[SEOUL, KOREA=Whowired] Nov 30, 2011 -- Polycom, Inc.  the global leader in standards-based unified communications (UC), today announced that it has established a new solution center in Seoul, Korea. The center will provide customers in Korea the opportunity to experience first-hand the benefits of face-to-face collaboration across the full range of Polycom's industry-leading UC solutions, from the Polycom RealPresence Platform to HD video and HD Voice(TM) solutions for mobile tablets, offices/desktops, meeting rooms, and immersive telepresence.

Polycom's revenue in Asia Pacific grew 41 % year-over-year during the third quarter of 2011. The new solution center further expands Polycom's presence in Korea, and is the newest addition to Polycom's network of solution centers around the world, which continues to expand with recent openings in Sydney, Hong Kong, India, and Russia.

The solution center comprises four "themed room" enabling visitors to experience the full range of Polycom's productivity-enhancing UC solutions, including:

        
        --  UC Innovations Zone: Users can link to Polycom Open Collaboration
            Network(TM) partners' solutions via Polycom's video and voice
            collaboration solutions. Users can also experience Polycom(R)
            RealPresence(TM) Mobile, the first enterprise HD video software
            solution for Apple, Motorola Mobility, and Samsung tablets, extending
            Polycom's HD video collaboration technology beyond the office and
            conference room to deliver to tablets the same high-quality, secure,
            reliable video experience customers are accustomed to inside the
            office.
        --  Executive Office: This space replicates an executive office or a small
            meeting room so users can experience Polycom RealPresence Room
            solutions, including the all-in-one executive desktop telepresence
            solution, Polycom(R) RealPresence HDX(R) 4500, and the
            Polycom(R) RealPresence HDX(R) 7000, a solution for an executive
            office or small meeting room.
        --  Telepresence Room: Users can test-drive the lifelike and immersive
            collaborative experience delivered by Polycom(R) RealPresence(TM)
            Immersive solutions, including the Polycom(R) Open Telepresence
            Experience(TM) (OTX(TM)) 300.
        --  Large Meeting Room: Users can see and hear for themselves the
            difference in the quality of the collaboration experience provided by
            the Polycom RealPresence HDX(R) 8000 room solution and Polycom
            RealPresence camera innovations including the Polycom(R) EagleEye
            Director -- a camera that automatically locates and focuses on active
            speakers through Polycom's simultaneous voice triangulation and
            face-finding software technology.
        
        

In addition, the solution center will showcase the power of the Polycom(R) RealPresence(TM) Platform -- the most comprehensive software infrastructure for universal video collaboration, interoperating with the broadest range of business, mobile, and social applications and devices. The Polycom RealPresence Platform delivers the industry's only universal bridging software that supports up to 75,000 device registrations and 25,000 concurrent calls/sessions, and includes universal video collaboration, video resource management, virtualization management, universal access and security, and video content management.

Dae-Jun Shin, country manager of Polycom Korea, commented, "This solutions center has been designed with customers at the forefront, enabling us to immerse current and prospective customers in the Polycom experience and help them understand how our innovation in open standards-based UC applications, specifically in the areas of mobility, cloud delivered video services, business-to-business interoperability, next generation executive desktop products, and affordable SMB solutions, can transform their business or organization."

To book a tour of the solutions center, please contact Polycom Korea (02-6005-2401. www.polycom.co.kr ).

Polycom UC Solutions Polycom's UC solutions bring people face-to-face from anywhere, over any network, with any device, creating a highly collaborative environment that allows organizations to maintain business continuity; accelerate innovation; speed decision making and reduce time to market; improve training and on-boarding; and drive sales engagement. Standards-based interoperability and native integration of Polycom solutions preserve customer choice, leverage existing investments and future-proof customers as their collaboration strategy evolves.

Polycom UC offerings include the Polycom RealPresence Platform (software infrastructure for universal video collaboration), and HD voice and video solutions for personal, mobile, group, and immersive telepresence experiences -- using up to half the video bandwidth required by other solutions. With a broad ecosystem of strategic partners, Polycom provides the most comprehensive, reliable, and scalable collaboration platform for managing and delivering UC solutions to employees, partners, and suppliers -- on premises or from the cloud.

[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 or connect with Polycom on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

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        Contact:
        Michael Rose
        Polycom, Inc.
        +65 9839 1500
        michael.rose@polycom.com
        
        
        

SOURCE: Polycom, Inc.