Plantronics (PLT) 55.99 $PLT
Uptrend Call Working As Plantronics Stock Rises 13.0% (PLT)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Apr 23, 9:33AM CDT
SmarTrend identified an Uptrend for Plantronics (NYSE
LT) on February 19th, 2015 at $49.78. In approximately 2 months, Plantronics has returned 13.05% as of today's recent price of $56.27.
PLT: 55.99 (-0.54)
Clarity Names Jamie van den Bergh President
Marketwired - Mon Apr 20, 2:09PM CDT
Clarity, a division of Plantronics (NYSE: PLT), today announced that Jamie van den Bergh, a telecommunications industry veteran with nearly 30 years of experience, has been selected as the company's new president. Van den Bergh will succeed Carsten Trads who is retiring after more than a decade at the helm of Clarity.
PLT: 55.99 (-0.54)
13.3% Return Seen to Date on SmarTrend Plantronics Call (PLT)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Wed Apr 15, 5:16PM CDT
SmarTrend identified an Uptrend for Plantronics (NYSE LT) on February 19th, 2015 at $49.78. In approximately 2 months, Plantronics has returned 13.31% as of today's recent price of $56.40.
PLT: 55.99 (-0.54)
Keep Conversations Within Reach With the New Plantronics Explorer 500 Bluetooth(R) Headset
Marketwired - Thu Apr 09, 7:01AM CDT
Plantronics (NYSE: PLT), a global leader in audio communications and pioneer in wearable technology, today announced the Plantronics Explorer 500, a compact, high-performance Bluetooth headset, with an included USB charging strap. The Explorer 500 combines contemporary design, GSMA-certified HD Voice, and smartphone voice control, allowing users to focus more on their lives and less on their phones.
PLT: 55.99 (-0.54)
Company News for March 31, 2015 - Corporate Summary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Mar 31, 9:10AM CDT
Companies in the News are: ICEL,PLT,CALM,HNR
CALM: 41.00 (+0.25), ICEL: 16.48 (-0.02), HNR: 0.69 (-0.02), PLT: 55.99 (-0.54)
Cityblooms and Plantronics to Receive Prestigious Environmental Award
Marketwired - Tue Mar 31, 7:03AM CDT
Plantronics (NYSE: PLT) is thrilled to announce that it has been recognized, along with Santa Cruz-based Cityblooms, by environmental non-profit group Acterra with a 2015 Business Environmental Award in the category of Small/Medium Environmental Project for its on-site hydroponic micro-farm.
PLT: 55.99 (-0.54)
Plantronics Announces Revenue & Earnings Expectations for Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2015
Marketwired - Mon Mar 30, 7:30AM CDT
Plantronics, Inc. (NYSE: PLT) today announced that it expects fourth quarter fiscal year 2015 net revenue to be approximately $200 million for the quarter and earnings to be below the previously provided range.
PLT: 55.99 (-0.54)
Plantronics Products Are WebRTC-Ready Today
Marketwired - Mon Mar 16, 7:02AM CDT
ENTERPRISE CONNECT 2015 -- WebRTC is an up-and-coming standard that enables real-time voice and video to be directly embedded into browsers making the browser a primary user interface for communications and collaboration. WebRTC runs in a number of browsers today and is currently supported in over a billion installed browsers globally, across a range of platform OS and devices. Today, organizations that choose to deploy WebRTC applications and use a host machine that supports audio through USB or Bluetooth® can use Plantronics (NYSE: PLT) products to connect and transit or receive the audio associated with the WebRTC session.
PLT: 55.99 (-0.54)
Downgrade Alert for Plantronics (PLT)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Mar 12, 7:07AM CDT
Plantronics (NYSE LT) was downgraded from Overweight to Neutral at JP Morgan today. The stock closed yesterday at $54.21 on volume of 393,000 shares, above average daily volume of 341,000. Plantronics has overhead space with shares priced $54.21, or 6.9% below the average consensus analyst price target of $58.20. The stock should discover initial support at its 50-day moving average (MA) of $50.48 and subsequent support at its 200-day MA of $48.97.
