Polycom Partners with Juniper for Videoconferencing

According to Dean Schoen, vice president of strategic alliances for Polycom, the integration of the two network platforms will allow Polycom videoconferencing sessions to request that a certain amount of bandwidth be allocated. If that bandwidth is constrained, the video conferencing session may then opt to go to a lower resolution or the Juniper networks or may simply deny service at that time, he said.

As video becomes more mainstream on the network, Schoen said customers are looking to integrate video conferencing applications with their existing networks versus treating them as applications that run on a separate overlay network. As a result, he said customers should expect to see Polycom and Juniper extend their relationship to optimize a broad range of video applications that will be increasingly bandwidth-constrained as demand for video services in the enterprise continues to expand.

The joint technology integration between Polycom and Juniper is scheduled to be available by mid-year.