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Polycom Awarded a 2014 INTERNET TELEPHONY Lync Pioneer Award
[November 19, 2014]

Polycom Awarded a 2014 INTERNET TELEPHONY Lync Pioneer Award


SAN JOSE, Calif. --(Business Wire)--

Polycom (News - Alert) (Nasdaq:PLCM) announced today that TMC, a global, integrated media company, has awarded Polycom's CX5100, a 360-degree video camera that delivers an HD voice and video collaboration experience in Microsoft (News - Alert)® Lync® environments, a 2014 INTERNET TELEPHONY Lync Pioneer Award.

The Polycom® CX5100 unified conference station ties together the collaboration capabilities of Microsoft Lync voice, video and content with a unique 360-degree, 1080p panoramic view of the entire room and active speaker tracking. In addition, the CX5100 is the base device for the Polycom® CX8000 for Microsoft Lync room system, which extends the Lync collaboration experience users are familiar with into a conference room environment.

"Polycom is proud to have served as a hallmark innovation partner with Microsoft since the inception of Lync in 2007," said Ted Colton, Group Vice President, Strategic Alliances at Polycom. "We are collectively driven by the desire to solve our customers' most important business challenges, including interoperability and productivity, while making video more user friendly. We're grateful TMC (News - Alert) recognized our CX5100 solution and look forward to unveiling more solutions that work with Microsoft products in the coming year."

Polycom's relationship with Microsoft spans more than a decade, and more than 40 Polycom solutions are qualified on Microsoft Lync. Polycom's voice, video and content collaboration solutions are platform agnostic, allowing organizations to save money and people to be more productive.

"Congratulations to Polycom for receiving a 2014 INTERNET TELEPHONY Lync Pioneer Award," said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. "The Polycom CX5100 unified conferencing solution is enabling businesses of all sizes to leverage the Lync platform to create enhancedcommunications and collaboration experiences for their users. I look forward to seeing Polycom's future endeavors."



TMC announced the results via press release and the winners will be published in the December 2014 issue of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine.

About Polycom:


Polycom helps organizations unleash the power of human collaboration. More than 400,000 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 www.polycom.com or connect with us on TwitterFacebook, and LinkedIn to learn more.

About INTERNET TELEPHONY Magazine:

INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine has been the IP Communications Authority since 1998™. Beginning with the first issue in February of 1998, INTERNET TELEPHONY has been providing unbiased views of the complicated converged communications space. INTERNET TELEPHONY offers rich content from solutions-focused editorial content to reviews on products and services from TMC Labs. INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine reaches more than 225,000 readers, including pass-along readers. For more information, please visit www.itmag.com.

About TMC:

TMC is a global, integrated media company that helps clients build communities in print, in person and online. TMC publishes multiple magazines including CUSTOMER, INTERNET TELEPHONY, M2M Evolution and Cloud Computing. TMCnet is read by more than 1.5 million unique visitors each month, and is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries. TMC is also the producer of ITEXPO, the world's leading B2B communications event, as well as industry events: M2M Evolution; Cloud4SMB Expo; DevCon5; HTML5 Summit; Super Wi-Fi Summit, CVx; AstriCon; StartupCamp, and more. Visit TMC Events for a complete listing and further information.

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