Polycom acquires Obihai Technology
SteveInWA:
Quote from: Ostracus on May 03, 2018, 07:03:13 pm
I'm more concerned that the Obi line retains it's versatility (underused though it may be) compared to other products in the market. That's what originally drew me in. Google Voice was just a bonus.
Based on my conversations with the Polycom (former Obihai) execs, they aren't dropping any "legacy Obihai" features. In other words, if you are referring to the various expert-mode settings, there is no plan to get rid of them. I expect that you will see some "re-branded" products soon, meaning cosmetic changes to the logos and plastic casing colors, but the same or newer-revision-level hardware guts inside, using the same XML settings.
I posted this elsewhere, I think, but the names have changed like this:
Obihai --> Polycom
OBi products -->OBiTALK products
So, they are retiring the "Obihai" and "OBi" branding.
Pedro675:
i just attempted to open the Obi web page and found Polycom has acquired it, then I see that Plantronics acquired Polycom??? . Polycom/Plantronics seems to be Microsoft, is this true?
SteveInWA:
Quote from: Pedro675 on July 31, 2018, 06:42:07 pm
i just attempted to open the Obi web page and found Polycom has acquired it, then I see that Plantronics acquired Polycom??? . Polycom/Plantronics seems to be Microsoft, is this true?
Whuuuuuut? What does Microsoft have to do with this?
The three-company merger creates one company that can supply a complete business-class solution, that includes telephone hardware, conference hardware, headsets and remote device deployment and management. There is very little overlap.
Pedro675:
Whuuuuuut? What does Microsoft have to do with this?
This ?
http://www.polycom.com/voice-conferencing-solutions/microsoft-phones.html
I get nervous when Microsoft gets involved with anything, Skype's never been the same.
Marc:
::)
Just have to laugh at the direction this topic has turned.
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