Polycom Appoints Three Senior Executives to Take Advantage of Continued Growth In Unified Communications

Polycom adds expertise to its EMEA executive team to help grow Polycom's current market share

London and Slough, U.K. - 27 Feb 2008 : Polycom, a world leader in unified collaborative HD communications, has today announced the appointment of three new executives to join its EMEA team. Paul Louden, Glenn Bungay and Ian Holloway's key responsibilities will be to capitalise on the growth of the Unified Communications market in EMEA and drive Polycom's share through identification of trends, opportunities and customer needs.

With around 15 per cent* of U.K. businesses using some form of videoconferencing and a significant rise in annual revenues in the video-conferencing sector**, Polycom's vision is to continue to lead in this market with its unified communications strategy.

Paul Louden has been appointed as Polycom's U.K and Ireland VP of Sales. He is responsible for driving significant growth of its business collaboration solutions, encompassing voice and video, in the U.K. and Ireland. He is also responsible for building and enabling a strong channel to significantly grow revenues by developing local routes to market and driving Polycom's global alliances strategy. Prior to his role at Polycom, Paul was UKI & RSA SMB Country Manager at Avaya, and prior to that he held a number of senior management positions at Orange, Cable & Wireless and T Mobile.

Glenn Bungay has been appointed as Polycom's EMEA sales service director. He is responsible for leading Polycom's EMEA services sales team and is focused on providing Polycom customers and partners with industry leading service and support programs required to remain competitive and to drive customer satisfaction. Glenn spent 10 years at TANDBERG prior to joining Polycom where he was instrumental in developing service strategies throughout EMEA.

Ian Holloway has been appointed as VP of global accounts EMEA. He is responsible for a select number of Polycom's key global customers working alongside Polycom's global alliances and VARs, to ensure the delivery of integrated, effective and ROI driven technology. Ian has been in the industry for over 25 years working for companies such as Cable and Wireless, Siemens and Avaya, with experience spanning in sales, services and channel roles.

EMEA managing director, Steve Leyland, comments: "The three new sales executives bring to Polycom's EMEA region a driven and ambitious strategy to truly push Polycom as the only leader and provider of unified communications and collaboration solutions. The experience, motivation and industry achievements from all three will help position Polycom as a major player committed to developing an integrated sales and customer service channel that will continue to meet customer needs and influence market trends. We are really pleased to have them on board and look forward to a fantastic year with genuine organic market growth both in revenues and market share."

About Polycom
Polycom, Inc. is the worldwide leader in unified collaborative communications (UCC) that maximise the efficiency and productivity of people and organisations. Polycom delivers the broadest array of high definition telepresence video, wired and wireless voice, and content solutions so people can enjoy the best communications, whether from a real-time collaborative interaction or on-demand streamed video experience. Spanning from the desktop to the industry's only immersive telepresence suite, Polycom's high quality collaboration and communications solutions are easy to deploy and manage, as well as intuitive to use. Based on open standards, they integrate seamlessly with leading telephony and presence-based networks. With innovative market-driving technologies, a compelling vision for next generation visual communications, best-in-class products, alliance partnerships, and world-class service, Polycom is the smart choice for organisations to gain a competitive advantage with proven and trusted communication solutions.
For additional information, Polycom EMEA HQ is based in Slough, Berkshire in the UK. Polycom EMEA operates in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. For additional information, call 00 800 00 33 44 55 or visit the Polycom web site at www.polycom.com

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