PLT: 55.99 (-0.54)
Plantronics Wins Four International Forum (iF) Product Design Awards
Marketwired - Tue Mar 10, 7:02AM CDT
Plantronics (NYSE: PLT), a pioneer in audio and wearable technology, today announced that the BackBeat PRO, BackBeat FIT, EncorePro 510/520 and EncorePro 540 have won the prestigious International Forum (iF) Product Design Awards 2015 in the Audio/Video category. Plantronics products have previously been honored with iF design awards, including the Voyager Legend CS and RIG Gaming Audio System (2014), the Voyager PRO Bluetooth® headset (2010) and EncorePro headset (2009).
PLT: 55.99 (-0.54)
Plantronics Executives to Speak About the IoT, Wearable Tech and Smarter Working at SXSW 2015
Marketwired - Tue Mar 03, 7:02AM CST
Plantronics (NYSE: PLT) today announced that three of its executives, Joe Burton, EVP and CTO, Philip Vanhoutte, Sr. VP and Managing Director, Europe and Africa, and Cary Bran, VP of Innovation and New Ventures, have been invited to speak at SXSW 2015, one of the industry's top forums for showcasing and sharing what's new and what's next in film, music and tech. Speaker selection for SXSW is highly competitive, with over 3,300 speakers vying for approximately 750 spots, and is determined through a combination of public and online voting and review by SXSW staff and advisory board members.
PLT: 55.99 (-0.54)
Plantronics Surpasses 5 Million Microsoft Lync Optimized Audio Devices Sold Milestone
Marketwired - Thu Feb 19, 7:03AM CST
Plantronics (NYSE: PLT), a global leader in audio communications for businesses and consumers, today announced it has sold more than 5 million audio devices optimized for Microsoft Lync. This achievement further shows that businesses are continuing to see the value of high-quality audio for Lync voice and video communications, enabling end-users to collaborate, anytime and anywhere.
PLT: 55.99 (-0.54)
USA Factory Automation Market(2014-2020 - By Electrical Components (Inverters, Touch Panel, PLC, Relay)
M2 - Thu Feb 19, 5:15AM CST
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/wq83x2/usa_factory) has announced the addition of the "USA Factory Automation Market (2014-2020) - By Electrical Components (Inverters, Touch Panel, PLC, Relay, etc.); and By End User Industry (Automobile, Packaging, Chemical, Oil and Gas, etc.)" report to their offering. 1. The factory or discrete automation market had a market size of around $75bn in 2012 and US accounts for $14bn. Automated factories are flexible, highly configurable, and are equipped with different electrical products like Inverters, relays, PLCs, Fuse, Connectors, displays, cable glands, storage devices and others. The report contains the most detailed and in-depth segmentation of the top 75 electrical components in the USA factory Automation market. Each of these products is further analyzed by the top companies' market share, key distributors, and end user industry potential. With the growing automation, the number of labourers is decreased, and hence impact of reduced labour costs, which is driving the factory automation. The market has also been analysed by different industrial segments like automotive, chemical, Oil and Gas, Pharmaceutical,Food and Beverage, Paper and Pulp, Packaging etc. Key potential markets for this industry are automobile and packaging. Strong automotive CAPEX in the U.S. is driving growth in the market with respect to robotics. The U.S. is the leader in design and manufacturing because of its widely available computer networks and quick adoption to new technologies. North America set a new record in industry robotics sales/orders from 2012 to the first half of 2013. As per the Robotic Industries Association, 230,000 robots are now in use in the U.S. factories as of 2013. Along with the above, there are other driving factors discussed in brief in the report. Restraints and challenges of the U.S. factory automation market are highlighted and market players are profiled with attributes of company overview, financial overview, business strategies, product