Cisco Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express 2.0 Data Sheet

Data Sheet

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Cost Savings and Security

Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express is deployed in-house on an organization’s converged IP

network, a scenario that can reduce costs by virtually eliminating conferencing telephony and

service fees paid to service providers. And Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express helps secure

meetings using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption, multiple meeting security options, and

behind-the-firewall deployment that isolates internal meetings from Internet access while making

meetings with partners, customers, and suppliers Internet-accessible. Additionally, built into the

software is Cisco Security Agent, which is optimized at the kernel level to allow only application-

specific activities and to defend against attacks.

Easy Deployment and Management

Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express is a software solution installed on a single server that

supports industry-standard protocols — H.323 and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) — to ensure

connectivity with a range of telephony systems, including Cisco Unified Communications Manager

and Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express. Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express also

integrates with the Cisco Unified Communications Manager directory to simplify profile

management by automating user authentication and profile setup. Web-based administration

capabilities include report generation, conference monitoring, diagnostics, and interface

configuration.

Key Features and Benefits

Simple Conference Setup and Attendance

Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express includes Microsoft Outlook, Web, Cisco Unified IP phone, and

touchtone phone interfaces for setting up and attending meetings. In a single step, meeting

organizers can initiate an immediate (reservationless) voice, Web, and video conference from any

of these interfaces. The reservationless meeting feature gives users their own unique meeting IDs

that they can use to initiate meetings at any time. Future meetings — individual or recurring — can

be scheduled from Microsoft Outlook or the Web interface (Figure 2, Microsoft Outlook example).

When meetings are scheduled, e-mail notifications with meeting information and a click-to-attend

link are automatically sent to invitees. Users can see how many participants are already in a

meeting before attending it, just like looking through a conference-room window. One click allows

the user to attend the voice, Web, and video conference (Figure 3). Mobile workers can also

access their meetings using speech commands. This capability, which is available to Cisco Unity

Connection users, provides fast and easy meeting access and is particularly helpful when driving

and trying to join a meeting.

Figure 2. Easily Set Up a Voice and Web Conference from Microsoft Outlook