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Merck Supports Enterprise Integration with Polycom Immersive Telepresence Solutions ...
Merck simplifies communication between global teams by utilising Polycom’s® Open Telepresence Experience™ High Definition 300 solution to boost productivity24 Aug 2011 : Global pharmaceutical and chemical company Merck KGaA has long recognised the benefits of visual communication solutions from Polycom, Inc. [Nasdaq: PLCM], a global leader in unified communications, in improving productivity and reducing travel costs. Now, Merck has turned to Polycom's immersive telepresence video conferencing systems to enable fast and efficient employee communication despite long geographical distances, and to lower the effort involved in international travel. The recent acquisition of Millipore, a large biotechnical and chemical company based in the U.S., accentuated this need. After an evaluation of available telepresence solutions, Polycom Inc. was selected as partner of choice. ...

Polycom Completes Acquisition of HP Visual Collaboration Business Unit, and Polycom Becomes HP's Provider of Telepresence Solutions for Both Resale and Internal Deployments ...
Polycom and HP to offer innovative, end-to-end UC solutions to customers globallyPLEASANTON, Calif. - 27 Jul 2011 : Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), a global leader in unified communications (UC), today announced the close of its acquisition of HP’s Visual Collaboration business, and the agreement under which Polycom will serve as an exclusive partner to HP for telepresence and certain video UC solutions, including both resale and internal HP deployments. The acquisition and agreement doubles Polycom's immersive telepresence marketshare and further strengthens Polycom's leadership in the UC video market, which is growing rapidly as businesses of all sizes around the world are using video collaboration as a strategic and cost-effective way to improve productivity and create high-performance workplaces. In addition to HP, Polycom works with a large and diverse channel community representing multiple routes to market, including: distribution partners, value added resellers, service providers and systems integrators. Polycom's uncompromising commitment to open standards and 100% channel orientation remains unchanged. ...

Polycom Reports Second Quarter 2011 Earnings ...
Q2 Revenue Growth of 24 Percent Year-over-Year to a Record $366 MillionPLEASANTON, Calif. - 21 Jul 2011 : Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), a global leader in unified communications (UC), today reported its earnings for the second quarter ended June 30, 2011. ...

Study Of European Businesses Reveals Travel Is Increasing Even As Its Business Value Declines ...
Survey of 400 executives in Europe shows growing need for face-to-face video collaboration to improve productivity, reduce travel costs, and achieve better work-life balance Slough - 06 Jul 2011 : A new study revealed a disconnect between the declining value of business travel and its increasing use in Europe. On one hand, about a quarter of the executives surveyed plan to increase the volume of their business travel in 2011; on the other hand, one-third question whether the business gets the best value from their travel and say that many meetings that take them out of the office could be efficiently and effectively conducted by video conference. Many also report feelings of stress and admit to having missed family occasions such as birthdays and anniversaries. ...

Polycom and HP Announce Broad Strategic Alliance ...
Polycom to Acquire HP's Visual Collaboration Business and Become an Exclusive Partner to HP for Telepresence and Certain Video Unified Communications SolutionsHP to combine its industry leading networking with Polycom’s leading UC to deliver comprehensive communication solutions to its customers LONDON, UK - 01 Jun 2011 : HP (NYSE:HPQ) and Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), a global leader in unified communications (UC), today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Polycom will acquire the assets of HP’s Visual Collaboration business, including the Halo Products and Managed Services business. ...

Polycom, Leading Global Service Providers Form Consortium to Further Accelerate Video Telepresence and Make it Easy for Millions to Communicate via Video ...
• Open Visual Communications Consortium (OVCC) formed to enable businesses to connect virtually anywhere• Breakthrough visual communications exchange allies leading global service providers to enable visual B2B communications beyond corporate firewalls and proprietary video platforms• OVCC members to connect millions of users worldwide PLEASANTON, Calif. - 01 Jun 2011 : Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), a global leader in unified communications (UC), today announced it has teamed with leading service providers from around the world to unleash broader visual communications adoption by enabling interoperability and global business-to-business (B2B) connectivity for telepresence and video conferencing. ...

Polycom Recognized as 2011 Microsoft Unified Communications Innovation Partner of the Year ...
PLEASANTON, Calif. - 22 Jun 2011 : Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), a global leader in unified communications (UC), was named the recipient of 2011 Microsoft Unified Communications Innovation Partner of the Year Award, for the company’s leadership in delivering innovations that provide powerful, enterprise-grade UC and visual collaboration solutions for customers. Polycom is being honored for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology. Polycom will be officially honored at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) 2011 next month during the Vision keynote and at the WPC 2011 Award Winners Executive Luncheon. ...

Polycom Reports First Quarter 2011 Earnings ...
Q1 Revenue Growth of 25 Percent Year-over-Year to a Record $344 Million; Record Q1 Operating Cash Flow of $46 MillionPLEASANTON, Calif. - 21 Apr 2011 : Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), a global leader in unified communications (UC), today reported its earnings for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011. ...

Polycom Announces Cloud-Based Media Services - Hosted on the Windows Azure Platform ...
Polycom’s New Accordent Cloud Service, Enabling Video Content Management Solution for Mass Adoption, Debuts at NAB 2011LAS VEGAS, Nevada - 11 Apr 2011 : (NAB Show Booth SL3812) – Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), a global leader in unified communications (UC), today announced Polycom's Accordent Media Services – Powered by Microsoft Windows Azure™, a cloud services offering hosted on the Windows Azure platform that enables organizations to rapidly and cost effectively deploy a single, secure, searchable video content management solution for all their video assets – from CEO-caliber shareholder meetings, to routine video calls between end points or end user desktops. ...

Gage Networks Open State of the Art European Solution Centre to Showcase Polycom Collaboration Technology ...
• PARTNERSHIP WITH POLYCOM ESTABLISHED IN 2007• POLYCOM CHOSEN AS THE SINGLE GLOBAL PROVIDER OF UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONSRUTLAND, UK - 22 Mar 2011 : Elton Birden - VP of Sales, UK and Ireland, Polycom opened Gage Networks new custom designed European Solution Centre in Oakham, Rutland. ...