portfolio and recent developments. Key Topics Covered: 1. USA Factory Automation Industry - Market Overview 2. Executive Summary 3. USA Factory Automation Industry - Market Landscape 4. USA Factory Automation Industry - Market Forces 5. USA Factory Automation Market - Strategic Analysis 6. USA Factory Automation Market by Electrical Components (Definition, End User Analysis, Market Size Analysis, Competitive Landscape, Distributor Snapshot) 7. USA Factory Automation Market - End User Industry 8. Market Entropy 9. Investment Opportunities - Analysis by Target companies/customers, Capital Investments, ROI, Payback Period and Source of Funds. 10. Company Profiles (Overview, Financials, SWOT Analysis, Developments, Product Portfolio) - Legrand Holding Inc - ABB Ltd - Kontron Inc - Baldor Electric Company - Schneider Electric - Rockwell Automation - Beckhoff Automation - General Electric - Honeywell International - Mitsubishi Electric Corp - SICK AG - Siemens AG - General Cables Corp - Yokogawa Electric Corp - Pepperl Fuchs - Danaher Corp - Omron Corp - Cisco Systems - Agilent Technologies - Eaton Corporation - Plantronics - KB Electronics Inc. - Emerson Electric For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/wq...sa_factory
ETN: 68.58 (-0.52), A: 42.49 (-0.13), HON: 102.50 (-0.51), EMR: 57.65 (-0.56), DHR: 83.30 (-1.39), ABB: 21.69 (-0.14), PLT: 55.99 (-0.54)
Plantronics Announces New 1,000,000 Share Repurchase Authorization
Marketwired - Wed Feb 18, 3:00PM CST
Plantronics, Inc. (NYSE: PLT) today announced that it has completed its previous 1,000,000 share repurchase announced in February 2014 and has authorized the repurchase of an additional 1,000,000 shares.
PLT: 55.99 (-0.54)
Clarity, ClearCaptions Unveil New Ensemble -- Innovative Captioning Phone for 48 Million With Hearing Loss
Marketwired - Wed Feb 18, 11:38AM CST
One out of every three people age 65 or older suffers from hearing loss, according to the Hearing Loss Association of America. For these individuals, the nearly 48 million Americans with hearing loss, an innovative new captioning telephone was unveiled today that ensures phones conversations are clearly understood and once again enjoyable. Clarity -- a division of Plantronics (NYSE: PLT) -- and ClearCaptions launched the second generation of Ensemble, a captioning phone that displays text of conversations in near-real time on a large color touchscreen while also amplifying voice so users can see and hear what callers are saying.
PLT: 55.99 (-0.54)
Plantronics New Professional Audio Solutions Keep Noise Distractions at Bay and Help People Focus on Work
Marketwired - Thu Feb 05, 7:03AM CST
Plantronics (NYSE: PLT) today unveiled four new UC (unified communications) audio devices designed to deliver exceptional audio quality and noise management technology to help people effectively communicate and collaborate, regardless of workplace or location. These new offerings are comprised of the Blackwire 725, the company's first UC stereo headset with Active Noise Canceling (ANC) for those people who want to stay focused in noisy office environments; the Voyager Edge UC, the latest product in the Voyager family of Bluetooth headsets aimed at workers constantly on the road; the Calisto 610, a portable speakerphone for instant anywhere conferencing, and the Clarity 340, designed for those who face vision, hearing, or dexterity challenges. Now, workers in the office and on the road have tools they can use to control outside noise that allow them to hear as well as be heard clearly.
PLT: 55.99 (-0.54)
IDT Appoints Plantronics CEO Kannappan to Board of Directors
Business Wire - Fri Jan 30, 8:00AM CST
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT(R)) (NASDAQ:IDTI) today announced that Ken Kannappan, president, CEO and board member at Plantronics, has been appointed to the company's Board of Directors, effective Jan. 27, 2015. Additionally, Kannappan has been named to the Compensation Committee and will serve as chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee.
