Polycom and McAfee Alliance to Secure Unified Communications and Collaboration

Polycom, Inc. and McAfee, Inc. have announced a framework for a global strategic alliance to jointly develop and deliver Secure Unified Communications (News - Alert) and Collaboration (UCC).

In addition, company officials said the alliance will address a growing need for enhanced security as organizations of all sizes increasingly turn to video conferencing and telepresence to reduce costs, improve productivity, and maintain operations in the face of business disruptions.

The need to provide Secure Unified Communications

Miller said that this makes the need to provide Secure Unified Communications and Collaboration solutions an urgent one, and that's why the company partnering with McAfee.

He said that the company wants to provide a secure, end-to-end environment that protects telepresence and video collaboration for the customers, which is an increasingly important component of unified communications.