FVC.COM and Polycom Team Up for Desktop Video

FVC.COM (http://www.fvc.com.com) and Polycom ( http://www.polycom.com)announced plans to work together to integrate their products.

FVC.com's Click To Meet video portal and Polycom's ViaVideo will be linked together.

Click to Meet is a portal that supports self-service,on-demand video calls and conferences that was recently launched by the company.

"Two-way and streaming video are poised for rapid growth with theemergence of high-quality, IP-based solutions from companies such as FVC.COMand Polycom," said Rich Beyer, president and CEO of FVC.COM. "By addingPolycom's ViaVideo communications appliance to our Click to Meet offering weare providing customers with a powerful, easy-to-install two-way videosolution at the desktop."

"Polycom and FVC.COM have complementary solutions for the high-qualityIP-based video services market," said Bob Hagerty, CEO of Polycom. "Polycomdelivers leading-edge technology for DSL broadband access services in additionto video communications appliances. We will be working closely with FVC.COMto ensure that ViaVideo fits seamlessly into the Click to Meet offering forDSL and other broadband access markets."

Click to Meet has been chosen by serviceproviders including Connect2 (a Covad DSL reseller) NextWebCommunications (a Silicon Valley-based broadband service provider) and others.