Plantronics

Poly (formerly Plantronics and Polycom), a global communications company that powers meaningful human connection and collaboration, today announced the appointment of Carl Wiese as executive vice president, chief revenue officer, global head of sales, effective immediately. Wiese brings more than 30 years of experience in sales, marketing, services, and product management for enterprise technology leaders.

Partnership will bring call quality diagnostics from network core to wireless headset

This is the last chance to register for the WebRTC Conference and Expo in Santa Clara next week, Nov 19-21. This event has all of the major WebRTC players; Google, Mozilla, Cisco, Oracle, TokBox, CafeX, Plantronics, GENBAND, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson and over 40 more companies.

The smartphone is the one in your pocket, not the one on the desk. Desktop phones should be the smart ones because they are free of the mobile constraints. Wired phones have access to ample power, don't need to rely on antennas, can have much larger displays and speakers, and they have room for hard keys. Yet, it's the portable bundle of compromise that carries the moniker of smart.

Plantronics is releasing Spokes, its flagship control software, for users of its headsets who use Unified Communications platforms. With Spokes, users can find their colleagues and connect with them easily, no matter what UC software platform and Plantronics audio device combination they use.

Plantronics, celebrating its 50-year milestone, has announced new additions to its Unified Communications portfolio. Along with the added services and products, which span communications devices, software, and services, Plantronics is offering the new Plantronics UC Toolkit, a complete set of tools, training, and documentation for helping unified communications solutions expand and grow, as well as the flagship products Voyager PRO UC and Calisto 825.