Case Study: Polycom achieves faster development, global scalability, and continuous updates with Microsoft Azure

Videoconferencing leader creates innovative interoperability bridge in the cloud

Polycom, a leading videoconferencing company, faced the challenge of making different meeting devices and platforms work together as customers moved to Skype for Business Online and Office 365. To solve this, Polycom worked with Microsoft Corporation to build RealConnect for Office 365, a cloud-based interoperability bridge powered by Azure and open-source software.

Microsoft Corporation helped Polycom deploy RealConnect on Azure using services like Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Container Service, and Azure Traffic Manager. The result was a 50% cut in development time, the ability to scale from 5 to 2,000 virtual machines in seconds, global deployment across multiple datacenters, and faster product updates with improved uptime, performance, and user experience.

Polycom

Don Eckhart

Senior Solutions Manager of Cloud Video-as-a-Service