Plantronics gets rolling on $2 billion Polycom acquisition

Plantronics has announced it will acquire unified communications specialist Polycom in a cash and stock transaction worth $2 billion, expected to close by the end of the third quarter.
The pair claim the deal will create the broadest portfolio of communications and collaboration endpoints for the $39.9 billion UCC industry, adding voice and video collaboration expertise to the Plantronics strategy of ‘delivering new communications and collaboration experiences’. Bringing the two comp