18 Facts About Polycom

Poly, formerly Polycom, a part of Plantronics, is an American multinational corporation that develops video, voice and content collaboration and communication technology.

Polycom was co-founded in 1990 by Brian L Hinman and Jeffrey Rodman.

In 2018 Polycom was acquired by Plantronics and in 2019 the name of the combined entity was changed to Poly.

Polycom was co-founded in 1990 by Brian L Hinman and Jeffrey Rodman, who were colleagues at PictureTel Corp.

Polycom's stated goal was to develop solutions for all the major ways people communicate, specifically including audio, content such as documents, and video.

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Polycom later added content sharing, video conferencing, video network and bridging, and system monitoring and management products.

At Polycom, Miller was with several expense and accounting violations by the SEC in 2012, and settled with the SEC by agreeing to not serve as an officer for any company for five years.

Polycom was succeeded as CEO by Peter Leav, who was then succeeded in 2016 by Mary McDowell following Polycom's acquisition by Siris Capital Group.

In December 2001, Polycom acquired ASPI networks, a company specializing in installed voice systems including the ASPI Vortex.

In 2007, Polycom introduced the Vortex successor, the Polycom SoundStructure series.

In 2006, Polycom introduced its Communicator, the C100S, which was the industry's first HD Voice speakerphone for a PC.

In 2008, Polycom added applications enablement to its SoundStation and SoundPoint IP phones.

In 2011, Polycom announced the VVX 500, a VoIP business media phone with a gesture-based touchscreen interface.

Polycom entered the video conferencing market in 1998 with the set-top unit ViewStation which integrated a PTZ camera with codec and communication electronics, and connected to a user-supplied video monitor on which it was designed to sit.

Polycom began the development of its first product in the new category of "Document Conferencing Projector", called ShowStation in 1994.

In January 1998, Polycom acquired ViaVideo for $54 million and its video conferencing product, which would be named ViewStation.

In February 2001, Polycom entered the multipoint bridging market through its acquisition of Accord Networks, which offered the MGC-100 line.

In 2008, Polycom delivered the Polycom Converged Management Application a video network and system management application for video networks.