Thursday, 3 January 2008

Polycom Ships New HD Video Collaboration Solutions

Polycom, Inc, provider of unified collaborative communications solutions, has made available its new Polycom HDX high definition (HD) video collaboration solutions.

This solution includes the HDX 8000 series for medium and small-sized meeting rooms, and the HDX 4000 executive desktop system for the personal workspace. The new endpoints are best in class additions to the industry-leading HDX line and offer the only UltimateHD™ experience in their categories.

To assist customers deploying HD video conferencing, Polycom Global Services offers a comprehensive suite of HD Readiness services through channel partners from planning and design to evaluating and optimizing HD video performance on existing networks to standard maintenance, training and service options.

Additionally, all Polycom HDX video collaboration solutions now ship with HDX Version 2.0 software that features patent-pending Lost Packet Recovery (LPR) technology with breakthrough QoS for IP networks.

"We are excited to deliver these highly anticipated new HDX video collaboration solutions to customers as part of the most integrated portfolio of high definition video conferencing, collaboration, and content management solutions in the industry today," said Joe Sigrist, senior vice president and general manager of video solutions at Polycom in press release. He adds, with the addition of the HDX 8000 and HDX 4000 series, Polycom expands the benefits of UltimateHD into classrooms, meeting rooms, offices, executive desktops, and beyond.