Polycom Marks 25 Years of Industry Leadership by Announcing Innovative Solutions that will Transform Collaboration Experiences and be the First to Put People at the Heart of Collaboration

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Polycom Marks 25 Years of Industry Leadership by Announcing Innovative Solutions that will Transform Collaboration Experiences and be the First to Put People at the Heart of Collaboration

LONDON, October 14, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

       
        - Polycom(R) RealPresence(R) Trio(TM), the first smart hub for group collaboration
          that transforms the iconic three-point conference phone into a voice, content sharing
          and video system
        - Polycom(R) RealPresence(R) Centro(TM), the industry's first unique
          centre-of-the-workspace collaboration solution built for the natural way humans
          brainstorm, ideate, and solve problems
        - Polycom (R) RealPresence Debut(TM), the enterprise-grade video collaboration solution
          for small rooms offering high quality video collaboration made simple, elegant, and
          affordable for smaller spaces
        - Polycom also announced additional new solutions designed to bring the workplace of the
          future to customers today - as well as an industry first with Microsoft Office 365 

    Polycom, Inc [http://www.polycom.co.uk ]. (Nasdaq: PLCM) unveils innovative
collaboration solutions focused on advancing the workplace of the future within
organisations across the globe.

    "Work" has drastically changed from a place we go to - into something that we do,
irrespective of time, location and devices we use. Traditional offices and meeting rooms
are giving way to open, team and mobile spaces as well as small/huddle rooms, all of which
present challenges for effective collaboration. In order for collaboration and teamwork to
thrive in the workplace of the future, organisations need the right tools. Globalisation,
productivity gains, time to market, cost control; maximizing and attracting the right
talent are all fundamentals that organisations are managing on a day-to-day basis.
Collaborative solutions need to be easy to use and fit into any size workspace. Polycom's
latest solutions are engineered to uniquely address these challenges with elegance and
simplicity enabling customers to collaborate more effectively across a broader array of
workspaces.

    "Today, we are taking a quantum leap in achieving our vision of unleashing the power
of human collaboration," said Peter Leav, Polycom's President and Chief Executive
Officer.  "As we celebrate our 25th year   of innovation and leadership, we are announcing
breakthrough collaboration experiences that uniquely place people at the heart of
collaboration enabling them to work better, smarter, and more efficiently. We are
delivering the workplace of the future today."

    Polycom(R) RealPresence(R) Trio(TM),
[http://www.polycom.co.uk/voice-conferencing-solutions/conference-phones/polycom-realpresence-trio.html ]
the smart hub for all meeting spaces - Polycom RealPresence Trio is the
first smart hub for group collaboration that transforms the iconic three-point conference
phone into a voice, content-sharing and video system that can fit into any team
environment.   

    Meetings start quickly with one-touch integration with calendars, where the most
advanced audio performance provides the clearest and richest connection in the industry.
  Participants can easily pair mobile devices or laptops to the RealPresence Trio solution
to share content in HD quality. Add a simple webcam and now RealPresence Trio is a full
visual collaboration solution that turns any space into a high-powered work hub.

    Easy to deploy, RealPresence Trio  technology  has broad interoperability and deep
integration across multiple UC platforms  including Skype for Business and Microsoft Lync,
  BroadSoft and others. 

    "At Mondel  z International, we're working to deliver better business value in
everything we do and  simpler, more natural collaboration across our organization is key to
our success," said Dave Diedrich, VP     Chief Tech Officer, Mondel  z International. 
"Polycom's new solutions blend innovative technology and broad collaboration tools with
precisely the right human elements - just the way we want to work."

    Polycom(R) RealPresence(R) Centro(TM),
[http://www.polycom.co.uk/hd-video-conferencing/telepresence-room-systems/realpresence-centro.html ]
at the centre of human collaboration - Research conducted by Polycom
illustrates that while more traditional conference room settings are utilised in greater
numbers, flexible collaborative environments are preferred for more open and effective
collaboration.   Polycom RealPresence Centro is the industry's first collaboration solution
purpose-built to put people at the centre of collaboration. RealPresence Centro was built
with instinctual human behaviour in mind - people feel more comfortable communicating and
collaborating in the round. Polycom's patented 360-degree voice and video technology
automatically tracks the speaker, while also showing the entire meeting space on the same
screen. RealPresence Centro puts those on the far end of the call in the middle of the
conversation enabling deeper engagement, quicker decisions and better outcomes.   The
intuitive touch screens make it simple to get a meeting started on time every time. The
RealPresence Centro solution also offers wireless pairing with many devices, and has
unique built-in proximity sensors to enable responsive and intelligent interaction.

