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Polycom Telepresence Helps The Climate Group Collaborate Globally

Polycom immersive telepresence helps facilitate effective global collaboration for The Climate Group with minimal environmental impact

LONDON, UK and PLEASANTON, Calif. - May 20, 2009 : Polycom, Inc. [Nasdaq: PLCM], the global leader in telepresence, video and voice communications solutions, today announced an initiative with The Climate Group, an international non-profit organization that works to advance climate change solutions and accelerate a low carbon economy, to help the globally dispersed organization improve collaboration through bi-monthly management meetings using Polycom immersive telepresence. The sessions saw members of the Group in Slough, near London; New York, US; Toronto, Canada; Beijing in China and Sydney, Australia connected in real-time using Polycom's RealPresence™ Experience High Definition (RPX™ HD) immersive telepresence solution.

"Using the technology has greatly enhanced the effectiveness of our normal audio conference calls and what we are able to achieve in one meeting," said Jim Walker, founder and chief operating officer, The Climate Group. "The ability to literally look our international colleagues in the eye as if we were all sitting around the same table has not only improved the productivity of our discussions, but has reduced the number of times a year we need to meet in person."

The Climate Group Uses Polycom Telepresence for Global Collaboration
Jim Walker, founder and chief operating officer of The Climate Group, talks about his experience with Polycom immersive telepresence to connect the geographically dispersed not-for-profit organization focused on climate change solutions and accelerating a low-carbon economy.

According to The Climate Group's Smart2020 report (www.smart2020.org), technologies such as tele-conferencing and video-conferencing could replace between five and 20 percent of global business travel.

"It was a pleasure to facilitate these management sessions for The Climate Group and to let them experience first-hand a very natural 'across the table' meeting atmosphere," said Bob Hagerty, CEO of Polycom. "Polycom immersive telepresence provides an excellent ability for people to work together face-to-face regardless of location and is having a profound impact on the way meetings are carried out."

Polycom telepresence solutions enable people to work more effectively and efficiently across distances through incredibly life-like, face-to-face interaction and the ability to seamlessly share any type of content. Polycom telepresence solutions are part of the industry's most comprehensive architecture for enterprise-wide visual communication that unites telepresence; high-scale desktop video; multipoint video infrastructure; network, system and conference management; and also supporting services.

About The Climate Group
The Climate Group (www.theclimategroup.org) is an independent, not-for-profit organization working internationally with government and business leaders to advance smart policies and technologies to cut global emissions and accelerate a low carbon economy. Its global coalition of companies, states, regions and cities around the world recognize the economic and environmental imperatives of taking decisive action now. The Climate Group was founded in 2004 and has operations in Australia, China, Europe, India and North America. Please visit www.theclimategroup.org for more information.


Climate Group

London-based members of The Climate Group meet face-to-face using Polycom immersive telepresence with members in New York; Toronto, Canada; Beijing, China and New Delhi, India.

About Polycom
Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM) is the global leader in telepresence, video, and voice solutions and a visionary in communications that empower people to connect and collaborate everywhere. Please visit www.polycom.com for more information.

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