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Lifesize, a division of Logitech, is a video and audio telecommunications company in the United States which provides high definition videoconferencing endpoints and accessories, infrastructure products and a cloud-based video collaboration platform. Lifesize's worldwide headquarters is located in Austin, Texas. Its Europe-Middle East-Africa regional office is located in Munich, Germany and its Asia-Pacific regional office is located in Singapore. 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.〔New York Times. (Logitech Breaks Into Videoconferencing ), The New York Times, November 11, 2009.〕 == Company history == 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. 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.〔(LifeSize Telepresence Gear )〕 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. Malloy served as the LifeSize CEO from 2003 – 2012, and resumed the role in February 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lifesize」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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