Objectworld Launches Plug and Play Support for Polycom’s VVX 1500, SoundPoint, SoundStation, and KIRK Product Lines

OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Objectworld Communications Corp. today announced expanded support for Polycom Inc. products by Objectworld UC Server® with support for the VVX™ 1500 business media phone; SoundPoint® IP 450, 560, and 670 IP desktop phones; SoundStation® IP 6000 and 7000 conference phones. These phones are all certified at the Objectworld Connect Plus™ level, enabling UC Server to automatically detect and configure Polycom phones for “plug and play” installation. Connect Plus support enables an Objectworld unified communications system to be deployed with Polycom phones in less than 15 minutes per user, compared with 1-4 hours/user for other UC or PBX solutions.

“One of the most interesting things to view at VoiceCon Orlando 2009 is going to be Polycom’s VVX 1500 business media phone”

Objectworld is also launching support for the Polycom® KIRK® Wireless Server 300, 600v3, and 6000 and related infrastructure (KIRK Repeaters and the 3040, 4020, 4040, 4080, 5020 and 5040 handsets). All of the supported products are certified as interoperable by both Polycom under its VoIP Interoperability Partner (VIP) Program and by Objectworld under the Objectworld Connect™ program. This complements UC Server’s existing Polycom VIP/Objectworld Connect Plus™ level support for the Polycom SoundPoint IP 301, 320/330, 430, 501, 550, 601, 650, and SoundStation IP 4000.

“Objectworld is very excited to announce this level of support for Polycom phones,” said David Levy, Objectworld President and Chief Executive Officer. “This demonstrates the commitment made by Objectworld and Polycom to ensure that our products work together, providing dependable, open standards based unified communications that not only have a much lower TCO than traditional PBXs, but also provide a significant return on investment. Moreover, with Connect Plus, UC Server’s automated deployment wizard, and Active Directory™ integration with Microsoft® Windows®, unified communications can be deployed on Polycom’s latest and most sophisticated phones in minutes.”

Objectworld UC Server provides Windows-based VoIP telephony and legacy PBX integration, with simple, centralized administration using Microsoft Active Directory. As the only Windows-based unified communications solution integrated with Windows Server 2003/2008, Windows SBS 2003/2008 and Windows EBS 2008, Objectworld UC Server integrates seamlessly to provide an end-to-end, Microsoft-centric business communications solution and allows customers to integrate business communications with business processes and corporate data.

”We’re delighted to team with Objectworld in an effort to help streamline our customers’ business processes and overall productivity,” said Jim Kruger, Vice President of Marketing for Voice Communications Solutions at Polycom. “The VVX 1500 delivers a unique blend of voice, video, and applications enablement into one highly intuitive device. The combined features of the VVX 1500 seamlessly integrate with Objectworld’s UC solution to enhance personal productivity, simplify multimedia communications, improve team collaboration, and reduce travel costs.”

“One of the most interesting things to view at VoiceCon Orlando 2009 is going to be Polycom’s VVX 1500 business media phone,” said David Schenkel, Objectworld’s CTO. “It provides exactly what we expected from Polycom: a high quality HD Voice phone with desktop video conferencing capabilities. But the VVX 1500 is also an ideal Web-based application services terminal due to its large color touch screen and its integrated micro-browser with Polycom’s open XML API. This allows the VVX 1500 to be integrated with back-end web applications that leverage Objectworld UC Server’s ability to create industry sector and vertical market communications applications such as overhead paging, attendance and emergency notifications for schools, and public area and hotel room hospitality services.”

Polycom provides a full range of SIP telephones to meet every organizational need for entry level, mainstream, and performance users as well as industry renowned HD Voice conference phones and industry standard digital enhanced cordless telecommunications (DECT) solutions.

Objectworld will demonstrate its UC Server K-12 student attendance application designed for the VVX 1500 at VoiceCon in Orlando from March 30-April 2, 2009. The demo will take place in Polycom’s booth number 309.

About Objectworld

Objectworld™ Communications Corp. provides unified communications software solutions that enable small- and medium-sized businesses with Microsoft® Windows® platforms to drive workforce productivity and improve organizational responsiveness. Its award-winning product, Objectworld UC Server®, integrates business communications, business processes and corporate data to deliver a true communications enabled business process solution. Objectworld solutions provide unprecedented simplicity and value to businesses that want to make a smooth transition from simple telephony to a feature-rich unified communications solution, while leveraging their investment in their PBX and Microsoft business systems. For more information, please visit www.objectworld.com.