The New World of Collaboration and the person to person integration no matter where the people are housed.

What the modern telephone system affords in the Collaboration mode:
The Meet Me Conference-
The Avaya approach with: user friendly simple connection;  very clear supervised connections
Audio Conference-Power conference with up to 64 parties on one conference and a total of 128 parties (standard in Avaya IP Office) ;
T-1 circuit is needed with the number of B Channels equal to the number of participants.
Polycom is a leader in audio conference units.

The Clear One audio conference system. Its base unit provides features that exceed higher-end competitive products. A true value leader.
Clear One offers wired and wireless options.
Conference Room Telephones-Can be linked to the Meet Me Conference
from: Polycom, Clear One, and now from Avaya's Knoftel. The base Clear One equals the upgraded PolycomConference room telephone from Avaya Knoftel.
Operator headsets improve productivity and prevent repetitive stress injuries.
Headset Sampler-All Avaya telephones have built in headset switches eliminating costly amplifiers.
The Clear One an alternative to the Polycom versus Avaya's Knoftel
Linking telephones and computers-Options
Avaya's own brand.

The latest technology is the Knoftel 300 conference room system. Features include analog and VoIP versions and real time recording to play back conference participants' dialog. The most popular size conference room will be afforded 50% greater coverage when compared to Polycom's Soundstation.
Pictured left, the Clear One and on the right the most popular Polycom.