Plantronics, Inc. (NYSE: PLT) today announces a new suite of tools and
products including InstantMeeting™ Enterprise Edition, UC Toolkit,
together with a new Simply Smarter Communications Strategic Consulting
Partnership with UC consultancy and training company Futurecom Business
Solutions A/S as well as new additions to its UC product portfolio.
ONE-TOUCH CONFERENCE CALL CONNECTIONS FOR BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS
InstantMeeting™ Enterprise Edition is a one-click conference call
connect solution which supports Microsoft® Office Outlook®, leading
conferencing service providers as well as top smartphone brands. This
tool allows today’s busy professional the most convenient way to join a
conference call from their PC or mobile device.
“Modern professionals spend an increasing amount of time in meetings,
specifically conference calls. InstantMeeting enables quick, intuitive
conference call access so business professionals can focus on the task
at hand: communication and collaboration,” said Gunjan Bhow, vice
president and general manager of New Ventures at Plantronics. “Our
ultimate goal is to enable people to communicate with one another
naturally and with minimal barriers, regardless of the devices,
platforms and tools being used.”
Plantronics InstantMeeting™ eliminates the frustration and time lost
when trying to dial-in to a conference call, a cumbersome process that
requires entering a myriad of numbers, ID codes and passwords, and # and
* signs. It automatically syncs conference dial-in numbers from leading
providers, requiring no advanced setup of access codes and calendars,
enabling you to join conference calls with one touch. Visit the Instant
Meeting website to find out more. http://instantmeeting.plantronics.com
INDUSTRY-FIRST COMPLETE UC TOOLKIT: GLOBAL LAUNCH
Plantronics has enhanced its popular UC Toolkit to include support for
over ten languages, including French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian,
Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Brazilian Portuguese. This unique online
resource for IT professionals delivers real-world best practices, tools,
and guidelines for successful UC Audio endpoint roll-out and adoption.
Leading consulting players like Futurecom Business Solutions will
integrate Plantronics’ UC Toolkit as part of its portfolio, enabling
businesses across EMEA to successfully implement UC solutions with this
valuable tool.
“Extending the UC Toolkit to the global community reflects Plantronics’
ongoing efforts to develop and deliver products and services designed to
help businesses maximize efficiencies through simply smarter
communications,” says Philip Vanhoutte, SVP and EMEA Managing Director,
Plantronics. “Globalization of the UC Toolkit puts information,
insights, and valuable tools directly into the hands of IT departments,
ensuring they’re able to easily choose the very best UC audio device to
suit their employee’s needs, accelerate user adoption, and meet their
overall business requirements. Together with our partnership with
FutureCom businesses will be able to successfully implement UC and enjoy
the benefits that go with it.”
Plantronics rounds off its comprehensive UC product portfolio with a UC
version of its Calisto® 800 Series, a multi-device SmartSpeaker phone,
which unifies the mobile phone, landline and PC-based softphones, as
well as a SmartSwitch solution: the MDA200™ headset communications hub -
the first and only solution that enables one USB headset to work across
multiple devices.
PRICING AND AVAILABILITY
The Calisto 800 Series UC version is available now. For pricing please
click here. The MDA200 is available now and has an RRP of £89/€99.
Plantronics InstantMeeting Enterprise Edition will be available Autumn
2011. Meanwhile, the mobile version of InstantMeeting, including a demo
version is available now at http://instantmeeting.plantronics.com/downloads.php.
The trial version provides 20 free initiations to conference calls. For
a demo of how the application works, please visit http://www.plantronics.com/instantmeeting
