Crestron has announced the widespread deployment of the Crestron Mercury™ tabletop conferencing system, a complete tabletop meeting and collaboration system that’s easy to provision and manage. Its unified communications (UC) and audio/video (AV) all-in-one solution supports any web collaboration.

The sleek, all-encompassing console is the single tool needed to transform any space
into a highly effective collaboration area – at an affordable price point, ranging from
$1,998 to $3,200. Powered by Microsoft Azure, Crestron Mercury combines all the
must-have scheduling, conferencing, and collaboration features employees need with
the fast, secure cloud provisioning and management capabilities required by IT
managers. It also helps solve common interoperability challenges, serving as a
compatibility gateway for existing in-room conference systems. Crestron Mercury uses
Azure IoT Hub, Azure Stream Analytics, Azure Service Fabric clusters, and Azure
Cosmos DB™ SaaS.

“On average, we host about 8,000 video conferences per month, but it’s usually tough
to conduct those in the smaller huddle spaces our employees sometimes prefer,’ said
Brent Daniel, UCC Solutions Engineer for Unum Group. “Mercury’s flexibility in sharing
AV data allows us to quickly expand the types of spaces that can accommodate video
calls with minimal effort from my team.’

“We designed Mercury to address common meeting-related headaches in today’s
increasingly mobile workplace,’ said Ted Colton, VP of UC Strategy at Crestron.
“Companies need to walk into a room and get to work – not waste time fumbling with
technology. Because of Mercury’s price point, a seamless meeting experience is
accessible for businesses of all sizes, regardless of their existing web collaboration
setup.’

Sam George, Director of Microsoft Azure IoT, Microsoft Corp. said, “Microsoft is
committed to supporting partners that are addressing the evolving needs of the
modern workplace. Crestron’s use of Microsoft Azure services like Azure IoT Hub
ensures not only the performance businesses need, but also offers global scale and
support for Mercury devices.’

Additional product details include:

Present
Crestron Mercury enables users to instantly and securely present content wirelessly
on the room display from a laptop, smartphone, or tablet using the built-in Crestron
AirMedia® wireless presentation gateway.

Call
With Crestron Mercury, it’s easy to make exceptional-sounding phone calls from
mobile devices or standard SIP phone systems using the built-in, high-performance
speaker and microphones.

Collaborate
Knowledge workers can easily collaborate with colleagues via Crestron Mercury from a
laptop or dedicated in-room PC using any soft phone, or web conferencing or UC
application, such as Skype for Business, Cisco WebEx, GoToMeeting, and Slack.

Manage
Crestron Mercury consoles are easy to provision and manage from the cloud, and they
leverage standard network security policies. A built-in occupancy sensor supports
energy-saving automation as well as a collection of room-usage data.

Schedule
Crestron Mercury connects directly with Microsoft Exchange Server, Exchange Online
or Crestron Fusion Software to make room scheduling easy. The built-in graphics
engine generates an on-screen display of the room calendar and simple instructions
for starting a meeting. The native PinPoint™ Proximity Beacon adds additional
convenience, enabling mobile room searching/scheduling using the PinPoint app.