As organisations of all types look to accelerate the adoption of video-based communications and video-enabled business processes, AT&T and Polycom, Inc announced a strategic agreement to personalise, mobilise and virtualise video meetings.
Enabled by the industry-leading AT&T Business Exchange, MPLS, Internet and mobility networks and the Polycom RealPresence Platform, the agreement will create greater availability of cloud-delivered video communication capabilities – giving customers unmatched choice in when, how, and where they collaborate. The Polycom RealPresence Platform is a comprehensive software infrastructure for universal video, on-premises or in the cloud collaboration, interoperating with the broadest set of applications, devices and network protocols.
“AT&T and Polycom’s announcement is a big win for customer choice and interoperability, and it will help accelerate video collaboration as businesses increasingly look to cloud-delivered options,” said Zeus Kerravala, Principle Analyst, ZKResearch.
Kerravala further added, “In addition, this agreement opens new revenue streams and business opportunities for AT&T, and demonstrates the momentum Polycom is having with service providers and in the video cloud market.”
“In the Pervasive Video Era of 2013, people want instant access to others, no matter what device or service they are using. The alliance between Polycom and AT&T will help to accelerate the shift to pervasive, cloud enabled video,” said Jim Lundy, CEO, Lead Analyst, Aragon Research.
