Q4 Revenue Growth of 20 Percent Year-over-Year to a Record $407 Million; Q4 Operating Cash Flow Growth of 192 Percent Year-over-Year to a Record $122 Million

PLEASANTON, Calif. - Jan 23, 2012 : Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), the global leader in standards-based unified communications (UC), today reported its earnings for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2011.

Polycom® RealPresence™ HD Video and HD Voice™ to Be Embedded Across Range of Devices

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., and PLEASANTON, Calif. - Jan 19, 2012 : Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) and Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), the global leader in standards-based unified communications (UC), today announced an agreement to deliver Polycom® RealPresence™ HD video and HD Voice™ solutions on Lenovo laptops and tablets. The two companies will develop innovative solutions that optimize and embed Polycom RealPresence video collaboration solutions on Lenovo laptops and tablets to deliver high-quality collaboration experiences to end-users from any location. Polycom and Lenovo are ensuring a number of devices – including select laptops in the ThinkPad T, X, L, and W Series – are Polycom-ready, providing certification and assurance that the device will perform optimally with Polycom solutions.

Polycom® RealPresence™ Cloud, powered by RealPresence™ Platform, provides service providers a fully managed wholesale video collaboration service to accelerate time-to-market with subscription-based offerings

PLEASANTON, Calif. - Jan 18, 2012 : Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), the global leader in standards-based unified communications (UC), today detailed its strategy to enable service providers to offer cloud-delivered, Video-as-a-Service (VaaS) solutions to its customers. As part of today’s announcement, Polycom is unveiling Polycom® RealPresence™ Cloud, a wholesale, carrier-ready offering to enable service providers to quickly bring to market VaaS offerings. RealPresence Cloud solutions are designed specifically for service providers to equip them with the carrier-grade infrastructure, endpoints, and services they need to offer businesses of all sizes subscription-based solutions for video collaboration. The new offering for service providers is designed to accelerate the penetration and adoption of Polycom video collaboration solutions among SMBs (small to medium sized businesses) and enterprises who want either a hybrid solution of both premises-based video collaboration solutions and video on demand, or a pure VaaS solution.

Using Polycom Video Collaboration Technology, 15 stroke consultants from six participating Acute Trusts* connecting eight hospitals are able to take stroke specialists to the patient enabling timely diagnosis and treatment, saving lives and over £8 million (over US$12 million) a year

London, UK - Jan 17, 2012 : Polycom Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), the global leader in standards-based unified communications (UC), today announced that the National Health Service (NHS) Cumbria & Lancashire Cardiac and Stroke Network (CSNLC) is saving the lives of stroke victims by connecting patients with remote doctors in the time-critical early intervention stage of stroke using Polycom® RealPresence™ high-definition video collaboration solutions. Polycom video solutions include mobile Practitioner carts* in each of the six Acute Trusts in Cumbria and Lancashire and personal video collaboration software* running on laptops in each of the consulting physician's homes.

Polycom showcases joint customer momentum and advances in Polycom video platform integration with IBM solutions; Polycom CEO Andy Miller to join general session keynote to discuss the future of video collaboration driven by social, mobile, and the cloud

LOTUSPHERE, ORLANDO, Fla. - Jan 16, 2012 : Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), the global leader in standards-based unified communications (UC), today announced several key initiatives that further its social business strategy, including strong customer momentum with IBM and strategic product updates, such as native integration of Polycom® RealPresence™ video solutions with the most recent version of IBM Sametime®. The integration of Polycom's video solutions with IBM social business platforms IBM Sametime and IBM Connections® helps companies tap into the transformational power of social and web platforms, empowering video calls from within the email and social business interfaces users are familiar with to connect to standards-based devices.

Partnership agreement enables customers to continue to benefit from advanced telephony integration

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., and PLEASANTON, Calif. - Jan 11, 2012 : Digium, the Asterisk® Company, and Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), the global leader in standards-based unified communications (UC), today announced the continuation of their strategic partnership. Throughout the world, Polycom IP phones (such as Polycom® SoundStation® IP conference phones and Polycom® VVX™ business media phones) are commonly deployed with telephony systems based on Asterisk, Digium's popular open source communications software. Digium and Polycom's partnership will ensure that customers and partners will continue to benefit from tightly integrated, standards-based solutions on Polycom phones with simplified provisioning and broad support for Asterisk features.

New handset combines a mobile phone, pager and barcode scanner with Web access to improve employee responsiveness and productivity in healthcare, retail, manufacturing, and hospitality environments

PLEASANTON, Calif. - Jan 09, 2012 : Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), the global leader in standards-based unified communications (UC), today launched the Polycom® SpectraLink® 8452, the first enterprise-grade Voice-Over Wi-Fi handset with an integrated 2D barcode scanner. The handset combines a mobile phone, pager, push-to-talk functionality, barcode scanner and access to Web-based applications in a single lightweight device. As an easy-to-use, multi-function solution, the SpectraLink 8452 improves workplace efficiency by allowing workers to communicate and access data in a variety of ways from anywhere within the enterprise Wi-Fi network.

