StarLeaf, a privately held company with a global footprint, launched with a strong focus on real-time collaboration, messaging, and video conferencing. As both a manufacturer and service provider, StarLeaf offers a broad range of video endpoint solutions for desktops, meeting rooms, and mobile applications.
The StarLeaf brand was first founded 10 years ago in 2008, by veterans from the telecom industry: Executive Chairman Mark Richer, CTO William MacDonald, and CEO Mark Loney. Since then, the company has grown significantly, concentrating on serving the needs of the business communication market with high-quality calls and video support. Today, the organisation works alongside brands like Bose, Travelex, and even Dr. Martens.
Cloud-Based and On-Premises Communications
StarLeaf is a cloud-focused company, which makes sense in a world where businesses need to be as agile and flexible as possible. As organisations embrace a more global footprint with remote workers and freelancers, StarLeaf provides a range of mobile and desktop applications that provide a unified experience for quick video meetings, calls, and messaging. Of course, while StarLeaf might be looking forward to the cloud, they also have on-premises solutions available too.
Some of the offerings available from StarLeaf include:
- The StarLeaf app: A secure application for calls, meeting, and messaging that works on any device, from anywhere. This app allows employees to hold conversations and collaborate easily on the go
- Online meeting services: StarLeaf allows users to create unique virtual meeting rooms for their remote workers, bringing teams together from around the world. Web conferences can hold up to 50 remote attendees at a time
- GT Mini 3330: In the on-premises world, StarLeaf has a device to transform small to mid-size meeting rooms into suites for video conferencing. The GT Mini 3330 is a cost-effective service for many smaller companies
- Group Telepresence 3351: Another on-premises solution, the Telepresence device offers more immersive meeting room environments for larger spaces. It comes with support for multiple cameras, microphones, and screens
- PT Mini: The PT Mini on-premise device gives individual desktops access to state-of-the-art video calling with a touchscreen, handset and USB-connected camera. It provides complete StarLeaf meeting functionality
StarLeaf also offers the opportunity to extend your meeting room experience with the third-party room systems subscription "StarLeaf Cloud". This room system subscription allows you to achieve full interoperability with a broad collection of other meeting room devices.
Add-ons and Integrations
These days, one of the most important features for many companies when they're looking for next-level conferencing and collaboration solutions, is integration. In a world where most companies use more than one vendor to support their UC needs, Add-ons and integrations allow you to design the experience that's right for you. StarLeaf comes with a number of APIs and integrations to help you make the most of your meetings, whether you need to check your calendar or check room availability. Integrations include:
- The StarLeaf Outlook plugin which allows users to schedule meetings directly from their Outlook client
- Meeting room calendars: Integrate StarLeaf with your meeting room calendars to make sure that teams don't end up double-booking conferences
- Slack integrations: Escalate Slack messages into video and audio conferences with a couple of clicks
- BlueJeans integration: Join a BlueJeans meeting from your StarLeaf meeting room system. Your StarLeaf endpoints can even display Join Now buttons and meeting invitations for BlueJeans conferences
- Extron, Crestron, and AMX modules: make the most of your third-party controllers by integrating them with StarLeaf. The company offers modules for Crestron, AMX, and Extron to ensure a simple and immersive user experience
What we Liked Most about StarLeaf
With their rich portfolio of products, StarLeaf aims to create a fully-formed video conferencing and collaboration experience for their customers. Ideal for one-on-one meetings and large business-wide conferences alike, StarLeaf provides easy access to instant communication. Some of our favourite features include:
