Polycom SoundStation Conference Phones Meet Avaya Compliance

Polycom, a Pleasanton, Calif.-based provider of telepresence, video and voice communications solutions, announced that its standards-based company SoundStation IP 6000 and SoundStation IP 7000 conference phones are now compliant with Avaya solutions.

 

The SoundStation conference phones, which feature Polycom HD Voice, are interoperable with Avaya (News - Alert) Aura Communication Manager, Avaya IP Office and Avaya Integral solutions from Avaya, a provider of business communications applications, systems and services.

 

Polycom’s (News - Alert) next-generation IP conference phones offer users a new design. The SoundStation IP 7000, pictured at left, is well suited for executive offices, conference rooms and board rooms, while the SoundStation IP 6000 is ideal for managerial offices and small to mid-sized conference rooms.

 

In other news, Avaya is introducing the Avaya 1692 IP Speakerphone, a product manufactured by Polycom. The Avaya 1692 IP Speakerphone offers a variety of Avaya Aura features for small, midsize and large conference rooms.

 

Polycom is a Platinum member of the Avaya DevConnect (News - Alert) program, whose goal is to develop, market and sell third-party products that interoperate with Avaya technology and boost a company’s investment value in its network. As a Platinum member, Polycom can submit products for compatibility testing by the Avaya Solution Interoperability and Test Lab. A team of Avaya engineers then develops a test plan for each application to verify whether it is Avaya compliant.

 

"By offering compliance testing to the many innovative companies like Polycom who are members of our DevConnect program, Avaya promotes fully interoperable solutions that help businesses unleash powerful new possibilities," said Eric Rossman (News - Alert), vice president, developer relations and technical alliances, Avaya, in a statement. "They are able to use unified communications capabilities to connect employees and customers to information from wherever they are, over whatever device they have available -- getting more out of their multivendor network and delivering new value to their bottom line."

 

Polycom recently made headlines with it introduced the Polycom VVX 1500 D business media phone, the latest addition to its VVX 1500 solutions portfolio. The new media phone is designed for large organizations with existing H.323 video deployments that are relying on video to be a standard feature of the enterprise UC platforms of the future.