Polycom (NASDAQ: PLCM) is a multinational corporation with more than 2,600 employees worldwide and an annual revenue of almost $1.1 billion in 2008. The company manufacturers and sells telepresence and voice communications solutions.
Polycom was co-founded in 1990 by Brian Hinman and Jeffrey Rodman, who were colleagues at PictureTel when they decided to form Polycom.
Polycom's development occurred both organically (by internal means), and by acq...
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Polycom (NASDAQ: PLCM) is a multinational corporation with more than 2,600 employees worldwide and an annual revenue of almost $1.1 billion in 2008. The company manufacturers and sells telepresence and voice communications solutions.
Polycom was co-founded in 1990 by Brian Hinman and Jeffrey Rodman, who were colleagues at PictureTel when they decided to form Polycom.
Polycom's development occurred both organically (by internal means), and by acquisition of other companies.
Polycom's first products to market were audio conferencing speakerphones. Soon after, the company added content sharing, video conferencing, and video network/bridging products to its portfolio.
Polycom entered the video conferencing market through the acquisition of Austin-based ViaVideo (founded by Craig Malloy, now the CEO of competitor Lifesize Communications) in January, 1998. Polycom introduced the ViewStation product line which became the market-leading video conferencing solution in its first quarter of...
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