Polycom’s Fastest-Selling Conference Phone Builds Momentum as the Gateway to Digital Transformation in the Conference
Room
Polycom Announces New Partner Capabilities with Microsoft, Amazon Web Services (AWS,) Zoom, and BlueJeans at Enterprise
Connect 2018
Auckland, March 13, 2018 – The first “smart phone” for the conference room, Polycom Trio is now the fastest selling
conference phone in the company’s history - used in more than 57 percent of Fortune 100 companies. Within these
organisations, customers are using Polycom Trio to accelerate digital transformation within the meeting room
environment, enhancing productivity while also delivering more meaningful audio and video meetings.
Customers purchase Polycom Trio for its ability to deliver advanced audio technology, content streaming and video
conferencing capabilities across multiple communications platforms. Companies have a wide choice of supported platforms
that range from ITSP providers and legacy call control platforms to an increasing array of UC software solutions. With
its broad interoperability, customers choose which “dial tone” works best for them, and Polycom Trio smartly adapts to
it.
Today, Polycom announces new capabilities with key partners Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Zoom, and BlueJeans.
• Polycom Trio will now support Microsoft Teams for meetings and calling by running the Teams app for phones, providing
a consistent experience for Teams users. Polycom Trio demonstrates the company’s ongoing partnership with Microsoft.
Supporting Teams is just the latest collaboration between the two companies that has spanned nearly 15 years. Polycom
partners with Microsoft across voice endpoints, video endpoints, and video interoperability.
• Polycom Trio will be featured in both companies’ booths with a technology demonstration of Alexa for Business
integration. The demo showcases the Polycom Trio using Alexa Voice Services (AVS) to deliver a native Amazon Alexa
experience on the device. Polycom and AWS are continuing a collaboration to bring natural language processing innovation
to conference rooms. Through innovations like this, customers will be able to access all the features of Amazon Alexa
from their Polycom Trio without the need to deploy additional hardware.
• Polycom and BlueJeans announced that Polycom Trio is certified to work with BlueJeans’ new meetings platform for the
modern workplace. BlueJeans customers will be able experience and to enjoy Polycom Trio’s legendary sound quality.
• Zoom is the first video communications provider to embed its software into Polycom Trio. This new experience enables
Polycom Trio to act as the all-in-one speakerphone and controller for the software-based video conference room system,
Zoom Rooms. Polycom and Zoom have worked together to provide customers and partners flexibility to create a frictionless
Zoom collaboration experience with Polycom. Zoom and Polycom will showcase this solution at Enterprise Connect.
“The excitement and adoption of Polycom Trio among our customers and partners have been tremendous, and we see this
momentum increasing as Polycom solutions make meetings more productive and enjoyable for employees,” said Polycom CEO
Mary McDowell. “As we expand our relationships with Microsoft, Amazon, Zoom and BlueJeans, Polycom Trio gives customers
the best collaboration and productivity experience on any platform.”
Customers are deploying Polycom Trio to deliver advanced HD Voice along with business-class video conferencing and
content capabilities. Employees can use the intuitive color display to join any meeting with just one click.
“Within Australia and New Zealand, Polycom Trio’s ability to work with existing eco-systems while also being enabled for
new platforms like Microsoft Teams and Amazon Alexa makes it extremely attractive for customers wanting cost effective
ways to address their digital transformation needs,” said Tony Simonsen, Vice President, Polycom Australia, New Zealand,
Japan and Korea. “Take MYOB, a leading provider of business management solutions and accounting software as one example.
They chose Polycom Trio to create a more agile meeting environment for employees regardless of location. Trio has
enabled them to deliver HD content sharing and live video interaction into spaces where it wasn’t available before.”
With the patented Polycom NoiseBlock technology eliminating distracting background noise, the Polycom Trio sets a new
bar as the center of collaboration-rich meeting experiences.
“Polycom Trio combines the familiarity of a speakerphone with an exceptional audio experience and support for
standards-based and Skype for Business conferencing - in an easy to buy and install package,” said Ira M. Weinstein,
Senior Analyst and Partner at Wainhouse Research. “Having tested Polycom Trio extensively in our lab, we are not
surprised that so many organizations are powering their small and medium meeting rooms with the Polycom Trio.”
Trio photography can be accessed here. For more information on Trio, please visit: www.polycom.com.au.
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