AT&T will incorporate Polycom's RealPresence Platform as part of the AT&T Telepresence Solution video infrastructure in a move that will bolster interoperability for users in forty countries.
The two companies claim the combined offering will deliver new on-demand virtual meeting room capabilities and
flexible video collaboration as well as new forms of collaboration for business partners and suppliers on the
AT&T Business Exchange.
Zeus Kerravala, principle analyst at ZKResearch, said: “AT&T and Polycom’s annoucement is a big win
for customer choice and interoperability, and it will help accelerate video collaboration as businesses increasingly look to
cloud-delivered options.
“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.â€
Polycom has also
selected AT&T as its preferred internal wide area network service provider utilising the industry leading MPLS AT&T VPN
service.
The network will carry Polycom video, voice and data communications including access to the AT&T Business
Exchange to and from more than 80 locations around the globe including Polycom Customer Experience and Briefing Centres.