Cisco Cisco WebEx Meetings Server 1.5 Libro bianco
Cypress
Consulting
© Copyright 2013 by Cypress Consulting,
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Early Customer Feedback Analysis – January 2013
Cisco Webex Meetings Server, version 1.0
I. Executive Summary
In the fall of 2012, Cypress Consulting interviewed
five Cisco
five Cisco
®
unified communications customers
to gather their opinions on Cisco WebEx
®
Meetings Server, version 1.0. In summary, these
companies gave high marks to the new solution
with expectations of increased productivity and
decreased costs from the product’s strong feature
set, and confidence that future releases will
compensate for current limitations.
companies gave high marks to the new solution
with expectations of increased productivity and
decreased costs from the product’s strong feature
set, and confidence that future releases will
compensate for current limitations.
1. Cisco WebEx Meetings Server
Cisco WebEx Meetings Server (CWMS) is a new solution that
now delivers the Cisco market leading
now delivers the Cisco market leading
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public cloud WebEx
Meeting Center as a private cloud deployment. Installed
behind the firewall, CWMS includes integrated and encrypted
audio, video, and web conferencing that can be securely
extended to iPhones and iPads
behind the firewall, CWMS includes integrated and encrypted
audio, video, and web conferencing that can be securely
extended to iPhones and iPads
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The solution is deployed on Cisco virtualized Unified
Computing System™ (UCS
Computing System™ (UCS
®
) servers, and integrates with
Cisco voice and instant messaging to yield end-to-end unified
communications and collaboration (UC&C). Additionally,
the web-based administrative tool provides comprehensive
system lifecycle management.
communications and collaboration (UC&C). Additionally,
the web-based administrative tool provides comprehensive
system lifecycle management.
2. Interview Process
Technical staff members that were involved in the CWMS
evaluation for each of five companies interviewed (Table 1),
were surveyed on the following three areas:
evaluation for each of five companies interviewed (Table 1),
were surveyed on the following three areas:
1. Selection criteria of on-premises versus public cloud web
conferencing solution.
2. An evaluation of the CWMS feature set.
3. The expected benefits from a CWMS deployment.
Table 1. Companies Interviewed
Company / Organization Location
Industry
Number of
Employees
Employees
Participated in
CWMS beta?
MeetingPlace
®
customer?
Lancaster University
United Kingdom
Higher Education
2,000
No
No
Dimension Data
Australia
Information Industry
1,600
Yes
Yes
Anonymous
Australia
Public Sector
6,500
Yes
Yes
Anonymous
United States
Public Sector
16,000
Yes
Yes
Anonymous
China
Service Provider
20,000
Yes
Yes