Ensemble offers the cost savings benefit of an in-house audio conferencing solution while providing the scalability, audio quality and flexibility organizations require. An easy-to-use web browser user interface allows individuals to collaborate whenever business needs demand. Ensemble delivers a rich set of application features, including:
- Web browser user interface on the Internet and/or Intranet
- Meet-Me, Preset and Progressive conferences
- On-demand, scheduled and recurring time-of-day/day-of-week conferences
- Dial-in and/or dial-out conference participation
- Conference operation via web browser or by telephone
- Automatic e-mail invitations for Meet-Me conferences
- HTML customization options for integration with enterprise information portals
Defining Conferences
Ensemble conferences may be defined by a central administrator or individual users may be empowered to define and maintain conferences via the web interface.
Conference Types:
- Preset Conferences - conferences established for a preselected group of subscribers
- Meet-Me Conferences - subscribers are given an access code and a dial-in number to participate in a conference
- Progressive Conferences - conferences established ad hoc with subscribers added incrementally by a User
Conference Parameters:
- Conference Name
- Start and Entry codes for participation
- Access protection via security codes and/or individual PIN identification for conference members
- Duration
- Number of seats
- One time or recurring schedule
- Dialing attempts and interval (for called conferees)
- Conference members (dial-in, dial-out, or a combination of both)
Conference Operation
Ensemble provides user-friendly options to initiate and control conferences. A conference host may:
- Create, edit, start and control individual audio conferences via the Internet or the enterprise Intranet using a web browser
- Send invitation e-mails to conferees
- Convene the conference:
- immediately or at pre-scheduled date and time with reserved conference resources
- via web browser or telephone
- During an active conference, from the web browser a user can:
- monitor the state of the conference
- connect additional conferees
- disconnect active conferees
- grant and withdraw speaking privileges
- extend and/or terminate the conference
- identify who is speaking
Billing Tool
The Ensemble Billing Tool allows you to track conference usage by conference, cost center or user. You can view and export reports that will have all of the information for a specified date range.
Quality & Reliability
The Ensemble conferencing server offers very high quality conferencing with integrated high-performance conference coupling field. And, the platform was engineered for very high availability:
- 400,000 hours MTBF typical
- No moving parts
- Non-volatile/non-magnetic storage
- Fail-safe DC power supply from the PBX battery or optional AC power supply and UPS
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