Company Celebrates by Launching New and Simply Smarter Products for Business Communication
Plantronics
(NYSE: PLT) today celebrated its 50th anniversary with a web event
broadcast from the New York Stock Exchange. Company executives outlined
their vision and strategy for the future, and unveiled a host of simply
smarter products designed to address new work styles and simplify
workplace communications. A particular focus of the web event, which
included customers, analysts and partners, were discussions outlining
the changing communication needs of business professionals and their
evolving work environments; a shift that has created the greatest
business opportunity for Plantronics in the company’s history.
Plantronics delivers on the vision of a new way to work by providing
freedom for business professionals whose offices and cubicles are being
replaced with flexible work environments. Plantronics products deliver
intelligent integration with the leading unified communications
platforms from Avaya®, Cisco®, IBM® and Microsoft®, and simplifying
deployments for both IT departments and end users alike.
“The traditional office environment is changing,” said Ken Kannappan,
president and chief executive officer, Plantronics. “Remote working,
open floor plans and collaborative environments are transforming the
workplace and fostering innovation with an increasingly dispersed
workforce. At Plantronics, we develop products that give people the
freedom to simply communicate regardless of their location or device.”
Simply Smarter Communications™
Virtual Launch from the New York Stock Exchange
Kannappan will host a live web
event at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time on May 18 detailing the unified
communications market opportunity and unveiling several new products
including Savi® 740, Plantronics’ first headset that connects to a
deskphone, mobile phone and computer to streamline communications. Also
new with the Savi 740 is a more versatile streamlined style – business
professionals can wear this headset over the head with a headband, using
the ear loop, or behind the head with a neckband which provides webcam
friendly options for video conference calls.
Jeff Schick, vice president of Social Software at IBM, will discuss the
unified communications market and the IBM Plantronics partnership, as
well as its new software plug-in, and Steve Rubinow, CIO of the New York
Stock Exchange, will share insights on communication trends. Plantronics
50th anniversary celebrations at the New York Stock Exchange will
conclude with the company’s executives ringing the closing bell. The web
event can be viewed here.
Additional information on the Plantronics product announcement can be
viewed here.
Additional information on the Plantronics plug-in for IBM Sametime® can
be viewed here.
Plantronics and Savi are registered trademarks and Simply Smarter
Communications is a trademark of Plantronics, Inc. All other trademarks
are the property of the respective owners.
