Enterprise teleconferencing options typically include using an external service provider or a limited capacity internal solution based on the corporate PBX.  Service provider solutions are implemented for their ease-of-use and scalability but carry significant collateral network costs and utilization inefficiencies in addition to service usage fees.  Embedded PBX solutions mitigate network and premium service fees but lack the required scalability, audio quality and flexibility.  The Ensemble Teleconferencing Portal combines the best of both by delivering the cost savings benefit of an in-house conferencing solution, while providing an easy-to-use web browser user interface allowing individual users to collaborate when and as business needs demand.  Ensemble Teleconferencing delivers these benefits with a rich set of application features, including:

• Meet-Me, Preset and Progressive conferences
   
• On-demand, Scheduled and Recurring time-of-day/day-of-week conferences
   
• Web Browser User Interface on the Internet or Enterprise Intranet
   
• Dial-in and/or Dial-out conference attendance
   
• Conference Operation via Browser or by Telephone
   
• HTML customization options for integration with enterprise portals.
   

Application Highlights

• Create and Control Conferences from Desktop Browser
   
• Accessible via the Internet or Enterprise Intranet
   
• Automatically Send Invitation e-mails to Conferees
   
• Centralized System Administration to Manage:
• User access rights, privileges and resource allocation.
• Accounting and performance metrics.
   

Architectural Highlights

• No Allocation of Public Network or Service Provider Facilities for Internal and "On Net" Conferences
   
• High Capacity and Very High Voice Quality conferencing by virtue of employing DAKS Server for Call Control and Coupling
   
• Scalable Multi-tier Deployment Architecture:
• User access via Java enabled web browsers on standard PCs – no client software installation or maintenance
   
• Application Server (web, application and database services) hosted on a standard, modestly configured workstation PC or server
   
• One or two DAKS Communication Servers controlled via LAN API connection from the application server and connected to the enterprise PBX via 1 to 8 T1/E1 links
   
• Editable HTML Pages – permits customization of UI appearance to complement enterprise portal styles or preferences
   
• ODBC compatible database with automatic backup

Conference Operation

• Convene a Conference
• Immediately – via browser or telephone
• At a Scheduled time with reserved conference resources
   
• Attend a Conference
• Dial-in and/or
• Dial-out to user selected conference members
   
• Conference Access Protection available via
• Conference Security Codes and/or
• Individual PINs for conference members
   
• User Guidance provided by:
• Recorded Announcements
• Text Display
• Audible Tones
   
• During a Conference (from the web browser) a user can:
• Monitor the state of the conference
• Connect additional conferees and disconnect active conferees
• Grant and withdraw speaking privileges
• Put selected conferees on hold
• Extend or terminate the conference

System Capacities

• 500 Users (expandable to 15,000) with individual:
• Access rights profiles
• Phone Books
• Conference Sets
   
• 50 Conferences per User (can be limited by system administrator)
   
• 60 Participants per Conference (can be limited by system administrator)
   
• Concurrent Conferences:
• Up to 20 in Standard server platform
• Up to 80 in Large server platform
   
• One or two Voice Conferencing Servers with up to 300 voice channels each.

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