Siemens Enterprise Communications, Polycom Enter UC Alliance

Siemens Enterprise Communications Group (SEN Group), a provider of unified communications (UC) solutions, and Polycom, a player in telepresence, video, and voice communications solutions, have announced a strategic alliance and global resale agreement that will enable customers to leverage the benefits of Polycom telepresence, high definition (HD) video conferencing solutions and desktop video collaboration applications through seamless integration with the OpenScape UC environment.

"Video communication is becoming a key component of UC, and helps to improve the productivity of our customers," said Mark Stone, Chairman and CEO, the SEN Group. "Working with Polycom enables us to deliver on our Open Communications commitment and enhance our OpenScape UC platform with a full range of UC-enabled video solutions."

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Under the global resale agreement, SEN Group will offer Polycom’s portfolio of visual communication solutions, including personal, room and immersive telepresence solutions, video conferencing systems, and desktop video collaboration applications.

Polycom RMX series conference bridges and HDX video endpoints integrate with the OpenScape Unified Communications Server, an innovative UC platform that takes advantage of industry standards such as SIP and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) to help ease integration.

The SEN Group will also offer customers Polycom visual communication solutions supported by its OpenScale Services, a portfolio of professional and managed services and solutions. In addition, SEN Group can provide 24x7 network and device monitoring from its global Video Network Operations Center, and working with Polycom, will be able to expand this managed services offering with dedicated, 24x7 maintenance and technical commitment.