Polycom® SoundStation® Connect Delivers Polycom’s Legendary Audio Quality to Desktop or Laptop-Based Meetings, Anywhere Users Go

Plug and play USB device allows users to enjoy Polycom HD Voice technology for computer-based soft-phones, making it ideal for small-group meetings anywhere in the office or on the go

SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Polycom, Inc. (NAS: PLCM) , the global leader in open, standards-based unified communications and collaboration (UC&C), today announced thePolycom® SoundStation® Connect, an audio conference solution that lets users bring the gold standard in audio conferencing technology wherever they go. The SoundStation Connect plugs directly into any laptop or desktop USB port, letting users of soft-phone apps such as Polycom® RealPresence® Desktop 2.0, Microsoft® Lync™ or IBM Sametime experience HD-quality audio conferencing technology for small-group meetings in the office, at home or when traveling.

“Polycom SoundStation Connect lets customers take the legendary Polycom SoundStation audio conferencing experience anywhere they want to have voice or video meeting on their computer,” said Jim Kruger, Senior Vice President of Product and Solutions Marketing, Polycom. “SoundStation Connect is ideal for groups of people in small to midsize rooms such as salespeople and customers in a huddle room, patients and doctors in an office, or creative designers and ad experts in a brainstorm area. Polycom’s best-in-class HD audio technology allows all of the meeting participants on the call to hear and be heard, making calls more productive.”

Benefits of the SoundStation Connect include:

• Clear conversations – Polycom Voice technology reduces background noise, echo, and feedback, while microphone pickup covers more than 7 feet in diameter
• Easy to deploy with broad interoperability – Plug-and-play with no software driver needed, the device runs on USB power and works with any UC soft-phone app running on computers that support USB audio
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