Ramona Adams
Spain’s defense ministry has adopted Polycom‘s unified communications platform to help maintain contact between the country’s defense headquarters and personnel across the world.
The company said Nov. 3 its RealPresence Platform works to connect the Spanish defense headquarters with the armed forces, military headquarters and NATO.
“Our communication needs are quite varied as we need to be able to connect, for example, to the Navy when they are at sea or the Army when they are operating in a difficult to access area,” said Lt. Col. R. Perez, a Spanish defense officer.
“This means that we need to have robust and flexible video collaboration systems that integrate securely with all different types of connections, such as satellite, symmetrical network, IPC2 and ISDN,” Perez added.
Polycom’s RealPresence Platform is designed to aid crisis response, boost employee productivity and support video communications to eliminate the need for business travels.
The technology also works to provide access to healthcare; create and deliver distance learning; and facilitate court process for troops, Polycom noted.
NATO also uses Polycom’s unified communications platform to connect with 28 member states in the Europe and the Americas.