IDTI: 18.41 (-1.28), PLT: 55.99 (-0.54)
Bluetooth Inventor and Plantronics Wireless Expert Named Into National Inventors Hall of Fame
Marketwired - Thu Jan 29, 9:30AM CST
Plantronics (NYSE: PLT) today announced that wireless systems expert, Dr. Jaap Haartsen, has been named into the prestigious National Inventors Hall of Fame for his invention (U.S. patent #: 6,590,928) of Bluetooth® technology and the extraordinary impact it has made on our society. Bluetooth has become the global standard for short-range wireless connectivity and is embedded in the majority of today's mobile phones, PCs and consumer electronic devices worldwide. According to ABI Research, an estimated 3 billion Bluetooth-enabled units were shipped last year and by 2018 there will be over 10 billion enabled devices in the market. With his induction, Dr. Haartsen joins a distinguished group of inventors throughout history, such as Eli Whitney, Thomas Edison, the Wright brothers and Henry Ford, who were responsible for great technological inventions that advanced our society and shaped our future. Dr. Haartsen and the entire National Inventors Hall of Fame Class of 2015 Inductees will be formally honored during a special Induction Ceremony scheduled to take place on May 12, 2015 in Washington D.C.
PLT: 55.99 (-0.54)
SupplierSoft Announces Plantronics Win for Conflict Minerals Software
PRWeb - Wed Jan 28, 2:38AM CST
SupplierSoft, Inc, a pioneer in cloud-computing based Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) solutions, today announced that Plantronics has chosen and successfully implemented Conflict Minerals Software.
PLT: 55.99 (-0.54)
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HEAR: 2.78 (-0.24), NES: 3.80 (-0.07), ADXS: 23.34 (-0.27), ZIOP: 10.81 (-0.39), EXXI: 4.16 (+0.06), JJSF: 105.12 (-0.22), DRAM: 2.28 (unch), EPRS: 8.67 (-0.10), CRDS: 2.50 (-0.06), NBG: 1.23 (+0.06), CRRC: 24.76 (-0.29), STRL: 4.38 (-0.02), NFEC: 2.13 (-0.17), COMM: 28.22 (-1.08), SIMG: 7.30 (+0.02), STAA: 9.14 (+0.02), MSFT: 47.87 (+4.53), PLT: 55.99 (-0.54), SANM: 20.81 (-0.03), IFON: 2.70 (+0.12)
Uptrend Call Working As Plantronics Stock Rises 13.0% (PLT)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Apr 23, 9:33AM CDT
SmarTrend identified an Uptrend for Plantronics (NYSE
LT) on February 19th, 2015 at $49.78. In approximately 2 months, Plantronics has returned 13.05% as of today's recent price of $56.27. PLT: 55.99 (-0.54)
Clarity Names Jamie van den Bergh President
Marketwired - Mon Apr 20, 2:09PM CDT
Clarity, a division of Plantronics (NYSE: PLT), today announced that Jamie van den Bergh, a telecommunications industry veteran with nearly 30 years of experience, has been selected as the company's new president. Van den Bergh will succeed Carsten Trads who is retiring after more than a decade at the helm of Clarity.
PLT: 55.99 (-0.54)
13.3% Return Seen to Date on SmarTrend Plantronics Call (PLT)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Wed Apr 15, 5:16PM CDT
SmarTrend identified an Uptrend for Plantronics (NYSE
LT) on February 19th, 2015 at $49.78. In approximately 2 months, Plantronics has returned 13.31% as of today's recent price of $56.40. PLT: 55.99 (-0.54)
Keep Conversations Within Reach With the New Plantronics Explorer 500 Bluetooth(R) Headset
Marketwired - Thu Apr 09, 7:01AM CDT
Plantronics (NYSE: PLT), a global leader in audio communications and pioneer in wearable technology, today announced the Plantronics Explorer 500, a compact, high-performance Bluetooth headset, with an included USB charging strap. The Explorer 500 combines contemporary design, GSMA-certified HD Voice, and smartphone voice control, allowing users to focus more on their lives and less on their phones.
