Polycom is a multinational corporation with approximately 3,200 employees worldwide and an annual revenue of approximately $1.2 billion in 2010. The company manufactures and sells telepresence and voice communications solutions. Polycom was co-founded in 1990 by Brian L Hinman and Jeffrey Rodman, who were colleagues at PictureTel Corp. when they decided to form Polycom. Polycom's development occurred both organically , and by acquisition of other companies. Note : 1st June 2011 - HP and Polycom, announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Polycom will acquire the... assets of HP's Visual Collaboration business, including the Halo Products and Managed Services business of HPVC. 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 in 1998. Polycom introduced the ViewStation product line which included models with embedded multipoint capabilities, content sharing capabilities, and support for the emerging H.323 IP network protocol.
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| NASDAQ symbol: | PLCM |
| Founded: | 1990 |
| Headquarters: | Pleasanton, California |
| Legal structure: | Public company |
| Annual revenue: | $1,069,320,000 |
| Net income: | $75,700,000 |
| Operating income: | $109,400,000 |
| Market cap: | $2,500,000,000 |
| Industries: | Telephone and Telegraph Apparatus, Telecommunications |