The Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation is called upon to ensure the rationality safety of nature management witch will exclude the depletion of natural resources and prevent irreversible deterioration of the invironment. The Ministry of Natural Resources includes 5 federal subordinate services and agencies and 139 subordinate specially protected natural areas.
Goals and issues of the project
Video communication is necessary for the ministry to organize and conduct meetings with all subordinate federal and regional structures. Therefore the Ministry of Natural Resources was looking for a solution that would have the appropriate capacity and was distinguished bu fault tolerance and a wide range of capabilities. In accordance with the state policy of import substitution the choice was made exclusively among Russian manufacturers.
Project implementation and results
As a result of testing carried out by specialists from the Ministry of Natural Resources the choice was made in favor of the multipoint communication server (MCU) of the domestic manufacturer Vinteo. The server is equipped with 10 ports and the customer plans to buy 10 more. Vinteo solution is fully compatible with the videoconferencing equipment already installed in the ministry. This is the Cisco TelePresence SX80 codec, Polycom soft clients and the Polycom HDX 6000 series terminal.