| Client: | SJ Berwin |
| Location: | London |
| Sites involved: | 5 |
| Users: | 70+ |
| Frequency: | 2-3 times a week |
| Sector: | Legal |
Overview
SJ Berwin, a law firm with offices in Paris, Munich, London, Frankfurt and Brussels had a variety of legacy equipment, several offices and different needs for a VC system across the company. Margolis' video communications consultants were called in to provide a flexible and expandable soultion.
There was a requirement for partners to discuss clients at multi-national management
meetings with upto 70 people involved in some meetings.
Berwin were using ISDN but wanted to trial IP across their network with a view
to using IP as their default carraige.
There was also a view to stream some meetings to the desktop.
margolis consultant's comment
We met with the client a number of times and discussed the immediate requirments
for the company. From analysing the existing equipment, methodologies and trying
to forecast their future expansion, we started to get a picture of which combinations
would suit them.
We discussed a trial using IP and had our mnet team audit their system and include a report on how best to configure things.
Equipment recommended
Tandberg 6000 in London
Tandberg 880 in Brussels and Frankfurt. To be rolled out to the other offices
in due course
Outcome
The company use their system at least 2 or 3 times a week , sometimes 1-to-1 and
sometimes multisite, connecting 3 or 4 offices together in one conference call.
The equipment recommended had enough capacity for high-quality calls over IP as
they improved their network but could also fall back to ISDN if need be or to
call a VC outside their system.
Margolis structured the systems so that the IP network would carry traffic, effectively
cost-free between their connected sites.
The client still has a few old Picturetel systems in Munich and Brussels which
will be swapped out for Tandberg 880s when existing obligations end.
The switch to a IP First solution is underway.
The client received a custom solution to their problem and the long term benefit
will be the flexibility of the system we have now provided for them.
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Tandberg
880 series ISDN and IP ready unit for use with any monitor. Ultra flexible >>click here to learn more |
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Tandberg
6000 series ISDN and IP ready unit for use with any monitor. Enterprise level boardroom system (mobile) >>click here to learn more |
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