Polycom mobile software drives enterprise-grade video beyond the conference room and extends the benefits of video collaboration

PLEASANTON, Calif. - Jan 09, 2012 : Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), the global leader in standards-based unified communications (UC), today announced Polycom® RealPresence™ Mobile software is now available for the DROID XYBOARD by Motorola. RealPresence Mobile software lets Polycom customers easily connect with other standards-based video systems virtually anywhere in the world, including immersive video rooms, group/desktop systems, laptops, and other mobile devices.

PLEASANTON, Calif. - Jan 05, 2012 : Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), the global leader in standards-based unified communications (UC), plans to report the financial results for its fourth quarter 2011 on Monday, January 23, following the close of market, with a conference call and webcast at 5 p.m. EST. Andrew M. Miller, president and chief executive officer, and Michael R. Kourey, chief financial officer, will host the conference call, which will last approximately one hour.

Polycom CEO Andy Miller to participate in General Session Keynote to discuss video collaboration momentum and delivery of video to new platforms including social, mobile, and the cloud

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Designed to help Federal agencies and users within the government communicate and collaborate face-to-face more easily, effectively and economically

HERNDON, Va. - Dec 15, 2011 : Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), the global leader in standards-based unified communications (UC), announced the release of the Federal Applications Program, designed specifically for Federal Government customers to receive discounted rates¹ for Polycom video collaboration equipment and solutions, along with value-add services including specialized applications training, association memberships and access to custom content and features such as a green screen solution. The green screen technology provides users with various backdrops that seamlessly appear behind the speaker when they participate in video meetings.

Polycom HD video solution helps keep court schedules on track even when parties cannot attend in-person, delivering time and cost-savings; videoconferencing solution supplied to additional 77 Russian Federation State Arbitration Courts

Moscow, Russia - Dec 13, 2011 : Videoconferencing solutions from Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), the global leader in standards-based unified communications (UC), have been implemented within Russian Federation State Arbitration Courts to help ensure court proceedings can still go ahead even if parties are unable to attend in-person. Seventy-seven additional courts are now equipped with new videoconferencing endpoints and the project, worth RUB 91,971,000 (£1.9M; US$2.9M), was completed in only six months. A total of 113 courts have now been equipped with videoconferencing solutions.

Telemedicine Network to Help Isolate and Contain Infectious Diseases throughout China, Save on Treatment Time, and Enable Effective Use of Critical Resources

Beijing, China - Dec 06, 2011 : Polycom, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLCM), the global leader in standards-based unified communications (UC), announced that Beijing Ditan Hospital recently deployed Polycom's comprehensive UC video solutions, including the Polycom® RealPresence™ Platform – the most comprehensive software infrastructure for universal video collaboration, interoperating with the broadest range of business, mobile and social applications, and devices – upon which it has built an extensive telemedicine network to contain and prevent the spread of infectious diseases throughout China, save invaluable treatment time, and enable effective use of critical resources.

From Polycom® CX7000 – the first room video collaboration solution custom-built for full integration with Microsoft Lync – to multi-purpose phones, expanded integration and interoperability with Lync helps create seamless UC experiences for employees, partners, and customers

PLEASANTON, Calif. - Dec 05, 2011 : Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), the global leader in standards-based unified communications (UC), today announced that it has expanded interoperability with Microsoft® Lync™ to additional Polycom SIP-based wired and wireless voice products. Polycom also announced the availability to order the Polycom® CX7000, the first room video collaboration solution custom-built for full integration with Microsoft® Lync™, the UC platform that unites voice communications, IM, and audio, video, and Web conferencing. The Polycom CX7000 is the first video collaboration solution to be qualified by Microsoft as "optimized for Microsoft® Lync™." In addition, Polycom is testing Polycom® RealPresence™ Immersive room systems for Microsoft® Lync™ interoperability. The announcements made today offer customers a broad set of choices – more than 40 systems – to enhance their Microsoft® Lync™ environments to make collaborating by video, voice, or content-sharing easier, from the board room to the desktop or on-the-go. On Tuesday, December 6, Polycom will co-host a webinar with Microsoft to discuss collaboration trends in the enterprise and show how Sprint has made their business more productive and effective with UC solutions from Polycom and Microsoft working together.

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Nov 30, 2011 : Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), the global leader in standards-based unified communications (UC), today announced the opening of a new office in Istanbul, Turkey. The office, the latest in a number of strategic investments that Polycom is making across EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) is evidence of its growing commitment to the region. In the most recent financial quarter (Q3 2011), Polycom grew revenue 23% year-over-year in EMEA, which includes markets such as Turkey and the Middle East.

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SAN JOSE, Calif. – June 16, 2011 – Cisco and Red Bee Media, an international media management company, announced today they are collaborating to offer broadcasters and media companies the means to deliver TV and other forms of digital media content online through streaming video players and video-on-demand (VoD) portals. The online video market has become a key component of ...

LONDON, 19 May 2011 - According to a study commissioned by the European Commission, technologies such as wireless networks, tablet computers and portable phone handsets can speed up the treatment of patients, improve communication between medical and nursing staff and make medical and procedural information more easily available to junior doctors in hospitals. The study by the Association of ...

