Hong Kong (29 January 2010) - Siemens Enterprise Communications Group (SEN Group), a leading global provider of unified communications (UC) solutions, and Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), a global leader in telepresence, video, and voice communications solutions, announced a strategic alliance and global resale agreement that will enable customers to leverage the productivity and cost-saving benefits of Polycom telepresence, high definition (HD) video conferencing solutions and desktop video collaboration applications through seamless integration with the OpenScape IC environment. By adopting a state-of-the-art UC environment, organizations can not only take advantage of innovative video solutions from Polycom, but they can increase collaboration and customer responsiveness while reducing conferencing costs and the need for employee travel.

"Video communication is becoming a key component of UC, and helps to dramatically improve the productivity of our customers," said Mark Stone, chairman and CEO, the SEN Group.

"Organizations across industries are adopting Polycom visual communication to drive efficiency and effectiveness among geographically dispersed teams and strengthen relationships with customers, partners and suppliers," said Robert Hagerty, chairman and CEO of Polycom. "Teaming with SEN Group, we are able to deliver these powerful collaboration capabilities within the core communication tools that people use every day, and, as an integrated component of the OpenScape UC solution, give customers a scalable platform that is easy to manage and use. This supports Polycom's Open Collaboration Network strategy and gives customers greater flexibility and investment protection for their UC environment."

Under the global resale agreement, SEN Group will offer Polycom's portfolio of visual communication solutions, including award-winning personal, room and immersive telepresence solutions, video conferencing systems, and desktop video collaboration applications. The SEN Group will also offer customers Polycom visual communication solutions supported by its OpenScale Services, a comprehensive portfolio of professional and managed services and solutions.