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one of the global
leaders in unified communications (UC), announced the appointment of
world-class information technology (IT) leader Arijit Bose as Senior
VP and CIO with global responsibility for Polycom's IT organization
and strategic transformation.
As part of his global IT
responsibility, Bose will also oversee Polycom's internal global
visual communications network, which is powered by the Polycom UC
Intelligent Core infrastructure platform and supports nearly 100,000
video calls per month. His team will serve as a resource for
customers on best practice UC network adoption and to Polycom's
product development team, providing inputs for future breakthrough
innovations.
“Bose joins Polycom at
what we believe is an inflection point for our company and our
industry,” said Michael Kourey, Polycom Executive VP and CFO.
“Bose's leadership, technical competence, and proven track record
in business transformation and efficiency make him the ideal CIO for
Polycom at this exciting stage for our company,” he added.
“Polycom is an
impressive company with a tremendous opportunity to capture the
momentum of the fast-growing UC market. Polycom customer-premise and
cloud-based UC solutions are renowned for quality, and the company's
open, standards-based foundation gives IT leaders unrivaled
flexibility, choice, and investment protection-critical to our
customers as they build out their UC networks,” said Arijit Bose.
“I am thrilled to join Polycom, to serve as an example of how
businesses can be truly transformed by UC technologies, and am
energized by our overall evolution into what I believe will be one of
the most important network companies worldwide.”
Prior to UTStarcom, Bose
was VP and CIO at 3Com, where he transformed IT into a
business-partner-oriented organization across 3Com's business and
geographic footprint. At 3Com, he led several acquisition
integrations, as well as the IT integration process through a joint
venture with Huawei. During his tenure, his group also was selected
as the No 1 IT organization of the year in technology by Information
Week. In addition, Bose has held senior management roles at Apple,
Nortel, and Quantum.
Bose has a Master's
Degree in Software Engineering from the National University in San
Diego and a bachelor's degree from Delhi University.