<p>Polycom, the global leader in open standards-based unified communications, UC, today announced an initiative with IBM Research to co-develop next-generation innovations that are designed to further accelerate cloud-delivered video collaboration applications to support key vertical and social uses. Under the initiative, Polycom will work with IBM Research to explore and develop technologies that leverage the Polycom RealPresence Platform and real-time video capabilities in the cloud, as businesses are increasingly evaluating Video-as-a-Service, VaaS, offerings through private, public and hybrid cloud models.</p><p>Polycom and IBM Research are working to ensure Polycom RealPresence video solutions perform optimally in the most rigorous cloud environments to provide the highest levels of security, performance, and reliability, even when systems need to rapidly scale up and down. The companies plan to further develop interoperability between standard and non-standard video environments, including social video applications, to serve organisations requiring face-to-face video meetings regardless of network, platforms, devices, or protocols. This initiative will put special emphasis toward video-enabled mobile social collaboration. The two companies have already worked on a number of initiatives to integrate video, mobile, and social platforms.</p><p>Leveraging their development efforts, Polycom and IBM Research plan to create industry solutions that focus on cloud-delivered Communications Enabling Business Processes, CEBP business activities achieved more effectively through certain communications applications. The combination of leveraging rich presence as well as advanced routing and interoperability creates new possibilities in various industry segments such as insurance, call centers, surveillance, and more. This initiative is designed to broaden the use of RealPresence video solutions and is an important testimony to Polycom's focus on driving video ubiquity.</p><p>"At its heart, this collaboration with IBM is about laying the foundation for more RealPresence innovation in the cloud. Working with IBM, we're taking a world-class solution and co-developing technologies to help customers who are increasingly looking to the cloud for video collaboration applications better communicate, collaborate, and be more productive," said Sudhakar Ramakrishna, President of Products and Services, Polycom. "Customers who choose Polycom will always be at the forefront of the industry because we're pushing the boundaries of collaboration forward to ensure our customers have the best solutions, both today and in the future. Our work with IBM is yet another step forward in achieving Polycom's goal of connecting anyone across any environment on any device."</p><p><a href="http://www.albawaba.com/business/pr/polycom-ibm-collaboration-applications-441648">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/435860/polycom_announces_co-development_initiative_ibm_research_/">Polycom announces co-development initiative with IBM Research</a> (ARNnet)</p><p><a href="http://catalogs.infocommiq.com/avcat/ctl1642/index.cfm?manufacturer=polycom&prid=8230">Polycom Introduces New Adoption Services Aimed at Making Video ...</a> (Pro AV Products and Providers Industry News)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&ned=us&ncl=d8TTqKBPvQohK-ME7k4O8sOP6nfpM">34 additional articles.</a></p>