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Polycom Awarded 5-Star Rating in CRN's 2014 Partner Program Guide for Fifth Consecutive Year
[April 07, 2014]

Polycom Awarded 5-Star Rating in CRN's 2014 Partner Program Guide for Fifth Consecutive Year


SAN JOSE, Calif. --(Business Wire)--

Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), today announced its Choice Partner Program was awarded a 5-Star rating in the CRN 2014 Partner Program Guide. The annual directory is the definitive listing of technology vendors that service solution providers or provide products through the IT channel. The 5-Star Partner Program rating recognizes an elite subset of companies that offer solution providers the best partnering elements in their channel programs.

Polycom (News - Alert) has continually refined its award-winning Choice Partner Program, and in 2013, restructured its services portfolio to help partners develop and accelerate annuity revenue through a wider array of advanced services. Partners can also leverage demand generation resources and designated business development support, all of which are increasingly valuable given today's evolving marketplace. Skills development and role-based training are at the core of Polycom's Choice Partner Program to help them address our joint customers' unique needs throughout the solution lifecycle.

To determine the 2014 5-Star recipients, The Channel Company's Research team assessed each vendor's application based on investments in program offerings, partner profitability, partner training, education and support, marketing programs and resources, sales support, and communication.



"Solution providers have a lot of choices when it comes to selecting vendor partners. Identifying the right vendor, with the right technologies, and the right approach can make all the difference," said Robert Faletra, CEO, The Channel Company. "Our annual Partner Program Guide and 5-Star rating recognizes the very best channel programs available in the market today to help solution providers determine which vendor delivers the best partner elements for their individual business goals."

"Partners play an important role in Polycom's success, and we work hard to provide them with the right tools, resources, training and solutions to help them succeed with customers and in the marketplace." said Mike Conlon, Vice President of Worldwide Channels Polycom. "We are thrilled CRN recognized Polycom's Choice Partner Program for a fifth year in a row, which is a testament to our program and its ongoing success."


The 2014 Partner Program Guide will be featured on CRN.com and the 5-Star Partners listing will be highlighted in the April issue of CRN.

About Polycom

Polycom helps organizations unleash the power of human collaboration. More than 400,000 companies and institutions worldwide defy distance with secure video, voice and content solutions from Polycom to increase productivity, speed time to market, provide better customer service, expand education and save lives. Polycom and its global partner ecosystem provide flexible collaboration solutions for any environment that deliver the best user experience, the broadest multi-vendor interoperability and unmatched investment protection. Visit www.polycom.com or connect with us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn to learn more.

About The Channel Company

The Channel Company is the channel community's trusted authority for growth and innovation, with established brands including CRN, XChange Events, IPED, and SharedVue (News - Alert). For more than three decades, we have leveraged our proven and leading-edge platforms to deliver prescriptive sales and marketing solutions for the technology channel. The Channel Company provides Communication, Recruitment, Engagement, Enablement, Demand Generation and Intelligence services to drive technology partnerships. Learn more at www.thechannelcompany.com.

© 2014 Polycom, Inc. All rights reserved. POLYCOM®, the Polycom logo, and the names and marks associated with Polycom's products are trademarks and/or service marks of Polycom, Inc. and are registered and/or common law marks in the United States and various other countries. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.


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