SANTA CRUZ, Calif.,
May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/
-- Plantronics, Inc. ("Poly" – formerly Plantronics and
Polycom) (NYSE: PLT), a global communications company that powers
meaningful human connection and collaboration, today unveiled a new
series of Poly Room Solutions for Microsoft Teams Rooms – Poly
G10-T, G40-T and G80-T. These solutions include audio and video
tools that deliver superior meeting experiences for users on
Microsoft Teams, and gives IT managers the ability to easily scale
for meeting rooms of all sizes.
Teams usage continues to skyrocket with more than 75 million
daily active users, further deepening the need for consistent cloud
collaboration experiences across devices. With the rapidly changing
work environments expanding into the home and across differing room
setups, users, IT managers and administrators need flexible, hybrid
devices. Poly Room Solution for Teams Rooms provides customizable
room tools that enable seamless virtual collaboration experiences
with little to no-touch control. They join the previously announced
Poly Studio X family that will also offer native Teams video
experiences.
"As more and more users recognize the value of video-based
collaboration while working from anywhere, they will need to stay
connected and productive with tools that integrate easily with
cloud collaboration platforms like Teams," said Tim Root, vice president and general manager,
room collaboration, Poly. "Poly Room Solutions for Microsoft
Teams Rooms are designed to make meetings feel natural and
effortless with the highest quality in audio and video, so all
participants feel like a true part of the conversation. Poly
partnered with Lenovo's ThinkSmart team to deliver an
enterprise-class compute appliance, built on Intel vPro technology,
to provide a secure, reliable platform for our Poly Room Solution
for Teams."
"Lenovo is excited to join forces with Poly to deliver Poly Room
Solution for Microsoft Teams, featuring ThinkSmart Edition Tiny,"
said Joseph Mingori, general
manager, Lenovo Smart Office Business. "This offering allows us to
deliver a joint solution designed to meet our shared customers
collaboration space needs."
As many enterprise and SMB customers prepare to deploy their
organization to Teams, Poly Room Solution for Teams Rooms offers
the latest tools to deliver best-in-class audio and video
experiences from automatic group framing to speaker tracking
technologies, turning even passive meetings into powerful
communication experiences. Poly Room Solution for Teams Rooms not
only delivers the premium Poly audio and video for Teams, but also
provides a clutter-free experience from start to finish with simple
installation and maintenance in any size room. The lack of messy
cords means that not only is it simple to set-up and use but
ensures that the focus remains on collaboration and output, not on
tangled wires.
Poly Room Solution for Teams Rooms is just the latest in Teams
Rooms technology from Poly. Poly has been working alongside
Microsoft for over 15 years and now has the most certified headset
and speakerphone devices for Teams available, including: Trio C60,
Calisto 5300, Calisto 5200, Calisto 3200, Voyager 4200 Office and
UC Series, Voyager 5200 Office and UC Series, Voyager 6200 UC,
Voyager 8200 UC, Blackwire 3300 and 5200 Series, and most recently,
Blackwire 8225.
"Customers look to Poly and Microsoft to
deliver a seamless collaboration experience across
collaboration, calling and meetings," said Ilya Bukshteyn, partner director
for Microsoft Teams devices, Microsoft. "Poly brings
our joint customers a broad portfolio of devices, all delivering a
consistent Microsoft Teams user experience, and enabling
those users to collaborate and communicate easily, quickly,
and seamlessly wherever they are working."
In a live roundtable taking place at 2pm
ET, Tom Puorro, executive
vice president, general manager, products and Ilya Bukshteyn, partner director, Microsoft
Teams Devices at Microsoft, will discuss the how to embrace
the future of cloud collaboration in the enterprise and
beyond.
Poly's Room Solution for Teams Rooms comes in a variety of
different configurations and can comfortably equip small to large
rooms, depending on individual need:
- G10-T, the base kit to get organizations started
includes:
-
- Poly GC8 controller
- Lenovo ThinkSmart Edition Tiny
- VESA/Wall Mount Kit
- 10m fiber optic USB cable
- G40-T, designed for small to medium-sized rooms:
-
- Poly GC8 controller
- Lenovo ThinkSmart Edition Tiny
- VESA/Wall Mount Kit
- 10-meter USB-Fiber cable
- Poly Studio USB
- G80-T, designed for medium to large-sized rooms:
-
- Poly GC8 controller
- Lenovo ThinkSmart Edition Tiny
- VESA/Wall Mount Kit
- 10-meter USB-Fiber cable (25-meter, 40-meter, option also
available)
- EagleEye Director II
- Trio C60
Poly Room Solution for Teams Rooms will begin shipping upon
Microsoft Teams certification, in the coming months to select
regions. For more information, please visit:
https://www.poly.com/us/en/solutions/platform/microsoft/teams-rooms
About Poly
Plantronics, Inc. ("Poly" – formerly
Plantronics and Polycom) (NYSE: PLT) is a global communications
company that powers meaningful human connection and collaboration.
Poly combines legendary audio expertise and powerful video and
conferencing capabilities to overcome the distractions, complexity
and distance that make communication in and out of the workplace
challenging. Poly believes in solutions that make life easier when
they work together and with our partners' services. Our headsets,
software, desk phones, audio and video conferencing, analytics and
services are used worldwide and are a leading choice for every kind
of workspace. For more information visit www.Poly.com.
Poly, the propeller design, and the Poly logo are trademarks of
Plantronics, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.
Media Contact:
Shannon Shamoon
PR Manager
+1 (831) 201-9142
Shannon.Shamoon@poly.com
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