New Delhi  : Polycom, Inc. , the global leader in open, standards-based unified communications and collaboration (UC&C), today delivered Polycom RealPresence video collaboration solutions to enable a live face-to-face dialogue at The Tech Awards Gala 2013. During the event, 2012 laureate winner and co-founder and CEO of TeachAIDS, Dr. Piya Sorcar, participated from Hyderabad to speak with Shuman Ghosemajumder, co-founder and chairman of TeachAIDS, who joined from the Gala stage in Santa Clara,

Dr. Sorcar was joined by Indian film star and TeachAIDS ambassador Anushka Shetty. The pair provided a live update on the TeachAIDS programme to audience members in the US. TeachAIDS provides HIV education with unprecedented efficacy to more than 200 organisations and governments in 73 countries, educating millions around the world, including breakthrough implementations in regions which had banned sex education.

The annual Tech Awards, a signature event of The Tech Museum of Innovation, took place early in the morning of November 15 in India, equating to the evening of November 14 in the US.  The occasion recognises entrepreneurs around the world who use technology to benefit humanity. Polycom has been actively involved with The Tech Awards programme since its inception in 2001, and 2013 marks the sixth consecutive year Polycom has served as the exclusive global communications sponsor of the programme.

Polycom Executive Vice President and CMO Jim Kruger also addressed the Gala audience during the evening. “We are honoured to once again support The Tech Awards,and to defy distance barriers by bringing Dr. Piya Sorcar and Anushka Shetty to the event through the power of video collaboration,” said Kruger. “Dr. Sorcar, Shuman Ghosemajumder, and the many visionaries and humanitarians being honoured at The Tech Awards demonstrate how applying innovation in the right ways can have measurable impacts in solving some of the world’s greatest challenges.”

“We appreciate Polycom’s continued support to The Tech Awards, as well as its commitment to innovations that help transform how people work, teach, and collaborate,”said Tim Ritchie, President of The Tech Museum of Innovation.  “Once again, Polycom’s technology will enable us to bring our world together in real time and share with Gala attendees the impactful and inspirational work of our laureates.”

The Polycom technology used in the live gala video conference included the Polycom®HDX®8000 video systems, as well as the Polycom RealPresence Platform, the most comprehensive and interoperable software infrastructure for universal video collaboration.

Source : Lokesh Shastri