    "We believe the RealPresence Centro solution will revolutionise how people will
collaborate," said Gus Mommers, IT Director, NIAS Manager, NATO Communications and
Information Agency, NCIA.

    (TM) brings enterprise grade video collaboration to the huddle room with a focus on
simplicity and affordability - RealPresence Debut has an easy, elegant design that enables
high quality visual collaboration for huddle and smaller room environments, as well as for
small or medium sized businesses with limited IT resources.   Set up time takes just
minutes and the user interface has been designed with simplicity in mind to enable anyone
to start and manage a call. The all-in-one design incorporates Polycom's superb audio
quality including Polycom(R) NoiseBlock(TM) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOiJur6An-4 ]
technology, and a pan, tilt and zoom camera and 1080p quality for video and content
sharing for an experience that is unmatched at the price point.   RealPresence Debut is
cloud ready and can easily connect into Polycom's RealPresence Cloud services to ensure
organisations large and small may purchase and deploy it easily and effectively with no IT
support needed.

    Polycom(R) RealPresence(R) Medialign(TM)
[http://www.polycom.co.uk/hd-video-conferencing/telepresence-room-systems/realpresence-medialign.html ]
, a turnkey Polycom Group Series solution for multiple work environments -
Polycom RealPresence Medialign enables consistent collaboration solutions across the
enterprise without the need to alter the room in any way. RealPresence Medialign has a
modern, all-in-one design and is the only solution that features Polycom's
industry-leading and patented voice, content-sharing/management and video technology.
RealPresence Medialign technology can be quickly assembled and installed without tools and
interoperates with the broadest array of UC platforms in the market. Like every
RealPresence Group Series
[http://www.polycom.co.uk/products-services/hd-telepresence-video-conferencing/realpresence-room/realpresence-group-series.html ]
solution, RealPresence Medialign features unique
NoiseBlock technology, Polycom(R) Acoustic Fence(TM)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kctv7X9HQTY ] audio technology and Polycom(R) EagleEye(TM)
Producer
[http://www.polycom.co.uk/products-services/hd-telepresence-video-conferencing/realpresence-accessories/eagleeye-producer.html ]
and Polycom(R) EagleEye(TM) Director
[http://www.polycom.co.uk/products-services/hd-telepresence-video-conferencing/realpresence-accessories/realpresence-accessories-eagle-eye-director.html ]
camera technology that
provide an unmatched experience.

    Polycom(R) Concierge, [http://bit.ly/1BnEZOC ]  the first enterprise software that
instantly connects your device to solutions across Polycom's collaboration portfolio for
ease of conference control - Polycom is introducing the industry's first enterprise
software that automatically connects to personal devices, including personal PCs and
smartphones to Polycom solutions. The Polycom Concierge technology enables user devices to
be at the centre of meeting control, wirelessly connecting to Polycom solutions including
RealPresence Group Series, RealPresence Medialign, Polycom(R) Open Telepresence Experience
[http://www.polycom.co.uk/content/dam/polycom/common/documents/brochures/otx-series-br-enus.pdf ]
(R) rooms and RealPresence Immersive Studio[TM] systems. Upon entering the room,
users will experience familiar interface for conference control and content sharing,
personalising the group meeting.   Participants can easily invite additional team members;
adjust the volume and far-end camera angles or mute active participants all from an
application on their own device. Polycom Concierge technology allows users to share
content from their devices and even see content shared from others - up close on their own
device. Users can also easily connect to a call right from their calendar from any room.

    New Solutions for Microsoft O365 Environments - The company officially announced today
that the industry leading portfolio of Polycom(R) VVX(R) business media phones
[http://www.polycom.co.uk/products-services/products-for-microsoft/conference-phones-microsoft-lync/desktop-phones-microsoft-lync.html ]
will be the first phones to support and
interoperate with the forthcoming cloud voice service offering as part of Microsoft Office
365
[http://www.polycom.co.uk/voice-conferencing-solutions/microsoft-phones/office-365-skype-for-business-online.html ]
. Today's announcement further expands the company's
long-standing relationship with Microsoft and builds on the more than 40 Polycom solutions
that deeply integrate with Skype for Business/Microsoft Lync. Earlier this year, Polycom
and Microsoft announced a partnership
[http://www.polycom.com/company/news/press-releases/2015/20150318.html ] to develop joint
solutions for Skype for Business. See Polycom's solutions for Skype for Business on
Microsoft's catalog [http://partnersolutions.skypeforbusiness.com/solutionscatalog ].

