 "TANDBERG, Siemens Enterprise Communications Expand Global Partnership")
TANDBERG, a provider of telepresence and video conferencing solutions, and Siemens Enterprise Communications Group (SEN Group), a provider of unified communications (UC) solutions, have expanded their strategic relationship to a Global Resale Agreement. Now, the Siemens portfolio of UC products and global services will be complemented by TANDBERG’s telepresence and high-definition video conferencing solutions, delivering managed voice, video and collaboration experience to Siemens’ customers.
Going forward, Siemens will place a strong emphasis on mass adoption of video as a part of a complete unified communications platform. This strategy is supported by TANDBERG solutions, including the TANDBERG portfolio of Multipoint Control Units (MCUs), and group and personal video systems, to offer users integrated video and audio conferencing capabilities. Siemens has certified TANDBERG MCUs as fully interoperable with its OpenScape Unified Communications (UC) Server, a new unified communications software platform that is designed to remove the artificial legacy barriers between today’s traditionally separate voice, video and UC systems to support a comprehensive suite of UC applications.
“Delivering video to the desktop is a key part of our unified communications vision and together with TANDBERG we will make it easier for our customers to reduce travel costs and increase productivity,” said Gerald Kromer, senior vice president, Professional Services & Solutions at Siemens Enterprise Communications. “As we grow our ecosystem, working with players such as TANDBERG enables us to continue to deliver on our Open Communications commitment and offer a full range of integrated video solutions that meet our customers’ needs.”
“Visual communications are a key component of a strong unified communications platform. With this expanded partnership, we are making it even easier for Siemens’ customers to integrate telepresence and video conferencing across their entire organisation,” said Fredrik Halvorsen, TANDBERG CEO.
The expanded Siemens/ TANDBERG relationship provides a forum for global collaboration, spanning both sales and product development. Specifically, Siemens will offer customers TANDBERG solutions supported by its own managed service. Siemens managed service provides 24x7 network and device monitoring from its global Video Network Operations Centre. TANDBERG will provide a dedicated, 24x7 maintenance and technical helpdesk to strengthen the managed service offering, and provide Siemens and its customers with resilience.