COPENHAGEN, Denmark--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), the global leader in open, standards-based unified communications and collaboration (UC&C), today announced that FLSmidth, Denmark’s leading supplier of equipment, services and expertise for the cement and mineral industries, has implemented Polycom® RealPresence® video solutions and the Polycom® RealPresence® Platform integrated with Microsoft Lync Server 2010 to facilitate communications and collaborations for 15,000 employees in offices distributed in 50 countries across EMEA, the US and APAC.
Since 1882, FLSmidth supplies everything from single machinery to complete cement plants and minerals processing facilities including services before, during and after a construction. FLSmidth has been using Polycom video collaboration for over a decade to facilitate efficient face-to-face communications across the globe. As the technology and quality has improved, more and more employees have used it. Today, over 120 Polycom® HDX® room solutions are in service, serving a range of use cases from executive and staff meetings and HR interviews, to employee training and production status meetings.
Solutors, a Polycom-certified partner, designed and delivered the video network and infrastructure on the foundation of the Polycom RealPresence Platform software infrastructure. FLSmidth chose the RealPresence platform infrastructure for its integration into business process and custom application development.
“We had three main criteria for selecting our unified communications and collaboration solutions: ease of use, high quality of image and sound, and a complete product range to adapt to all our needs and use cases,” said Torben Nordling, IT Project Manager – Implementation & Operations, FLSmidth. “Together, Polycom and Microsoft delivered a complete, standards-based, end-to-end UC&C solution which exceeds our expectations.”
With the combination of Lync and Polycom RealPresence solutions, employees can launch video collaboration sessions easily and intuitively from within familiar interfaces and normal workflows. They simply click a name on their Lync contact list to securely collaborate face-to-face via Polycom video on their desktop or in a conference room-based system. The combination gives employees greater flexibility and a seamless UC solution for voice, video, conferencing and collaboration, from anywhere, anytime.
The Operations and Maintenance department of FLSmidth is now using video to communicate more and more with partners and customers in Egypt, Tunisia and Nigeria. “Doing business face-to-face helps to develop the relationship, and increases trust and understanding,” added Nordling.
About Polycom
Polycom is the global leader in open, standards-based unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) solutions for voice and video collaboration, trusted by more than 415,000 customers around the world. Polycom solutions are powered by the Polycom® RealPresence® Platform, comprehensive software infrastructure and rich APIs that interoperate with the broadest set of communication, business, mobile and cloud applications and devices to deliver secure face-to-face video collaboration in any environment. Polycom and its ecosystem of over 7,000 partners provide truly unified communications solutions that deliver the best user experience, highest multi-vendor interoperability, and lowest TCO. Visit www.polycom.co.uk or connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to learn how we’re pushing the greatness of human collaboration forward.
About FLSmidth
FLSmidth is the world’s only total supplier to the cement and minerals industries. We offer one source for a full range of services, from complete plants and equipment to upgrades and know how. But our approach is always the same: to use our expertise to improve process and production efficiency.
Founded in 1882, we have grown into a worldwide organisation with 13,800 employees and offices in more than 50 countries. Our engineers research and develop new products, install and maintain equipment, analyse processes and train plant staff, and design and install plant upgrades – and wherever they work, they always focus on improving plant performance.
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