Polycom Launches Honors Education Program to Expand and Enhance Distance and Interactive Learning; Program Includes Training, Curriculum, U.S. Distance Learning Association Membership, and Special Product Pricing.

PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Polycom(R), Inc. (Nasdaq:PLCM), the world's leading provider of unified collaborative communications solutions, today announced the launch of its Honors Education Program, providing beneficial services, training and curriculum to educational institutions to expand usage and enhance collaborative communications for distance and interactive learning.

The Honors Education Program includes a membership in the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) and specialized interactive videoconferencing awareness training and curriculum content provided by the Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC). Customers will benefit from the resources of both organizations providing a gateway to build stronger distance learning programs. The Honors Education Program also provides special pricing through Polycom Certified Resellers to Polycom educational customers who purchase Polycom products including MGC bridges, voice and classroom video solutions, and support services.

"CILC is very pleased to be able to support education through the Polycom Honors Education Program," said Marvin Bailey, President of CILC. "We are always excited to assist educators as they explore the new opportunities and resources available to them through videoconferencing."

The program is designed for educational institutions including colleges, universities, libraries, teaching hospitals, education consortiums, education associations, and primary and secondary institutions. With the support structure established by the membership of USDLA and a 90 minute special training session provided by CILC, customers will have access to current curriculum content to ensure success, excitement, content enrichment and equipment utilization.

Dr. John G. Flores, CEO, of the United States Distance Learning Association stated, "We welcome Polycom's commitment to expand distance learning opportunities for the education community. Connecting Polycom's clients with the USDLA will create new sources of information and best practices for them. We look forward to these new memberships."

USDLA is the leading non-profit distance learning association in the United States and monitors new technologies and support systems that are fully integrated, teacher friendly and network supported. Polycom has been a long time corporate sponsor and is a 21st Century Benefactor of USDLA. The honors program expands its sponsorship by offering a complimentary individual subscription to USDLA when any primary, secondary and higher education institution purchase Polycom educational solutions.

About the Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC)

The Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC), a not for profit organization, improves communication, collaboration, and learning by providing expertise in videoconferencing, thereby helping organizations achieve goals and maximize results. Consultants help clients develop educational and professional development programming, as well as community partnerships, all relying on videoconferencing. Drawing from 11 years of experience, CILC's process of planning, implementing, and integrating videoconferencing helps insure that your organization can maximize the technology to achieve the utmost benefits.

About United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA)

The United States Distance Learning Association is a non-profit organization formed in 1987 and is located in Boston, Massachusetts. USDLA promotes the development and application of distance learning for education and training and serves the needs of the distance learning community by providing advocacy, information, networking and opportunity. Distance education and training constituencies served include pre-k-12 education, higher and continuing education, home schooling as well as business, corporate, military, government, and telehealth markets. The USDLA trademarked logo is the recognized worldwide symbol of dedicated professionals committed to the distance learning industry. For more information visit www.usdla.org or call 800.275.5162.

About Polycom

Polycom, Inc. is the worldwide leader in unified collaborative communications (UCC) that maximize the efficiency and productivity of people and organizations by integrating the broadest array of video, voice, data and Web solutions to deliver the ultimate communications experience. Polycom's high quality, standards-based conferencing and collaboration solutions are easy to deploy and manage, as well as intuitive to use. Supported by an open architecture, they integrate seamlessly with leading telephony and presence-based networks. With its market driving technologies, best-in-class products, alliance partnerships, and world-class service, Polycom is the smart choice for organizations seeking proven solutions and a competitive advantage in real-time communications and collaboration. For additional information call 1-800-POLYCOM (765-9266) or [phone], or visit the Polycom website at www.polycom.com.

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