Vidyo, Mitel partner

software and services, BusinessWire reports.

The companies will deliver a comprehensive integration of Vidyo's leading HD, multipoint video communications solution for desktop, mobile, room communications with Mitel's industry leading unified communications and collaboration (UCC) offering.

"According to research conducted by VMware and Canalys, SME adoption of virtualised solutions is expected to increase two-fold by 2014, positioning Mitel and Vidyo well in the market as we will deliver rich, integrated applications on a common virtualisation framework," said Ashish Gupta, Vidyo's CMO and SVP corporate development.

"The virtualised Mitel-Vidyo offering will give SMEs unprecedented choice, delivering unmatched quality, reach and savings to customers looking to deploy on-demand unified communications and visual collaboration solutions on their desktops, mobile devices and conference rooms at a fraction of the cost of legacy video conferencing solutions.”

InAVate quotes Stephen Beamish, VP of marketing and business development at Mitel, as saying: "Delivering high-definition video conferencing that can provide an integrated collaboration experience with Mitel's UC solution is a priority for our partners and customers looking to increase collaboration and efficiency.

"Vidyo delivers a virtualised video solution that meshes perfectly with our vision of an integrated UC platform and, when combined with Mitel UC, will provide our customers with the freedom to select high-quality video applications without traditional limitations."