malloy michael kenoyer headquarters austin texas usa key people craig malloy ceo 1 products lifesize cloud lifesize icon series lifesize phone hd number of employees 250 website lifesize lifesize is a video and audio telecommunications company in the united states which provides high definition videoconferencing endpoints and accessories touchscreen conference room phones and a cloud based video collaboration platform . lifesize s worldwide headquarters is located in austin texas . its europe middle east and africa regional office is located in munich germany . contents 1 company history 2 technology 3 customers 4 see also 5 references 6 external links company history edit lifesize was founded by craig malloy and michael kenoyer in january 2003 . it operated in stealth mode under the name kmv technologies from 2003 to 2005 . investors in lifesize included redpoint ventures sutter hill ventures pinnacle ventures norwest venture partners and tenaya capital . 2 the company name change to lifesize communications was unveiled at the interop trade show in las vegas nevada in may 2005 . this is also when lifesize announced its first product lifesize room which was the first high definition video conferencing endpoint brought to market . 3 craig malloy was a product manager at vtel corporation in austin until 1996 when he left and founded viavideo . viavideo was acquired by polycom in 1998 . malloy was the senior vice president and general manager of the video communication division of polycom through 2002 when he left to found his own high definition video telecommunications company . in 2009 logitech acquired lifesize for us 405 million in cash . lifesize then became lifesize a division of logitech but continued to operate as a separate division led by craig malloy as its chief executive officer . 4 malloy served as the lifesize ceo from 2003 2012 and resumed the role in february 2014 . 5 in january 2016 lifesize announced it was splitting from logitech and continuing as an independent firm . 6 technology edit this section contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . august 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message lifesize is a video conferencing and collaboration business based in austin texas that provides technology for face to face communications including high definition videoconferencing sometimes known as telepresence . well known for its history of innovation lifesize was the first video conferencing company to bring high definition video communication technology to market in 2005 . 7 additionally lifesize has become known for a number of other firsts including the first hd video system for under 5 000 and 2 500 first one button hd streaming and recording solution first integrated virtualized video infrastructure platform first touch screen phone optimized for video collaboration and first all in one video conferencing solution assembled in minutes . 8 in 2014 lifesize introduced lifesize cloud a saas video conferencing solution that allows users to participate in a video call from their desktop laptop smartphone tablet or conference room . lifesize cloud provides a connected experience by enabling users to make video calls using their device of choice or any video enabled conference room and participate in both ad hoc or scheduled calls . 9 to keep in line with expectations within the fast growing cloud communications market the lifesize cloud is updated every 3 weeks to include new features and functionality . the last handful of updates have included improvements to webrtc compatibility and user portals for usage and statistics . in march 2016 the cloud platform has expanded to include group chat functionality 10 lifesize product portfolio includes high definition endpoints and accessories nat firewall traversal touchscreen conference room phones isdn gateways multipoint control units and management systems as well as mobile video conferencing software and a cloud based iaas offering for video conferencing . lifesize also offers a recording and sharing service called lifesize cloud amplify . lifesize has partnered with various other technology companies including alcatel lucent avaya inc. microsoft shoretel inc. vmware and vbrick systems . 11 customers edit lifesize video conferencing solutions are used by a wide array of customers from the largest of enterprises down to small businesses and across several industries education financial services manufacturing design government technology retail health care construction real estate public utilities legal services arts organizations nonprofits transportation media and entertainment . some lifesize customers are bbva group 12 global leadership foundation 13 university of arkansas 14 rackspace 15 hyundai motor company 16 national geographic society 17 see also edit videoconferencing telecollaboration teleconference videotelephony references edit lifesize a division of logitech . management . lifesize.com . retrieved 26 march 2015 . om malik . logitech takes on cisco to buy lifesize for 405m . gigaom.com . retrieved 26 march 2015 . lifesize telepresence gear new york times . logitech breaks into videoconferencing the new york times november 11 2009 . chad berndtson . lifesize ceo steps down . crn . retrieved 26 march 2015 . sead fadilpasic it pro portal . lifesize splits from logitech continues solo . jan 15 2016 . jan 18 2016 . lifesize rocks the hd conferencing world with affordable 720p solutions . zdnet . retrieved 26 march 2015 . a history of innovation from video conferencing provider lifesize . youtube . 7 september 2012 . retrieved 26 march 2015 . lifesize a division of logitech . cloud video conferencing solutions in high definition lifesize . lifesize.com . retrieved 26 march 2015 . videocentric . lifesize group chat feature highlight . videocentric.co.uk . retrieved 8 march 2016 . lifesize a division of logitech . lifesize video conferencing technology partners and resellers . lifesize.com . retrieved 26 march 2015 . lifesize a division of logitech . viewpdf . lifesize.com . retrieved 26 march 2015 . http www.avinteractive.com top story 47810 lifesize global leadership http www.ad hoc news.de source university of arkansas college of education and de news 27709411 lifesize on twitter . twitter . retrieved 26 march 2015 . lifesize to deliver hd videoconferencing solutions to hyundai . tmcnet.com . retrieved 26 march 2015 . national geographic is using 15 lifesize hd videoconferencing systems to help it act green and increase productivity . telepresence and video conferencing insight newsletter . retrieved 26 march 2015 . external links edit official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lifesize & oldid 736353940 categories companies based in austin texastelecommunications equipment 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