[August 09, 2010] Polycom signs UC solutions deal with Microsoft Tweet Aug 09, 2010 (TELECOMWORLDWIRE via COMTEX) -- Unified communications (UC) solutions provider Polycom Inc (NASDAQ: PLCM) announced today that it has signed a multi-year global agreement with Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) to deliver integrated end-to-end UC solutions to improve customers' business productivity. Polycom said that under the agreement it plans to develop and market standards-based UC solutions for the enterprise, small to medium sized business and government markets. The solutions will cover software, hardware, networking and services and will be designed to enable customers to improve business productivity and reduce travel, telecom and IT costs. The two companies will jointly invest in product development, sales and marketing to deliver UC solutions for Microsoft's Communications Server 14, including new Polycom CX series endpoints. The agreement also covers ensuring interoperability between Polycom's existing and future video conferencing solutions and Microsoft UC solutions. No financial details of the agreement were disclosed. Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected] [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]