PLT: 55.99 (-0.54)
Company News for March 31, 2015 - Corporate Summary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Mar 31, 9:10AM CDT
Companies in the News are: ICEL,PLT,CALM,HNR
CALM: 41.00 (+0.25), ICEL: 16.48 (-0.02), HNR: 0.69 (-0.02), PLT: 55.99 (-0.54)
Cityblooms and Plantronics to Receive Prestigious Environmental Award
Marketwired - Tue Mar 31, 7:03AM CDT
Plantronics (NYSE: PLT) is thrilled to announce that it has been recognized, along with Santa Cruz-based Cityblooms, by environmental non-profit group Acterra with a 2015 Business Environmental Award in the category of Small/Medium Environmental Project for its on-site hydroponic micro-farm.
PLT: 55.99 (-0.54)
Plantronics Announces Revenue & Earnings Expectations for Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2015
Marketwired - Mon Mar 30, 7:30AM CDT
Plantronics, Inc. (NYSE: PLT) today announced that it expects fourth quarter fiscal year 2015 net revenue to be approximately $200 million for the quarter and earnings to be below the previously provided range.
PLT: 55.99 (-0.54)
Plantronics Products Are WebRTC-Ready Today
Marketwired - Mon Mar 16, 7:02AM CDT
ENTERPRISE CONNECT 2015 -- WebRTC is an up-and-coming standard that enables real-time voice and video to be directly embedded into browsers making the browser a primary user interface for communications and collaboration. WebRTC runs in a number of browsers today and is currently supported in over a billion installed browsers globally, across a range of platform OS and devices. Today, organizations that choose to deploy WebRTC applications and use a host machine that supports audio through USB or Bluetooth® can use Plantronics (NYSE: PLT) products to connect and transit or receive the audio associated with the WebRTC session.
PLT: 55.99 (-0.54)
Downgrade Alert for Plantronics (PLT)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Mar 12, 7:07AM CDT
Plantronics (NYSE
LT) was downgraded from Overweight to Neutral at JP Morgan today. The stock closed yesterday at $54.21 on volume of 393,000 shares, above average daily volume of 341,000. Plantronics has overhead space with shares priced $54.21, or 6.9% below the average consensus analyst price target of $58.20. The stock should discover initial support at its 50-day moving average (MA) of $50.48 and subsequent support at its 200-day MA of $48.97. PLT: 55.99 (-0.54)
Plantronics Wins Four International Forum (iF) Product Design Awards
Marketwired - Tue Mar 10, 7:02AM CDT
Plantronics (NYSE: PLT), a pioneer in audio and wearable technology, today announced that the BackBeat PRO, BackBeat FIT, EncorePro 510/520 and EncorePro 540 have won the prestigious International Forum (iF) Product Design Awards 2015 in the Audio/Video category. Plantronics products have previously been honored with iF design awards, including the Voyager Legend CS and RIG Gaming Audio System (2014), the Voyager PRO Bluetooth® headset (2010) and EncorePro headset (2009).
PLT: 55.99 (-0.54)
Plantronics Executives to Speak About the IoT, Wearable Tech and Smarter Working at SXSW 2015
Marketwired - Tue Mar 03, 7:02AM CST
Plantronics (NYSE: PLT) today announced that three of its executives, Joe Burton, EVP and CTO, Philip Vanhoutte, Sr. VP and Managing Director, Europe and Africa, and Cary Bran, VP of Innovation and New Ventures, have been invited to speak at SXSW 2015, one of the industry's top forums for showcasing and sharing what's new and what's next in film, music and tech. Speaker selection for SXSW is highly competitive, with over 3,300 speakers vying for approximately 750 spots, and is determined through a combination of public and online voting and review by SXSW staff and advisory board members.
PLT: 55.99 (-0.54)
Plantronics Surpasses 5 Million Microsoft Lync Optimized Audio Devices Sold Milestone
Marketwired - Thu Feb 19, 7:03AM CST
Plantronics (NYSE: PLT), a global leader in audio communications for businesses and consumers, today announced it has sold more than 5 million audio devices optimized for Microsoft Lync. This achievement further shows that businesses are continuing to see the value of high-quality audio for Lync voice and video communications, enabling end-users to collaborate, anytime and anywhere.
