Polycom Sponsors the Lighting of Third Frontier Network Across Ohio to Link Educators and Researchers.

PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Polycom(R), Inc. (Nasdaq:PLCM), the world's leading provider of unified collaborative communications solutions, served as a gold sponsor at the lighting of the Third Frontier Network, the most advanced statewide, fiber-optic network for education, research and economic development. The ribbon cutting took place at Ohio State University via video-conference with Polycom VSX 7000 group video conferencing systems and Polycom MGC bridging unit connecting eight sites across the state on November 30, 2004.

The Third Frontier Network (TFN) is a state-of-the-art resource that will enhance research and education collaboration in Ohio. Expanding Ohio's role and reputation in networking technology, the network will greatly enhance the state's economic development by creating new opportunities for jobs. Both academic and industry researchers are now able to collaborate over dedicated networks, connecting the entire state including state and local government, all universities, corporate enterprise and K-12 schools.

"Today, we are embarking on a new era of communication and collaboration," said Rod Chu, chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents. "Over the Third Frontier Network, we will pool Ohio's best minds and share its best resources with the aim of reclaiming the state's heritage of leading the nation in innovation and production."

The network will allow organizations to have the capability to conduct huge collaborative communications across a high bandwidth, creating a speed 16 times the current network connections. The bandwidth belt connects across the entire state, providing revolutionary new ways of research collaboration, for instance, between the healthcare industry and corporate America.

At the event, Jim Haferd, Director of Integrator Sales at Polycom, spoke on a deliverables panel with Karen Holbrook from Ohio State University, Greg Jackson CIO for the state of Ohio, Daniel Jaycox from Qwest and Stan Ahalt representing the Ohio Supercomputer Center. The panel discussed the virtually limitless potential of the network and the technological advantage that the state of Ohio has created for itself, bringing both advances in the economy and in higher education.

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Polycom, Inc. is the world's technology leader of high-quality, easy-to-use video, voice, data and web conferencing and collaboration solutions. The Polycom Office(TM) is our continued commitment to make distance communications as natural and interactive as being there by providing best-in-class conferencing solutions that are interoperable, integrated and intuitive to the user. The Polycom Office is based on industry standards and supported by an open architecture that promotes interoperability in multi-vendor environments and complements leading network infrastructure platforms. For additional information, call 1-800-POLYCOM (765-9266) or 408-526-9000, or visit the Polycom web site at www.polycom.com.

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