AT&T and POLYCOM jointly promote video collaboration Innovation

In January 17, 2013, as organizations began to focus on accelerating video communication and business processes with video functions, AT&T and Polycom announced a strategic cooperation agreement to create personalized, mobile, and virtualized video conferences.

With AT&T Business Exchange, MPLS, Internet and mobile networks, and the Polycom RealPresence platform, both parties will use this Protocol to create more powerful cloud video communication capabilities, it provides users with more options on the time, place, and method of video collaboration. The Polycom RealPresence platform supports comprehensive video collaboration and supports interoperability with the most extensive applications, devices, and network protocols.

Zeus Kerravala, chief analyst at ZKResearch, said: "AT&T's partnership with Polycom provides users with more options and enhances interoperability. As enterprises increasingly prefer cloud delivery solutions, it helps accelerate video collaboration. In addition, the agreement brings new revenue and business opportunities to AT&T, and shows important achievements of Polycom in cloud video and its cooperation with operators ."

Jim Lundy, Chief Analyst and CEO of Aragon Research, pointed out: "In 2013, videos will be everywhere, and people want to establish contact with others at any time without restrictions from equipment and service providers, the cooperation between Polycom and AT&T will help accelerate the development trend of cloud video "everywhere."

New features include:

AT&T and Polycom RealPresence platforms-AT&T will include the Polycom RealPresence platform as part of the AT&T Telepresence Solution video infrastructure into AT&T Business Exchange.

Thus:

O The new on-demand video virtual conference room function provides users with more options by expanding interoperability;

O flexible and easy-to-use video collaboration experience, while reducing total cost of ownership;

O video collaboration between Business users, partners, and suppliers in a completely new form at AT&T Business Exchange.

Full-hosted service suite-AT&T Telepresence Solution now provides a series of Polycom RealPresence services for users in 40 countries and regions around the world®Video solution-includes integrated multi-functional conference rooms and personal video systems. In this way, users only need to pay a monthly rental fee to enjoy video equipment as part of the hosting service, which helps users reduce capital expenditure and reduce IT resources within the company, this gives users more time to focus on their main businesses.

VPN service-Polycom has selected AT&T as the preferred internal WAN service provider to provide the industry-leading MPLS AT&T VPN service. The network will deliver Polycom videos, voice and data communications, and allow access to AT&T Business Exchange from more than 80 locations around the world including the Polycom customer experience and presentation center.

Andy Miller, president and CEO of Polycom, said: "We will work with AT&T to reshape and expand cloud video communication capabilities, making it easier for enterprises to communicate and collaborate with each other. With Polycom's relentless pursuit of openness, standards, and interoperability, and AT&T's expertise in networking, application, and interconnection, we are creating simple, reliable, and ubiquitous video solutions for users like phone calls, so that customers can easily collaborate without worrying about restrictions on suppliers, devices, or networks. This cooperation will be very effective ."

Michael Bowling, AT&T Business Solutions chief marketing officer, said: "We hope to become the leader of the new trend by introducing solutions and services that can achieve convenient communication anytime and anywhere on any device. The cooperation between AT&T and Polycom will bring new functions to users, expand the scope and application of video collaboration, and ultimately bring a profound impact through the transformation of work methods ."

Both companies are directors-level founders of the Open visual communication Alliance (OVCC). The mission of the organization is to develop and support "ubiquitous" video collaboration.