PLT: 55.99 (-0.54)
USA Factory Automation Market(2014-2020 - By Electrical Components (Inverters, Touch Panel, PLC, Relay)
M2 - Thu Feb 19, 5:15AM CST
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/wq83x2/usa_factory) has announced the addition of the "USA Factory Automation Market (2014-2020) - By Electrical Components (Inverters, Touch Panel, PLC, Relay, etc.); and By End User Industry (Automobile, Packaging, Chemical, Oil and Gas, etc.)" report to their offering. 1. The factory or discrete automation market had a market size of around $75bn in 2012 and US accounts for $14bn. Automated factories are flexible, highly configurable, and are equipped with different electrical products like Inverters, relays, PLCs, Fuse, Connectors, displays, cable glands, storage devices and others. The report contains the most detailed and in-depth segmentation of the top 75 electrical components in the USA factory Automation market. Each of these products is further analyzed by the top companies' market share, key distributors, and end user industry potential. With the growing automation, the number of labourers is decreased, and hence impact of reduced labour costs, which is driving the factory automation. The market has also been analysed by different industrial segments like automotive, chemical, Oil and Gas, Pharmaceutical,Food and Beverage, Paper and Pulp, Packaging etc. Key potential markets for this industry are automobile and packaging. Strong automotive CAPEX in the U.S. is driving growth in the market with respect to robotics. The U.S. is the leader in design and manufacturing because of its widely available computer networks and quick adoption to new technologies. North America set a new record in industry robotics sales/orders from 2012 to the first half of 2013. As per the Robotic Industries Association, 230,000 robots are now in use in the U.S. factories as of 2013. Along with the above, there are other driving factors discussed in brief in the report. Restraints and challenges of the U.S. factory automation market are highlighted and market players are profiled with attributes of company overview, financial overview, business strategies, product portfolio and recent developments. Key Topics Covered: 1. USA Factory Automation Industry - Market Overview 2. Executive Summary 3. USA Factory Automation Industry - Market Landscape 4. USA Factory Automation Industry - Market Forces 5. USA Factory Automation Market - Strategic Analysis 6. USA Factory Automation Market by Electrical Components (Definition, End User Analysis, Market Size Analysis, Competitive Landscape, Distributor Snapshot) 7. USA Factory Automation Market - End User Industry 8. Market Entropy 9. Investment Opportunities - Analysis by Target companies/customers, Capital Investments, ROI, Payback Period and Source of Funds. 10. Company Profiles (Overview, Financials, SWOT Analysis, Developments, Product Portfolio) - Legrand Holding Inc - ABB Ltd - Kontron Inc - Baldor Electric Company - Schneider Electric - Rockwell Automation - Beckhoff Automation - General Electric - Honeywell International - Mitsubishi Electric Corp - SICK AG - Siemens AG - General Cables Corp - Yokogawa Electric Corp - Pepperl Fuchs - Danaher Corp - Omron Corp - Cisco Systems - Agilent Technologies - Eaton Corporation - Plantronics - KB Electronics Inc. - Emerson Electric For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/wq...sa_factory
ETN: 68.58 (-0.52), A: 42.49 (-0.13), HON: 102.50 (-0.51), EMR: 57.65 (-0.56), DHR: 83.30 (-1.39), ABB: 21.69 (-0.14), PLT: 55.99 (-0.54)
Plantronics Announces New 1,000,000 Share Repurchase Authorization
Marketwired - Wed Feb 18, 3:00PM CST
Plantronics, Inc. (NYSE: PLT) today announced that it has completed its previous 1,000,000 share repurchase announced in February 2014 and has authorized the repurchase of an additional 1,000,000 shares.
PLT: 55.99 (-0.54)
Clarity, ClearCaptions Unveil New Ensemble -- Innovative Captioning Phone for 48 Million With Hearing Loss
Marketwired - Wed Feb 18, 11:38AM CST
One out of every three people age 65 or older suffers from hearing loss, according to the Hearing Loss Association of America. For these individuals, the nearly 48 million Americans with hearing loss, an innovative new captioning telephone was unveiled today that ensures phones conversations are clearly understood and once again enjoyable. Clarity -- a division of Plantronics (NYSE: PLT) -- and ClearCaptions launched the second generation of Ensemble, a captioning phone that displays text of conversations in near-real time on a large color touchscreen while also amplifying voice so users can see and hear what callers are saying.
