Siris Capital to buy Polycom for $2B in cash, Polycom cancels its $1.96B Mitel merger

globe with arrows Here’s an interesting twist in one of the bigger enterprise acquisition stories of 2016. After Mitel earlier this year announced that it would acquire Polycom for $1.96 billion and consolidate the two companies’ enterprise communication businesses, today private equity firm Siris Capital has come in with a higher offer: it has agreed to acquire Polycom for $2 billion in cash and… Read More Continue reading Siris Capital to buy Polycom for $2B in cash, Polycom cancels its $1.96B Mitel merger

Hopefully You’ll Never Need to Use Polycom’s High-Tech Prison Phone

The Polycom Videoprotect 500 is a video-phone built for correctional facilities, with tamper-proof screws and smashproof materials. The post Hopefully You’ll Never Need to Use Polycom’s High-Tech Prison Phone appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading Hopefully You’ll Never Need to Use Polycom’s High-Tech Prison Phone

Mitel buys Polycom for $1.96B in enterprise communications consolidation play

earth, connected, flight patterns As more enterprises move their communications services over to IP networks and cloud-based services, we’re seeing an increasing amount of consolidation as the businesses that serve them continue to grow to provide end-to-end services — and to shore up against smaller, newer and less expensive offerings from the likes of Slack, Skype, Google Hangouts and more. Today comes that… Read More Continue reading Mitel buys Polycom for $1.96B in enterprise communications consolidation play