LiveManager

Visual collaboration over your enterprise local area network (LAN) and corporate intranet is possible with PictureTel's H.323 standards-compliant videoconferencing product family. The LAN/Intranet product family includes LiveLAN™, the endpoint or client videoconferencing station; LiveManager™, software for bandwidth control and conference management; LiveGateway™, which provides bi-directional interoperability with H.320 standards-based videoconferencing products; and PictureTel 330™, multipoint conferencing software for visual and data collaboration over corporate LANs, intranets, and the Internet.

You'll increase productivity and customer service without devoting more resources. You'll exchange and edit documents like spreadsheets, presentations, and contracts in real time using PictureTel's award-winning T.120-compliant LiveShare Plus™ data collaboration technology. PictureTel's LiveShare Plus is interoperable with Microsoft's NetMeeting®.

By operating on top of existing TCP/IP protocols, LiveLAN packets can be routed without any modifications to your existing network infrastructure. And, through LiveManager, you can monitor and control the amount of bandwidth used for LiveLAN calls throughout your network on a segment-by-segment basis.

• Deliver a complete, easy-to-use H.323-compliant videoconferencing solution, including videoconferencing client, gateway, gatekeeper, and MCU.
• Enable high-quality visual collaboration over your LAN/intranet by providing broadcast-quality video at speeds up to 30 fps.
• Operate over any network that supports TCP/IP traffic, including Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, FDDI, Token Ring, and Frame Relay.
• Exchange information and ideas in real time by employing LiveLAN's integrated T.120 multipoint collaborative computing features.
• LiveLAN enables guaranteed quality of service by operation over native ATM.
• Control bandwidth allocation throughout your entire network with LiveManager conference management software.
• Interoperate with H.320-compliant systems using LiveGateway, a bi-directional H.323/H.320 gateway.
• Enable integrated, real-time multipoint H.323 and T.120 data sharing for up to 24 users on a single server with the PictureTel 330 NetConference Multipoint Server Software.

LiveManager is H.323 gatekeeper-compliant conference management software that allows network managers to tailor the use of video and audio based upon individual network configurations and capacities. Combine LiveManager with LiveLAN's intelligent design and you can confidently bring visual collaboration to the LAN.

LiveManager ensures your network will continue to run smoothly by providing a mechanism to control the amount of network bandwidth used for videoconferencing calls. Also, it automatically facilitates LiveLAN calls using simple aliases or telephone extensions and monitors LiveLAN and LiveGateway calls throughout your network.

LiveManager consists of two components: a client component called "LiveManager Console" that resides on a Windows 95 or NT PC and a server component that is loaded onto a Windows NT 4.0 workstation or server. LiveManager does not require a dedicated server, just some space on an existing server. From the LiveManager Console the network manager monitors and controls the use of LiveLAN, LiveGateway, PictureTel 330, and other H.323 standards-compliant products throughout the network.

Through LiveManager's call routing function, LiveLAN users can dial H.323-based users directly or H.320-based users via a gateway without actually knowing where those clients are or to what network they are connected. On a typical call the user will click on a name in the phone book and then be connected. The details of whether or not the call uses an ISDN gateway or a router are completely invisible to the user.

By optimizing the performance of LiveLAN on your network, LiveManager enhances productivity in work groups, departments, or across an entire campus. And only one LiveManager license is needed per corporate network.

LiveManager 3.1

Features

• H.323 GateKeeper standard-compliant
• Bandwidth control
• SNMP management for LiveGateway
• Extensive monitoring and logging capabilities
• Inbound gateway call routing
• Microsoft Internet Locator Server (ILS) registration using LDAP
• Outbound gateway automatic discovery
• Web-based monitoring
• Gateway sharing between zones

Hardware and Software Requirements

• Server component – Windows NT 4.0 or later TCP/IP server or workstation (does not need to be dedicated)
• Client component – Installs on any Windows 95 or Windows NT TCP/IP client (may be loaded on same PC as server component)
• Pentium or faster PC with minimum 32 MB RAM

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