PLT: 55.99 (-0.54)
Plantronics New Professional Audio Solutions Keep Noise Distractions at Bay and Help People Focus on Work
Marketwired - Thu Feb 05, 7:03AM CST
Plantronics (NYSE: PLT) today unveiled four new UC (unified communications) audio devices designed to deliver exceptional audio quality and noise management technology to help people effectively communicate and collaborate, regardless of workplace or location. These new offerings are comprised of the Blackwire 725, the company's first UC stereo headset with Active Noise Canceling (ANC) for those people who want to stay focused in noisy office environments; the Voyager Edge UC, the latest product in the Voyager family of Bluetooth headsets aimed at workers constantly on the road; the Calisto 610, a portable speakerphone for instant anywhere conferencing, and the Clarity 340, designed for those who face vision, hearing, or dexterity challenges. Now, workers in the office and on the road have tools they can use to control outside noise that allow them to hear as well as be heard clearly.
PLT: 55.99 (-0.54)
IDT Appoints Plantronics CEO Kannappan to Board of Directors
Business Wire - Fri Jan 30, 8:00AM CST
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT(R)) (NASDAQ:IDTI) today announced that Ken Kannappan, president, CEO and board member at Plantronics, has been appointed to the company's Board of Directors, effective Jan. 27, 2015. Additionally, Kannappan has been named to the Compensation Committee and will serve as chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee.
IDTI: 18.41 (-1.28), PLT: 55.99 (-0.54)
Bluetooth Inventor and Plantronics Wireless Expert Named Into National Inventors Hall of Fame
Marketwired - Thu Jan 29, 9:30AM CST
Plantronics (NYSE: PLT) today announced that wireless systems expert, Dr. Jaap Haartsen, has been named into the prestigious National Inventors Hall of Fame for his invention (U.S. patent #: 6,590,928) of Bluetooth® technology and the extraordinary impact it has made on our society. Bluetooth has become the global standard for short-range wireless connectivity and is embedded in the majority of today's mobile phones, PCs and consumer electronic devices worldwide. According to ABI Research, an estimated 3 billion Bluetooth-enabled units were shipped last year and by 2018 there will be over 10 billion enabled devices in the market. With his induction, Dr. Haartsen joins a distinguished group of inventors throughout history, such as Eli Whitney, Thomas Edison, the Wright brothers and Henry Ford, who were responsible for great technological inventions that advanced our society and shaped our future. Dr. Haartsen and the entire National Inventors Hall of Fame Class of 2015 Inductees will be formally honored during a special Induction Ceremony scheduled to take place on May 12, 2015 in Washington D.C.
PLT: 55.99 (-0.54)
SupplierSoft Announces Plantronics Win for Conflict Minerals Software
PRWeb - Wed Jan 28, 2:38AM CST
SupplierSoft, Inc, a pioneer in cloud-computing based Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) solutions, today announced that Plantronics has chosen and successfully implemented Conflict Minerals Software.
PLT: 55.99 (-0.54)
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Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 27, 11:40AM CST
HEAR: 2.78 (-0.24), NES: 3.80 (-0.07), ADXS: 23.34 (-0.27), ZIOP: 10.81 (-0.39), EXXI: 4.16 (+0.06), JJSF: 105.12 (-0.22), DRAM: 2.28 (unch), EPRS: 8.67 (-0.10), CRDS: 2.50 (-0.06), NBG: 1.23 (+0.06), CRRC: 24.76 (-0.29), STRL: 4.38 (-0.02), NFEC: 2.13 (-0.17), COMM: 28.22 (-1.08), SIMG: 7.30 (+0.02), STAA: 9.14 (+0.02), MSFT: 47.87 (+4.53), PLT: 55.99 (-0.54), SANM: 20.81 (-0.03), IFON: 2.70 (+0.12)
