Polycom partners up with HP and Microsoft

Polycom has expanded partnerships with Microsoft and HP to deliver open and interoperable collaboration solutions that provide customers greater flexibility and investment protection for their Unified Communications (UC) environment.  

The strengthening of Polycom’s strategic alliances with HP and Microsoft also reinforce that High Definition (HD) voice and video communications solutions are now considered mission-critical business tools in UC environments, and that visual communication is set to go mainstream within two to three years.

Polycom video and voice solutions for unified communications and standalone operation will be sold and delivered through HP as part of the company’s Unified Communications and Collaboration Services portfolio. This will enable organizations to leverage HP’s global presence for evaluating, designing, implementing and supporting communications systems that deliver a consistent, high-quality experience between all locations to ensure maximum benefits and rapid return on investment. The companies will also deliver interoperability between Polycom’s line of standards-based telepresence and video conferencing solutions and HP Halo telepresence.

“Adoption of visual communications is growing rapidly and teaming with HP will increase the global market presence for Polycom’s standards-based solutions that combine market-leading performance with flexibility and investment protection,” said Bob Hagerty, CEO, Polycom. “We are excited to expand our relationship with HP and to leverage the synergies with other Polycom Open Collaboration Network partners to deliver seamlessly interoperable UC solutions and services to customers.” 

 Polycom and Microsoft Corp. will jointly develop and deliver an extended portfolio of UC solutions that will enable more effective collaboration for its customers. Polycom is the only company that offers a comprehensive portfolio of integrated solutions spanning voice, video and application integration for Microsoft Office Communications Server R2 and Microsoft Communications Server “14,” Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Microsoft SharePoint Server, and Microsoft Active Directory.