and you join your call. -- Your directory service can be populated through LifeSize UVC Manager as well. Easily search for names or rooms. Pin your favorites from either the directory or the recent calls list to your Favorites tab. --
-- Now you can join your company meetings as easily as any call. Meetings are defined as group calls using a bridge to facilitate the inclusion of multiple participants. -- These meetings appear in the Meetings tab under the Call symbol. -- Quickly search for your meeting, and just one click allows you to join seamlessly. No more hassling with voice operators or touch tones to join your meeting. -- These meetings can be scheduled or ad-hoc and are hosted through LifeSize UVC Multipoint or LifeSize Bridge. --
-- And once in the meeting, users can change the video layouts through the native user interface on the Icon series. -- This is just another example of tight integration between the LifeSize Icon Series and the LifeSize UVC Multipoint and LifeSize Bridge. -- When presentations are shared, users can select additional layout options. -- No more confusing different user interfaces; no more fighting touch tones or far-end camera control to try and manage layouts or options. --
-- The power and simplicity of LifeSize UVC Video Center, now with 1080p support, works seamlessly with the new LifeSize Icon Series. In this first release, users can effortlessly record their video, presentation or both when not in a call. -- Users will know that their LifeSize Icon systems are enabled for streaming and recording when the record symbol is present on their user interface. Selecting their source is just as easy. -- In the meantime, if in-call recording is required prior to the next software update, users can still dial into LifeSize UVC Video Center through an external MCU. --
-- Each LifeSize Icon system comes with a free seat of LifeSize UVC Manager, which enables many of the powerful features associated with the solution--the schedule, directory and meetings tabs, to name a few. -- The LifeSize Icon system also ships with a new remote control. This remote control has been streamlined for easy use and allows the user to stay focused on the user interface and the meeting. Together, they simplify the user experience to the point that no training is required as users can self-discover the available features in an intuitive manner. - The LifeSize Icon Series was designed to offer a flexible video experience, both at the time of purchase as well as later if you want to upgrade. You can upgrade to second- display support or 1080p60 support for video presentation sharing. Peripherals include our premium 10x camera or the standard 4x camera. Currently, the LifeSize Icon Series ships with the Digital MicPod. Customers will be able to purchase the LifeSize Phone, 2nd Generation bundle later in the first half of 2013. --
-- Let me finish with a quick reminder on what makes the LifeSize Icon Series so special. -- It ’s designed to make the user experience much easier and more intuitive, now allowing all people to embrace video. -- This series can access the powerful video applications on the UVC Platform seamlessly and easily. -- So you get hassle-free and frustration-free video conferencing at an unbeatable value that lets you focus on building your business. Finally, Smart Video is here. --