Smiths Group PLC Uses Polycom® RealPresence® Video Solutions And Microsoft® Lync™ To Unify Video, Voice And Data Communications Across 400 Locations Worldwide

Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), the global leader in open standards-based unified communications and collaboration (UC&C), today announced that UK-based global technology firm Smiths Group PLC is using Polycom® RealPresence® video solutions in combination with Microsoft® Lync™ Server 2010 to unify video, voice, and data communications across 400 locations in over 50 countries, as well as for all of its mobile employees, improving engagement, teamwork, and collaboration for the entire company.

Bringing Global and Mobile Employees Together Face-to-Face

Smiths Group has five divisions creating products, technologies, and services for the threat & contraband detection, medical devices, energy, and communications markets worldwide. The group currently employs over 23,000 people across more than 50 countries to serve diverse customers in a range of industries, including transport, military, petrochemical, healthcare, telecommunications, and equipment manufacturing.

With employees dispersed over so many different business groups and locations, Smiths faced challenges in communication and project collaboration; in the speed of decision making; and in mounting travel costs. Working with Polycom partner Insight, Smiths implemented Polycom® RealPresence® Room video solutions (including the Polycom® HDX® 8000 solution) and Polycom’s executive desktop solution (Polycom® HDX® 4500 system) in fixed locations, and Polycom® RealPresence® Mobile 2.0 software for employees on the move. All RealPresence video solutions are powered by the Polycom® RealPresence® Platform – the most interoperable and comprehensive UC&C software infrastructure for universal video collaboration.

Polycom and Microsoft Lync Delivering a Unified Communications & Collaboration Platform

Smiths is currently expanding the use of Polycom’s RealPresence Platform software infrastructure by connecting it with Microsoft Lync desktop clients. “Interoperability was an absolute necessity for us to achieve our long-term plans for enterprise-wide unified communications and collaboration. One of the main drivers behind our decision to purchase Polycom RealPresence video collaboration solutions was their interoperability with Microsoft Lync,” said Simon Quintin, Director, Workplace Services, Smiths Group PLC.

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