Providea Conferencing Named Polycom Partner of the Year - United States

Recognizing the Company's significant impact and exceptional performance in 2011

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Apr 09, 2012, 09:00 ET

CAMARILLO, Calif., April 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Providea Conferencing, LLC, a leading global provider of visual collaboration and telepresence technology solutions today announced it has been named Partner of the Year - United States by Polycom, Inc. , the global leader in open standards-based unified communications (UC). Providea received the award at TEAM Polycom 2012, the company's annual sales and partner conference, held April 1-3 in Orlando, Fla.

Providea was honored for having a significant impact in growing and maintaining Polycom's presence in the United States. The annual TEAM Polycom Partner Awards showcase partners who exhibited outstanding sales performance in 2011 in each of the major partner categories and for excellence in innovation, industry focus, customer services, and integration.

"We are working hard to make Polycom® RealPresence® video and voice collaboration widely available for people throughout the world, and we couldn't do it without partners like Providea Conferencing," said Ron Myers, Polycom's senior vice president of worldwide channels. "In both established and emerging markets worldwide, we're proud to be represented by the best this industry has to offer."

"We are truly honored to receive this award," said Todd Luttinger, President and CEO of Providea Conferencing. "This recognition demonstrates the joint commitment and shared vision of Providea and Polycom to deliver innovative video and collaboration solutions to our customers and to continually enhance their experience through Providea's comprehensive managed service and support expertise."

About Providea:

Headquartered in Camarillo, CA, with offices nationwide and internationally in the United Kingdom, Providea Conferencing is a leading global provider of visual collaboration and telepresence technology solutions. End-to-end expertise encompasses video endpoints, infrastructure, multimedia, UC Integration and a strong portfolio of network, professional and managed service offerings. Representing the top manufacturers and network carriers in the industry, including Cisco, Polycom, LifeSize, AT&T and Masergy, we are uniquely positioned in the video conferencing and telepresence marketplace as a true single-vendor solution provider. Today, Providea brings video conferencing solutions to thousands of customers spanning across a range of industries including financial, legal, technology, healthcare, entertainment, education and state and local government agencies.

About Polycom

Polycom is the global leader in open standards-based unified communications (UC) solutions for telepresence, video, and voice powered by the Polycom® RealPresence® Platform. The RealPresence Platform interoperates with the broadest range of business, mobile, and social applications and devices. More than 400,000 organizations trust Polycom solutions to collaborate and meet face-to-face from any location for more productive and effective engagement with colleagues, partners, customers, specialists, and prospects. Polycom, together with its broad partner ecosystem, provides customers with the best TCO, scalability, and security for video collaboration, whether on-premises, hosted, or cloud-delivered. Visit www.polycom.com or connect with Polycom on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

Providea Conferencing, LLC, the Providea logo and other Providea marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Providea Conferencing, LLC. For more information on Providea visit www.provideallc.com

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