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[March 31, 2010]

Polycom Receives Frost & Sullivan 2009 North America Best Practice Award for Customer Value Enhancement

PLEASANTON CA, Mar 31, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Polycom, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLCM), the global leader in telepresence, video and voice communication solutions, today announced that its Polycom Architected Telepresence Experience(TM) (ATX) 300 customizable telepresence solution has been recognized by industry analyst firm Frost & Sullivan with their North American Conferencing Equipment Customer Value Enhancement Award.

The Customer Value Enhancement Award is a prestigious recognition of Polycom's accomplishments in the conferencing equipment market. This award acknowledges Polycom's focus on enhancing the value that its customers receive, with its efforts to improve the return on investment for customers.

"As one of the leading vendors in the videoconferencing/telepresence industry, Polycom introduced the Polycom ATX 300 in 1H 2009 to provide a middle ground for customers who desire the key elements of the immersive telepresence experience but need customization for specific use cases and meeting room requirements," said Krithi Rao, industry analyst at Frost and Sullivan. "The Polycom ATX 300 solution opens up telepresence to a much wider audience and offers flexibility without compromise on quality and performance. This leads to wider choice for customers, more opportunities for partners, and in turn better growth prospects for Polycom." The Polycom ATX 300 is a telepresence kit featuring technology components and software that is combined with planning, design, and implementation services from qualified AV integrator partners to create customized solutions for a broad range of industries and applications. The system can be used to create unique immersive telepresence environments customized with displays, furniture, lighting, acoustics, and decor. Even the touch panel controller can be customized with logos, languages, style and color scheme, and can control room elements such as lighting, window coverings, audio, and multimedia content to rooms displays.

"The ability for people to see each other clearly and share information and content instantly across distances can be applied to virtually any industry to enhance collaboration, improve productivity, and reduce costs," said Joe Sigrist, senior vice president and general manager, video communications, Polycom. "With the ability to customize telepresence for specific business needs, Polycom and its certified partners are helping customers create exciting new applications that are transforming how they operate and expanding what is possible in their businesses." The Polycom ATX 300 is part of a comprehensive portfolio of Polycom visual communication solutions that enable organizations to extend the productivity and cost-saving benefits of telepresence, video conferencing, desktop video collaboration, real-time video streaming, on-demand video content and digital signage across their operations.

Polycom visual communication solutions are based on established standards and open interoperability, so organizations can use them with the estimated two million standards-based video conferencing and telepresence systems in use today. Polycom solutions also support integration and interoperability with leading unified communications environments. The Polycom Open Collaboration Network is comprised of leading unified communications and network companies that share a vision around providing open and interoperable collaboration solutions that give customers greater flexibility and investment protection for their UC environment.

Supporting Links: -- Polycom Architected Telepresence Experience (Polycom ATX) 300 Website -- Polycom Telepresence and Video Solutions Website -- Polycom Telepresence Overview Video -- Follow Polycom on Twitter -- Subscribe to Polycom News RSS About Polycom Polycom, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLCM) is the global leader in telepresence, video, and voice solutions and a visionary in communications that empower people to connect and collaborate everywhere. Visit www.polycom.com for more information and follow us on Twitter @AllAboutPolycom.

Copyright 2010 Polycom, Inc. All rights reserved. POLYCOM(R), the Polycom "Triangles" logo and the names and marks associated with Polycom's products are trademarks and/or service marks of Polycom, Inc. and are registered and/or common law marks in the United States and various other countries. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

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