Hydra

Without the need for expensive and complex video infrastructure installations, Hydra enables videoconferencing to expand from the traditional room-based endpoints environment to the desktop scenario, providing a dynamic visual collaboration solution.

The Desktop Conferencing Solution
Extends the scope of professional videoconferencing by integrating multiple PC connections with “traditional” end-points for small group communications

Effective
Provides a “Business quality” video experience for all participants, whether connected through a high-end conference room solution or a remote PC

Intuitive and easy to use
Wherever you are its easy to interactively participate in a professional multiconference with just a web-cam and Internet Browser

Aethra X-line Desktop connectivity
Hydra takes advantage of the X-line’s very powerful, highquality embedded 9x MCU to provide high-end interactive video and data collaboration sessions between traditional endpoints and PCs, wherever they are located (home, office, “on your way to”, …).

No external Gateways
The mixed embedded X-line MCU capabilities easily allow H.323,

Common experience for all participants
All multi-conference participants share the same features, including Voice Switching or Continuous Presence video, H.239 data collaboration and conference moderation and all participants are guaranteed a dedicated high-quality, low bit-rate audio/visual experience.

Easy connectivity & accessibility
Hydra includes embedded firewall traversal allowing organizations to maintain their network security mechanisms while providing remote users access to multi-conferences.