Craig Malloy, CEO and founder  said: “We are excited that customers are embracing the LifeSize value proposition to address their HD video communication needs. By delivering a superior quality of experience, unique flexibility and unparalleled price performance, LifeSize offers companies ideal, customized HD video solutions.”

“All of the factors that create ‘the perfect storm’ for HD video communication have intensified: business is more global than ever, the cost and hassle of air travel has increased, and the desire to support corporate green initiatives has never been greater.Companies are looking for solutions and finding them with LifeSize,” said Malloy.

LifeSize video conferencing systems won widespread industry acclaim in the first half of 2008. Awards included: the Videoconferencing Company of the Year award from Videoconferencing Insight, INTERNET TELEPHONY Magazine’s 10th Annual Product of the Year Award,  VON Magazine’s Inaugural Innovator Award, Unified Communications® Magazine’s First Annual Product of the Year Award. And LifeSize was the only video communications company named a finalist in eWeek Magazine’s Excellence Awards.

LifeSize expanded the company’s range of true HD video communications solutions from individual communications to fully-immersive telepresence suites. In April 2008, LifeSize introduced LifeSize® Express™ with Focus™, the world’s first high definition video communication system with a retail price below $5000 (US MSRP).

LifeSize Conference, showcased at the Telepresence Pavilion at the June InfoComm trade show in Las Vegas, earned wide acclaim for delivering an immersive telepresence experience at a fraction of competing industry offerings.

“From Express to Conference and across our range of products, companies are finding they can tailor their telepresence deployments based on their business requirements, budget and desired level of immersion,” said Malloy. “With LifeSize, they can bring telepresence to any room, from the showcase, high-end boardroom to the system installed in a remote field office.”

Both of LifeSize’s major employment locations were honored as well. In Austin, Texas, LifeSize’s headquarters was named as one of Austin’s “Best Places to Work” by the Austin Business Journal for the third consecutive year. LifeSize’s engineering development center in Bangalore, India, was named as one of the top 25 “Best Places to Work” in India by Smart Techie magazine.

“Our success as a company comes from our exceptional employees who have built an inspiring culture.” said Craig Malloy, CEO of LifeSize. “We have nearly doubled the number of employees globally, but our people have created a self-sustaining culture that attracts and retains A+ people. I couldn’t be more proud of their efforts and results.”

About LifeSize
LifeSize is the first company to develop and deliver high definition video communications products.  Founded in 2003 by industry veterans, LifeSize’s award winning solutions combine exceptional quality, user simplicity and administrator manageability to make video communications a productive, true-to-life experience.  LifeSize is headquartered in Austin, TX with subsidiaries in the U.K., Germany, Hong Kong and Singapore and has a network of channel partners in more than 20 countries.