Simple Setup, No Drama

Get your huddle and small rooms up and running in moments. No PC or Mac is required with cloud services platform support built in. The compact, lightweight design easily fits on top or underneath display in rooms of up to six participants.

Production-Quality Performance

Feel more connected to others on the call thanks to production-quality camera framing. Block out audio distractions with NoiseBlockAI, powered by machine learning. And easily share content over wired or wireless connections.

Do Meetings Your Way

Poly Studio X features native support for Video-as-a-Service (VaaS) platforms, including Zoom and Microsoft Teams, without the need for a PC. Plus, it has H.323 and SIP support for easy connection to any standard-based video solutions or VaaS gateway. So you can do meetings however you prefer.

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Aristotle posed the question, “What is the ultimate purpose of human existence?” It was this question that led him to coin the term eudaimonia, which he conceived as happiness. To have happiness, he concluded that you had to have complete virtue. Care to guess what one of the most important virtues of achieving eudaimonia is in Aristotle’s view? The answer is friendship. Even Ancient Greek philosophers, as long ago as the 4th century BC, concluded that social interaction was necessary for complete and total happiness.

As business leaders and innovators, we must accept the challenge presented and overcome it. People are always going to want to be around people, and it is up to us to figure out what that will look like right now and for the foreseeable future.

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Deepak Nathoo, Brand Manager for Poly Video

Deepak.Nathoo@kathea.co.za

011 844 9931 / 084 602 9069

Quoting Desk

Quotes@kathea.co.za

011 844 9900

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Native Starleaf Meetings on Poly’s Next Generation Video Solutions

To address this need, StarLeaf, the global provider of meeting room solutions and video conferencing services for enterprises and public service, has announced they have chosen Poly as their platform vendor. This means that StarLeaf meetings can now be launched natively from Poly’s newest Studio X30/X50 and G7500 video solutions.

The Poly Studio X family of video bars are stand-alone network connected, Android-based multimedia collaboration platforms. The Studio X simplifies the user experience and deployment by eliminating the need for a dedicated PC, keyboard, and mouse to run and control the collaboration application. Instead, it is easily managed using a touch screen monitor or the Poly TC8 desktop controller. This solution provides a delivery platform for customers and providers that is powerful and sophisticated, yet easy to deploy and manage ­– wherever their associates are.

Secure Meetings Meet Excellent Audio & Video

With StarLeaf meetings available on Poly’s latest room solutions, you can enjoy the feature-rich StarLeaf experience with Poly video and audio innovations such as automatic camera framing, advanced microphone design, NoiseBlock AI, and Acoustic Fence.  These features allow users to be seen and heard clearly while reducing distracting noises.

Reliably Secure, Feature Rich

Is security a key concern? Because StarLeaf is ISO/IEC 27001 certified, with 99.999% service availability guarantee, and data jurisdiction, you can be sure that your users and data will be kept safe – making StarLeaf and Poly the secure, reliable choice.

Poly Studio X30 with TC8

Don’t just have a meeting. Experience a boardroom-quality performance. The Poly Studio X30 is an all-in-one video bar for huddle and small rooms. It’s radically simple to use with support for leading cloud video services built right in—no PC or Mac required. Voices are crisp and clear. And wireless content sharing lets users collaborate from their devices without the need for cables or pucks.

Poly Studio X50 with TC8

Experience full board-room-quality audio, and knock-your-socks-off video, for mid-sized rooms. The Poly Studio X50 all-in-one video bar is radically simple to use with support for leading cloud video services built right in—no PC or Mac required. Voices are crisp and clear. Video feels natural. And wireless content sharing lets users collaborate from their devices without cables or pucks.

Poly G7500

Sometimes rooms present unique challenges. Sometimes you want more control over how and where to equip the room. The Poly G7500 is a modular system for video conferencing that enables you to configure the system you want, while giving people an easy way into the rich collaboration experiences they need. Loaded with features, yet simple to set up and use, the G7500 will leverage your design to power your meetings and wow your teams.

So, whether your organisation is working from home or in the office, StarLeaf and Poly offer intuitive solutions to keep your business running smoothly. Furthermore, because of the tight integration between Poly and StarLeaf, the user experience is further enhanced by the ability to order the Studio X from their preferred partner with StarLeaf meetings already pre-installed.

Article By: Declan Doyle – Poly

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Deepak Nathoo, Product Manager for Poly Video

Deepak.Nathoo@kathea.co.za

011 844 9915 / 084 602 9069

Shane McErlean, Product Manager for Poly Voice

Shane.McErlean@kathea.co.za

011 844 9964 / 082 805 5949

Quoting Desk

Quotes@kathea.co.za

011 844 9900

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As conversations of returning to the office begin to circulate, operations and facilities leads find themselves in an attempt to plan for a largely unforeseeable future. Although this transition will vary greatly around the world, one notion that seems to be repeated is the need to be prepared for any possible outcome. For many organizations, this means equipping their workforce with technology which enables them to seamlessly transition between remote and in-office working as needed – something that is only possible with the right collaboration gear and platform to serve as the glue holding together a distributed staff.  Since COVID-19, Microsoft Teams has witnessed tremendous growth in its daily active users — from 32 million in early March* to a staggering 75 million by April**. Today, Poly is proud to make another addition to the broadest device portfolio for Microsoft Teams with the certification of the Studio X family.

