Polycom Appoints Deane Jessep as Regional Manager

Polycom Strengthens Leadership and Presence in New Zealand with Appointment of Deane Jessep as New Zealand Regional Manager

Responsible for further accelerating local market growth in rapidly expanding video conferencing and unified communications sectors

New Zealand – October 6, 2011: Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), the global leader in standards-based unified communications (UC), has moved to further reinforce its leadership position and strengthen its presence in the New Zealand market with the appointment of Deane Jessep as New Zealand Regional Manager. In this role, Mr. Jessep will be responsible for driving growth in Polycom’s New Zealand business, with an emphasis on the fast-growing video conferencing and unified communications sectors.

Commenting on the appointment, Mr. Michael Chetner, Polycom Vice President, Asia Pacific said, “Our New Zealand business has demonstrated strong growth in the last 18 months in line with Asia Pacific growth. Bringing Deane on board will ensure we continue to drive this momentum. We are seeing increased demand for UC and video collaboration in New Zealand, fuelled by a market that is looking for better accessibility for their communications devices and a desire for open standards and choice in the best-of-breed technologies for UC. Deane’s extensive industry experience will help to further drive the New Zealand business team and channel partners to deliver best-in-class services to our customers.”

Mr. Jessep brings more than 14 years of industry experience including starting, operating and selling his own technology business, in addition to holding a number of roles in government; serving on education and health boards; and direct retail trading. He also has more than three years experience working as a senior ICT consulting engineer, before taking a converged technology consulting role with Vodafone across channel, middle market, and corporate & government customers. Most recently he held a senior position at Huawei, building their new enterprise business in New Zealand.

With his proven track record in operational and leadership roles, Mr. Jessep will be responsible for accelerating the New Zealand business through expanding the certified reseller network and engaging with key partners in the Polycom Open Collaboration Network™ – including HP, IBM, Microsoft and Juniper Networks – to deliver easy-to-deploy, open standards-based video and voice collaboration solutions within unified communications environments. He will also work closely with long time channel partner Asnet Technologies; as well as Datastor, announced as Polycom’s latest New Zealand distributor in May 2010.

Polycom is widely known for its innovative standards-based unified communications solutions for telepresence, video and voice, powered by the Polycom® RealPresence™ Platform – the most comprehensive software infrastructure for universal video collaboration that interoperates with the broadest range of business, mobile and social applications and devices.

Mr. Jessep said, “Polycom is well known for its industry-leading UC solutions and a commitment to providing customers with the most open and flexible communication and collaboration solutions. New Zealand is entering a new era of convergence and connectivity driven by national projects such as Ultra Fast Broadband (UFB) and Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI). I am looking forward to building on the great work achieved-to-date by working with local service providers, our channel partners, and customers to take the New Zealand business to the next level.”

About Polycom

Polycom is the global leader in standards-based unified communications (UC) solutions for telepresence, video, and voice powered by the Polycom RealPresence Platform. The RealPresence Platform interoperates with the broadest range of business, mobile, and social applications and devices. More than 400,000 organizations trust Polycom solutions to collaborate and meet face-to-face from any location for more productive and effective engagement with colleagues, partners, customers, and prospects. Polycom, together with its broad partner ecosystem, provides customers with the best TCO, scalability, and security – on-premises, hosted, or cloud delivered. Visit www.polycom.com.au or connect with Polycom on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

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