Video Conferencing Equipment – Which Vendor?

With a plethora of video conferencing equipment available on the market, how do you make the right choice?

Video conferencing has been around for more than a decade and back then there was limited players in the marketplace and systems were very expensive to install as well as call costs over Telstra’s ISDN network as IP was not an option.

The key thing to remember with video conference equipment is that it should be complying with a global standard. This ensures that you get trouble free conferencing between different manufacturer’s codecs but in the real world this is not always the case.

How to avoid potential compatibility issues can be done as simply as using a manufacturer who has extensive experience and market share in the video conferencing arena.

In Australia, the major players are Polycom, Tandberg & Aethra. Polycom would have the majority share of the market but it does come at a premium price and may not fit into your budget.

Aethra which is an Italian company have been gaining serious traction in the market and do offer a very economical solution to the SME marketplace without compromising performance.

Rabone Systems offers both Polycom video conferencing and Aethra video conferencing equipment to its clients and we can provide a full integrated boardroom solution or training facility utilising a control system such as AMX to provide simplicity of operation.

Once you have established which platform and features you like, the type of network you will utilise will need to be decided.

Rabone Systems has extensive experience with Videoconferencing and can provide you with the correct answers so you can make the right decision