Aggressive Polycom rolls out 3 new products for telepresence

You might be able to forgive a company that just reported a sevenfold increase in its first quarter net income for basking in the sun a bit, but telepresence specialist Polycom (NASDAQ:PLCM), isn't wasting any time, launching a trio of new products this week designed for an array of business applications.

Polycom's EagleEye Director room tracking system uses voice triangulation, face-finding technology, and a dual-camera tracking system to ensure the speaking party is zoomed in on and centered, and transitions between highlighting individual speakers to capturing the entire room.

Its HDX 4500 executive desktop telepresence system, meanwhile, delivers HD quality at up to 50 percent less bandwidth than similar solutions; it includes a large LCD display, and integrates with Polycom Open Collaboration Network partners including Microsoft, HP, IBM, Juniper, BroadSoft, Siemens, McAfee, and Avaya.

On the mobile side, Polycom is launching its Telepresence m100, a software application that allows users to share content in a video conference and connect to any standards-based telepresence solutions, including both H.323 and SIP deployments; the software can be coupled with its recent video software announcements on Samsung Galaxy Tab and Motorola Xoom.

"We are continuing to deliver on our UC Everywhere vision and strategy with cutting-edge advancements that leverage our UC Intelligent Core technology and the cloud to personalize and extend the UC experience," said Sudhakar Ramakrishna, Polycom chief development officer. "Polycom is leading in UC innovation through our customer-centric development that brings solutions to market that enable new applications, increase interoperability, enhance productivity, and promote the viral use of telepresence."

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