    "People work differently today.   And they work in different places.   Ideally,
technology should allow customers to make any location a mobile workstation.   But few
solutions on the market today address the business and workflow issues that come with the
next generation workplace," said Ira M. Weinstein, senior analyst and partner at Wainhouse
Research.   "Polycom's new releases challenge the notion that work happens in traditional
meeting rooms only.   Instead, these solutions bring collaboration to the places customers
want to work including small meeting rooms and informal meeting spaces."

    Polycom's new solutions expand the company's rich collaboration product and services
portfolio that fully interoperates with the broadest set of ecosystem partners and
provides customers the opportunity to build a comprehensive culture of collaboration and
to make the workplace of the future a reality. From network assessment, to planning and
designing to deployment and ongoing operations, Polycom and its partners provide customers
a full suite of services to ensure they maximize their investment.   

    With Polycom solutions, customers also have a broad array of deployment and business
model choices, from on premise to managed to public cloud, and from capital expense (capex)
to operational expense (opex) options.

    Availability 

       
                                             Expected Initial
        Solutions          Accepting Orders  Availability Date   Initial Regions

        RealPresence Trio    Immediately       November 2015     Australia, Canada,
                                                                 Europe, Japan, New
                                                                 Zealand and the
                                                                 United States.
                                                                 Other countries to follow

        RealPresence Centro  Immediately       February 2016     Australia, Canada,
                                                                 EU/EFTA, India,
                                                                 Israel, Hong Kong,
                                                                 Japan, Malaysia,
                                                                 Mexico, New
                                                                 Zealand, Saudi
                                                                 Arabia, Singapore
                                                                 and the United
                                                                 States.
                                                                 Other countries to follow

        RealPresence Debut   November 2015     January 2016      Australia, China,
                                                                 EU/EFTA, Hong Kong,
                                                                 India, Japan, New
                                                                 Zealand and North
                                                                 America.
                                                                 Other countries to follow
        RealPresence
        Medialign            November 2015     December 2015     Australia, EU, New
                                                                 Zealand and North
                                                                 America.
                                                                 Other countries to follow

        Polycom Concierge    Not Applicable    December 2015     Worldwide

    About Polycom 

    Polycom helps organisations unleash the power of human collaboration. More than
415,000 companies and institutions worldwide defy distance with secure video, voice and
content solutions from Polycom to increase productivity, speed time to market, provide
better customer service, expand education and save lives. Polycom and its global partner
ecosystem provide flexible collaboration solutions for any environment that deliver the
best user experience, the broadest multi-vendor interoperability and unmatched investment
protection.   Visit  http://www.polycom.co.uk or connect with us on  Twitter
[http://twitter.com/@PolycomEurope ],  Facebook [http://www.facebook.com/PolycomEurope ],
and  LinkedIn [http://www.linkedin.com/company/polycom ]  to learn more.

    This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe
harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 regarding
future events, including statements regarding Polycom's new solutions transforming
collaboration experiences, the impact of Polycom solutions on the industry and future
product availability.   These forward-looking statements reflect our current intentions and
are identified by terminology such as "designed", "engineered", "will", "planned",
"expected" and other similar statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to
risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially, including
future agreements; changes to our strategic areas of focus; and possible delays in the
development, availability and shipment of new products due to engineering, manufacturing
or other delays. Many of these risks and uncertainties are discussed in the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2015, and in other reports
filed by Polycom with the SEC. Polycom disclaims any intent or obligations to update these
forward-looking statements.

    NOTE: The product plans, specifications, and descriptions herein are provided for
information only and subject to change without notice, and are provided without warranty
of any kind, express or implied. Polycom reserves the right to modify future product plans
at any time. Products and related specifications referenced herein are not guaranteed and
will be delivered on a when and if available basis.

    (c) 2015 Polycom, Inc. All rights reserved. POLYCOM(R), the Polycom logo, and the
names and marks associated with Polycom's products are trademarks and/or service marks of
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CONTACT: For further information, please contact:  Sarah Lloyd, Head of Corporate Communications EMEA, Polycom Sarah.lloyd@polycom.com, +44(0)7723378454

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