Webex technology ecosystem – The gold standard for video conference experiences with Webex Devices

Jan 14, 2021 — Joshua Reola

Overview

With so many 3rd party integration options in the video conference market, it can be hard to know at a glance what the best product integration is. What are the best room booking applications out there? What is the best LCD display that works well with Webex Devices?

Here in Oslo, Norway, not only do we have Red Dot award-winning devices, we are also building the best meeting experiences through our new Webex Technology Ecosystem program – technically certifying partner integrations for Webex Devices. Our open platform allows our technology partners to create integrations to the Webex Platform to best solve customer use-cases. In order to provide the highest levels of security and best end-user experiences, the Webex Technology Ecosystem Program was created to validate third parties that their integration is adhering to our security, user experience, and supported API methods. In addition, the benefits of certifications include an online community and Cisco product team support, validated tests done by a 3rd party firm, AVDR, and overall helping drive down integration costs.

We launched two logo tier designations to certifications:

Webex Certified – A third party solution that has achieved the most stringent of all testing by the Webex Device Business Unit.

Webex Compatible – A third party solution that meets the minimum requirements for integration.

Moving forward, there will also be a third-tier for certification which will be a self-supported knowledge base community that will soon launch on the Cisco Webex Communities portal.

Cisco approved products & vendors

Below you will find the solutions that have achieved certification status. Currently, there are only two Certified categories: Displays and Intelligent Workplaces. The other categories will only have Compatible logo status. As we progress, we aim at adding more categories and technology partner solutions to the Certified logo.

Webex Device certified and compatible categories

Cameras
Content Experiences
Collaborative Workplace
Displays*
Easy Join Services

Intelligent Workplace*
Room Booking
Team Communications
Workplace Analytics

*Webex Certified logo categories

Some of the partner solutions shown are also part of the Cisco Solutions Plus partnership program. If you want to know more details of the certified partner solutions and categories, please visit: http://cs.co/certifiedvendors

Certification process

Below is the certification application journey for the Webex Technology Ecosystem for Webex Devices. As you can see it is a multi-step process to onboard.