LONDON, 25 March 2011 – The majority of public sector information technology budget holders believe an average of 6.4 per cent of the government's £16.5 billion annual spending on information and communications technology could be saved without affecting front-line services, new research commissioned by Cisco has revealed. Of the participants in the Cisco® Public Sector Network (PSN) ...

LONDON, 15th March 2011 – Defying talks of a double-dip recession, the UK's small businesses have shown that a 'true grit' approach is the key to a positive 2011. Confidence was high among respondents to a Cisco® survey, with the majority (60 per cent) stating that they believe small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will be the drivers of economic recovery in the UK in the next year. ...

LONDON, 7th March 2011 - School children across the United Kingdom are being challenged to design an online presence for a member of ParalympicsGB as part of the latest STEM Challenge, run by STEMNET (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Network) in partnership with Cisco, the Official Network Infrastructure Provider of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Cisco is ...

1st March 2011 – Businesses from across the UK were named "Business Heroes" as Cisco today announced the results of its hunt to find Britain's most inspiring smart businesses. In its inaugural year, the Business Heroes Awards were made up of six categories, each celebrating shining examples of the UK's most enter­prising small businesses. The contest to find the UK's most resilient ...

CISCO LIVE; LONDON, 31 January 2011 - In a meeting today between UK Prime Minister, David Cameron and Cisco Chairman and CEO, John Chambers, Cisco pledged support for efforts to generate a long-term investment of money, technology and manpower that would help support the design and implementation of an initiative called the British Innovation Gateway (BIG). In line with the government's goals ...

NEW YORK (National Retail Federation 100th Convention & Expo, Booth 2529) – Jan. 10, 2011 – A Cisco® survey released today reveals that U.S. and U.K. consumers want a new way to shop. Research from the Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG), the company's global consultancy, and from Cisco's retail marketing team, finds that retailers must respond to technology-savvy ...

Ottawa (Jan. 27, 2012) – The National Hockey League (NHL), the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA), the Ottawa Senators and Hockey Hall of Famer Pat LaFontaine and his Companions in Courage charity today unveiled the new, state-of-the-art "NHL All-Star Legacy Playroom" at CHEO to commemorate 2012 NHL All-Star Weekend, the League's midseason spectacular and the first held ...

J.J. Smith, Government Video
As the U.S. government changes from “old-school technologies” into high-definition Internet protocol (IP) video conferencing systems, LifeSize offers a telepresence system that provides viewers with details that cannot be seen with the naked eye.

Tim Kridel, inAVate
Video conferencing is expanding into cloud-based services and inexpensive endpoints such as PCs. Tim Kridel explores whether that trend is a problem or an opportunity for AV integrators.

Madhubanti Rudra, TMCNet
A pioneer in high-definition video collaboration technology, LifeSize is the latest to join VMware Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program, which has been designed to enable technology vendors integrate their products with VMware virtualization software and deliver timely, joint solutions to mutual customers.

Staff, BizTech Magazine
With video conferencing, medicine goes global.

Marjorie Censer, Washington Post/Capital Business
Some companies that provide video conferencing technology say they’re seeing a boost in sales to the federal government as it promotes telework, or the ability for people to work remotely, as a way to save money and improve productivity.

Peter Lloyd, AV Interactive UK
Video conferencing is finally breaking out of the meeting room. Peter Lloyd assesses the impact of collaboration and unified communications on the market.

Tuo Yannan, Chen Limin and Wayne Chou, China Daily
Internet access moves away from traditional server farms

Ellyne Phneah, ZDNet Asia
Telepresence capabilities will be increasingly integrated into mobile devices and social media, but device support and bandwidth problems will remain key challenges, market players note.

Paul Cantwell, Government Security News Magazine
High-definition video conferencing gives federal agencies tools for cost savings and increased productivity through secure teleworking and collaborative work environments.

Larry Walsh, Channelnomics
Right behind Apple’s announcement were a slew of complementary product releases, including LifeSize’s ClearSea, a mobile application certified for iOS 5 and soon for iPhone 4S that enables users to connect to enterprise video conferencing systems.

Stuart Corner, ITWire
Videoconferencing systems vendor LifeSize, a subsidiary of Logitech has been quick to embrace the new iPhone 4S, announcing that its ClearSea desktop and mobile videoconferencing platform supports iOS 5 and will support the new iPhone 4S from November.

David Strom, ReadWriteWeb
If you are looking for a new way to do enterprise video conferencing that marries the quality, standards support and management features missing from Skype and its ilk, take a look at today's announcement from Logitech with its ClearSea service.

Jim O'Neill, FierceEnterpriseCommunications
Logitech hasn't wasted any time leveraging its purchase of Italian mobile videoconferencing provider Mirial.

Tim Conneally, betanews
Today, Logitech's video conferencing subsidiary LifeSize announced that its ClearSea mobile video conferencing system is immediately available for iOS 5, and that it will offer support for the iPhone 4S in November.

Stephen Lawson, IDG News
The Apple iPhone 5, expected to be announced on Tuesday, should be able to use Logitech's ClearSea videoconferencing software to tie mobile users into meetings alongside high-end telepresence systems and other platforms, according to Logitech.