Already an affirmed devotee of Microsoft Teams? Now, you can order the Studio X30 and X50 with native Teams already running right out of the box. And, if you’ve already purchased and/or deployed the Studio X and would like to run the native Teams app, simply install the Poly Video OS Software 3.1.1 update and select Teams as your preferred collaboration platform.

What’s New?

Proximity Join

Now more than ever, the fewer times throughout the day that you can touch shared devices and high-traffic areas, the better. With the new Proximity Join feature, you can simply walk into any available meeting space and join a meeting from your personal device via the Microsoft Teams app.

Leave Your Device Behind

Joining meetings has never been simpler, now you can walk into the scheduled meeting room and with a simple touch of the Teams button on the TC8 you’re in the meeting.

Content Sharing Via Teams App

Have something to share during your meeting? Now you can easily share content from your phone or laptop via the Teams app.

Consistent User Experience

Familiarizing yourself with different meeting technology is not only frustrating, but it can also cause meeting delays and waste people’s time. A native Microsoft Teams experience means that users can expect a familiar user interface while meeting from their home office, desk, or huddle spaces.

Smarter Tech Meets Unparalleled Poly Quality

Poly has an unparalleled track record of driving innovation and prioritizing quality in the video conferencing space. The Studio X continues in this spirit, featuring Poly’s advanced MeetingAI which uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to combat the common distractions that derail your meetings.

Best Audio – Always

Keep distracting noise and outside conversations from disrupting your meeting with Poly NoiseBlockAI and Acoustic Fence. Common noises such as typing, tapping, paper sliding, and candy wrapper crinkling are all kept out so you can hear the speaker clearly. Additionally, the Studio X’s beamforming microphone array delivers crisp, clear voice pickup so you can be confident you’re being heard, no matter where you sit in the room.

Production-Quality Meetings

Poly MeetingAI makes far-end participants feel like they’re in the room with our built-in production rules that intelligently track the speaker – thereby keeping visual focus on who’s talking. Expanding on speaker tracking and group framing functionality, the smooth tracking feature subtly shifts the camera’s focus to frame a different speaker when the distance between the two speakers is small, instead of a sudden cut.

Insights and Device Management

Now more than ever, IT and Facilities Managers need actionable insights to inform big-dollar decisions about how to equip and manage their workspaces. Poly Lens provides a clear line of sight into device health trends to ensure maximum uptime. Additionally, no matter where your endpoints are deployed, Poly Lens enables IT to inventory and ensure all devices are up to date with the latest software. Together, empowering businesses to maximize their investments and seamless roll outs.

A Teams Device For Your Entire Organization

No matter how or where you work, Poly has a solution to meet your every collaboration need across and outside your organization. As a certified Microsoft partner, Poly offers Microsoft Teams device solutions for Teams Rooms, video conferencing, phones/speakerphones, headsets, and professional services. With a Microsoft Teams Certified device, users experience the very best of Teams including, high-quality audio calls, video conferencing, calendar integration, file sharing, and more.

No Matter What’s Next, Poly’s Got You

Without a doubt, this next year will require patience, persistence and flexibility. And, with all the unknowns, the one thing that is nearly certain will be our increased reliance on quality collaboration tools to keep businesses running smoothly. Poly is here to make sure you look and sound your best – from the boardroom to the living room – Poly’s got you!

Poly Video OS Software 3.1.1 update is available now via Poly’s cloud management tool. Learn more about the Poly Studio X and other Poly solutions for Microsoft Teams.

Article By: Joe Santucci – Poly

– Contact Kathea for more information and pricing on our Poly Solutions!

Deepak Nathoo, Product Manager for Poly Video

Deepak.Nathoo@kathea.co.za

011 844 9915 / 084 602 9069

Video & AV Quoting Desk

videoav@kathea.co.za

011 844 9900

Shane McErlean, Product Manager for Poly Voice

Shane.McErlean@kathea.co.za

011 844 9964 / 082 805 5949

Voice Quoting Desk

voice@kathea.co.za

011 844 9900

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As of to day it is still pending Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams certification.

CALL HANDLING FEATURES

• Up to three lines (max. one Skype for
Business)
• Shared call/bridged line appearance
• Distinctive incoming call
treatment/call waiting
• Call timer and call waiting
• Call transfer, hold, divert (forward), pickup
• Called, calling, connected-party information
• One-touch speed dial and meeting join
• Local five-way audio conferencing
• Daisy-chain up to three
• Do-not-disturb function
• Local configurable digit map/dial plan
• Corporate directory access using LDAP
• Visual conference management

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