Polycom® Acoustic Fence™ audio technology and the EagleEye™ Producer Camera Recognized for Exceptional Innovation
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Sep 10, 2015:
Polycom, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLCM) today announced that TMC, a global, integrated media company, has awarded both the Polycom® EagleEye™ Producer and Polycom® Acoustic Fence™ technologies with a 2015 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award.
Polycom EagleEye Producer camera technology is an industry-first camera innovation that employs facial recognition technology to create a more natural, production-like experience in meetings. It dynamically finds everyone in the discussion and automatically frames them for clear view—even when new people join or leave the room. The EagleEye Producer camera is ideal for small to medium sized meeting rooms and offers data analytics that help IT administrators effectively measure conference room and video collaboration use overall.
Polycom Acoustic Fence™ technology uses standard Polycom microphone arrays to build a virtual fence around the meeting participants. This virtual fence lets through sounds from inside, but blocks noises or other voices from outside the fence. The Polycom Acoustic Fence technology is ideal for public workspaces and open office environments where meeting interruptions and distractions are a frequent occurrence, or for noisy conference rooms where sounds often seep in from the outside.
“We are proud to receive these 2015 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Awards from TMC,” said Michael Frendo, Polycom, Executive Vice President Engineering. “Polycom keeps our customers’ experience at the heart of everything we do and these innovations demonstrate our commitment to building and enabling the workplace of the future today to provide the best end user experience in the industry. We are honored to be recognized as a leader in the video collaboration marketplace.”
“Congratulations to Polycom for being honored with two 2015 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Awards,” said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. “The Polycom Acoustic Fence and Polycom EagleEye Producer are truly innovative products and are amongst the best solutions that facilitate voice, data and video communications brought to market in the past twelve months. I look forward to continued excellence from Polycom in 2015 and beyond.”
About Polycom
Polycom helps organizations unleash the power of human collaboration. More than 415,000 companies and institutions worldwide defy distance with secure video, voice and content solutions from Polycom to increase productivity, speed time to market, provide better customer service, expand education and save lives. Polycom and its global partner ecosystem provide flexible collaboration solutions for any environment that deliver the best user experience, the broadest multi-vendor interoperability and unmatched investment protection. Visit www.polycom.com or connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to learn more.
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A graduate of DeVry Institute of Technology, Doug has been in the Technology industry since 1976 and actively oversees Fearing’s daily operations. Along with his wife, Lois, and three others, Doug started Fearing’s in a 600 square-foot facility in Portage, Wisconsin. In the 25 years since, the company has grown to over 30 employees with offices in Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Doug likes to say he’s a “TV Technician with a dream� going back to his history with the family’s original business-Fearing’s TV and Appliance.
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