Polycom and HP announce a broad strategic alliance

Polycom acquires the HP business of visual collaboration solutions and becomes HP exclusive partner for telepressure solutions and other unified communications video solutions. This agreement will expand the exclusive strategic relationship of Polycom with HP and extends the UC solutions that HP offers to its global client base.

HP and Polycom have announced on Wednesday that they have reached a final agreement under which Polycom will acquire the assets of the HP Collaboration visual business, including Halo and Halo Managed Service Business products.

In relation to this acquisition, HP and Polycom have agreed to establish a strategic relationship in which Polycom will serve as an exclusive HP partner for telepressure solutions and certain unified communications video solutions, including the resale and deployment of HP equipment. The two companies have also agreed to make Polycom video applications available for the HP Webos platform.

The alliance expands the Polycom position in the unified communications and collaboration market thanks to the installed base of visual collaboration products and HP technology. This agreement extends the company's exclusive strategic relationship with HP and extends the UC solutions that HP offers to its global client base.

Under the terms of its agreements with HP, Polycom will provide specialized knowledge in UC software and infrastructure technology, covering the full range of integrated services and mobility insurance, desk, rooms and telepressure solutions. HP will contribute its experience and leadership in the strategies of exit to the market of unified communications solutions and sell the Polycom UC solutions, including: the individual and collective devices of UC, UC infrastructure, UC managed services and audio and video software.

This alliance combines the global experience and HP networks with the Polycom experience in videoconference, to provide video solutions to global customers as well as unified communications solutions using Polycom infrastructure, and deployed in the networks and HP systems. This allows customers to benefit from the great importance that networks have as a basis for a superior video experience, as well as HP's global services for communications key solutions.

Andrew Miller, president and CEO of Polycom, said that “this announcement is a truly innovative development in the UC industry. Create a path for Polycom and HP to offer customers an extreme solution to unified communications end, benefiting from an unprecedented user experience, interoperability, protection of investment and ease of deployment. This operation, unites the strength of two leaders of the industry Customer -centered that offer a perfect experience in high quality UC, some business quality telepressure solutions to millions of customers.

For his part, Shane Robison, executive vice president of HP and director of Technology and Strategy, added that “customers will benefit from this agreement and alliance, because they will receive the attention of two world -class technology companies through greater services and new products,” said Shane Robison, executive vice president of HP and director of Technology and Strategy. "This transaction and alliance allows us to focus on the execution of our cloud and connectivity strategy, while guaranteeing the long -term attention of our customers and the development of our service business."