Today, Microsoft and Polycom jointly organised “Defy Distance with Polycom and Microsoft” event in Hanoi to explore unified communications solutions that help organisations unleash the power of human collaboration with secure video, voice and content solution as well as reduce cost and increase productivity.
To make it easier for dispersed employees to connect and collaborate over voice and video, organisations around the world have come to rely on the popular and reliable combination of Microsoft Lync and Polycom solutions to launch video and voice collaboration sessions easily and intuitively from within familiar business applications and workflows.
Microsoft Lync ushers in a new connected experience transforming every communication into interaction that is more collaborative, engaging and accessible from nearly anywhere with an internet connection. Polycom solutions extend the benefit of Microsoft Lync by delivering streamline UC experiences with a full suite of HD voice, telepresense and infrastructure solutions. As a significant Microsoft’s partner, together Polycom and Microsoft currently provide a high-quality, seamless experience by leveraging Polycom’s voice, video, and scalable core infrastructure with Microsoft Lync.
“The power of UC is to break out the barriers to teamwork to harness the benefits of collaboration. With Microsoft Lync, we are proud to usher in a new advanced era in UC, allow a streamline communications between people and organisation, regardless of medium, platform, device or location,” said Vu Minh Tri, general director of Microsoft Vietnam. “We are excited about strategic alliance with Polycom which combine our strengths in technologies and services to share the joint commitment in delivering a true UC experience that enables users to much more productive and collaborative. Together we are able to leverage the full power of Lync to help organizations to increase productivity, reduce costs and unify dispersed teams.”
On this event, the Polycom (Nasdaq: PLCM) introduced an expansion of its portfolio of more than 40 offerings for Microsoft® Lync® to include the new Polycom® CX8000 room system for Microsoft Lync, a video conferencing system that brings the power of Microsoft Lync to the conference room with HD video, simple room controls and an optional, centre-of-table experience with the industry’s only family of 360-degree cameras for Microsoft Lync.
The Polycom CX8000 solution is a videoconferencing room system for Microsoft Lync that includes presence, contact search, instant messaging, HD video conferencing, HD audio, virtual white boarding, touch display-powered presentations, application sharing, editing on shared documents, and more. Tight integration with Microsoft Outlook will help users, both in the meeting room and remote participants, start and manage meetings more efficiently. The Polycom CX8000 room system for Microsoft Lync includes several features that help users take advantage of Microsoft Lync 2013 such as built-in multiparty video and a better overall audio and video experience that leverages the open standards-based scalable video coding (SVC) implementation. The addition of lifecycle services helps drive adoption for video and voice collaboration in Microsoft Lync environments, ultimately increasing usage and driving a greater return on investment.
The Polycom CX8000 builds on the award-winning, centre-of-table experience of the Polycom® CX5000 Unified Conference Station, a 360-degree, panoramic 720p HD video collaboration system, and the only phone and camera combination in the world today that is natively integrated with Microsoft Lync.
“Companies of all sizes recognise the need to break down the barrier of distance between dispersed teams of customers, partners and employees to harness the benefits of collaborating together in real time to solve everyday challenges. The Polycom CX8000 room system for Microsoft Lync meets this need with an intuitive and natural experience,” said Ted Colton, group vice president of Strategic Alliances, Polycom. “We are excited to deliver this solution to the market building upon Polycom’s portfolio of Microsoft Lync solutions and services.”
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