Polycom and McAfee have formed an alliance to jointly develop and deliver Secure Unified Communications and Collaboration (UCC). while also aligning their channel reach to jointly market the products.

 "Faster networks and a growing desire among enterprises to transform their work environments via telepresence have placed video collaboration at a tipping point,"said Andrew Miller, Polycom President & CEO. "This makes the need to provide Secure Unified Communications and Collaboration solutions an urgent one, and that is why we are partnering with McAfee."

 "Working with Polycom to deliver on the vision of a Secure Unified Communications and Collaboration environment fits perfectly with our mission to help users safely communicate and collaborate wherever they may be," said David DeWalt, President & CEO of McAfee. "With its dedication to open standards and flexible, easy-to-use solutions, Polycom continues to demonstrate that it puts customers first by offering protection of custom-integrated McAfee-based security solutions."