Polycom Receives Frost & Sullivan 2003 Market Leadership Award.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 2003 Prestigious Award Recognizes Polycom for Its Leadership Role in the Video Conferencing See videoconferencing. (communications) video conferencing - A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications. Infrastructure Systems Market Polycom(R), Inc. (Nasdaq:PLCM PLCM Product Life-Cycle Management PLCM public long code mask PLCM Public Land Code Mask ), the world's leader in video and voice conferencing See teleconferencing. , conference bridges, and integrated web collaboration solutions, today announced it has been honored by industry analyst firm Frost & Sullivan with the 2003 Market Leadership Award for its line of MGC MGC Mammalian Gene Collection MGC Media Gateway Controller MGC Middle Georgia College MGC Museums and Galleries Commission (UK government) MGC Mississippi Gaming Commission MGC Manual Gain Control (TM) voice, video and unified conferencing bridges. This award recognizes Polycom's ability to best perceive customer needs, develop products that meet end user needs, successfully introduce and market products to the industry, and identify new market segments to expand the existing customer base. "Through a combination of vision, technology, and successful marketing, Polycom has demonstrated superior market growth skills," said Roopam Jain, senior research analyst with Frost & Sullivan. "Since its acquisition of Accord Networks, the company has been aggressively building a larger footprint in the video conferencing infrastructure market. Polycom has continued on the path of innovation by delivering a host of new products including the plug-and-play MGC-25 and enhancements to existing products including the first unified conferencing platform, enhanced video processing Video processing techniques are used in video codecs, video players and other devices. For example—commonly only design and video processing is different in TV sets of different manufactures. capabilities and increased capacity for IP video conferencing. These initiatives have kept the overall growth in this market alive." Polycom has greatly expanded its line of infrastructure products and services in the last several months, including: the introduction of the MGC-25, a plug-and-play multi-network conferencing system designed for workgroups and distributed enterprise conferencing architectures that delivers full-featured audio and video MCU (1) (MicroController Unit) A computer on a single chip. See microcontroller. (2) (Multipoint Control Unit) A device that is used to moderate a videoconference of three or more end points (users at computers or groups of users and gateway capabilities. Polycom also introduced unified conferencing functionality for its entire MGC product line, which creates a single platform for full-featured audio, video, and web conferencing A videoconferencing session via the Internet. In order to interact with other participants, attendees use either a Web application or an application downloaded into their client machines. and enables these elements to be combined in a single meeting over any type of network. Polycom also enhanced its flagship Video MCU, now called Polycom VideoPlus, to deliver enhanced video (H.264) and voice quality (Siren 14) and increased ease-of-use with Click&View, a revolutionary user control interface that enables users to select their own personal screen layout (continuous presence) and change the screen layout on the fly with their remote control during a multipoint call without impacting other participants. "We have made significant advancements across our product lines in the first half of 2003, particularly in the network infrastructure area with our MGC products," said Phil Keenan, senior vice president and general manager of network systems for Polycom. "Polycom continues to pioneer the area of video conferencing multipoint control units See MCU. with our new MGC-25 work group system, our unified conferencing platform and the significant quality, usability How easy something is to use. Both software and Web sites can be tested for usability. Considering how difficult applications are to use and Web sites are to navigate, one would wish that more designers took this seriously. See user interface and usability lab. and capacity enhancements to our industry-leading MGC-100 and MGC-50 systems. We are pleased with this recognition from Frost & Sullivan, as it complements the very positive feedback we are receiving from new and existing customers." About Polycom Polycom, Inc. is the world's technology leader of high-quality, easy-to-use video, voice, data and web conferencing and collaboration solutions. The Polycom Office(TM) is our continued commitment to make distance communications as natural and interactive as being there by providing best-in-class conferencing solutions that are interoperable The ability for one system to communicate or work with another. See interoperability. , integrated and intuitive to the user. The Polycom Office is based on industry standards and supported by an open architecture that promotes interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. in multi-vendor environments and complements leading network infrastructure platforms. For additional information, call 800-POLYCOM (765-9266) or 408-526-9000, or visit the Polycom web site at www.polycom.com. Polycom and the Polycom logo are registered trademarks and Polycom Office, MGC and Click&View are trademarks of Polycom in the U.S. and various countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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