Polycom Names Scott Mercer to Board
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[November 17, 2007]

Polycom Names Scott Mercer to Board

(Wireless News Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)
Polycom, a provider of unified collaborative communications solutions,
announced it has appointed D. Scott Mercer to its board of directors.

Mercer is a recognized technology industry leader whose career spans
three decades across various executive functions from operations and
strategic planning to finance, within the storage and computer industry
segments.

Mercer is currently the chairman of the board at Adaptec, Inc. having
served as its interim CEO in 2005. He was also at Western Digital Corp.
as its chief financial and administrative officer in the early 90s,
returning 2001-2004 as its CFO during which time he also served as
advisor to the CEO regarding business development matters. At Dell in
the late 90s he served in vice president of finance roles, and as
Dell's vice president of product development for its desktop and
notebook product lines. Mercer's other executive positions have
included CFO of TeraLogic, Inc., CFO and controller of LSI Logic Corp.,
and as an accountant with Price Waterhouse.

"We are very pleased to welcome Scott to the Polycom board of directors
where his proven business development and long term strategic planning,
as well as strong financial expertise, will prove invaluable for us as
voice and video collaboration become core, mainstreamed applications
across devices over IP networks," said Bob Hagerty, chairman and CEO of
Polycom.

In addition to Polycom and Adaptec, Mercer serves on the boards of
Conexant Systems, Palm, Inc. and SMART Modular Technologies (WWH), Inc.

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((Distributed on behalf of 10Meters via M2 Communications Ltd -
http://www.m2.com))
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Copyright 2007 Wireless News

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