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   Building partnerships with US universities, the college offers a two-year honorsprogram with an American curriculumDUBAI, United Arab Emirates--(Business Wire)--Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), the global leader in open standards-based unifiedcommunications and collaboration (UC&C), today announced that InternationalHorizons College is using Polycom video collaboration solutions to hold facultymeetings, interview professors and students, and create collaborative teachingprograms with colleges and universities in the USA. Based in Dubai, International Horizons College (IHC) is licensed and accreditedby the UAE Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. IHC is a highlyselective independent and international undergraduate institution committed tofulfilling high standards of academic excellence and relevancy to the 21stcentury. It provides high academically performing students from the Middle East,North Africa and South Asia (MENASA) region with an American-style collegeeducation in arts, sciences and pre-professional studies. IHC students completetheir first two years in Dubai and can complete the final two years at topranked US and regional universities. As Michael Dobe, PhD, President of International Horizons College, explained,Polycom video collaboration technology has been part of the project from thebeginning: "I`ve been a Polycom video user for years, and it was imperative tome to use Polycom collaborative solutions as part of the IHC project. As we arecreating an American-style elite liberal arts college in Dubai, we need toconnect regularly with the States, and the best way is using Polycom." IHC chose to implement Polycom as a managed Video-as-a-Service (VaaS) deliveredby Polycom local partner FVC. Polycom RealPresence HDX video systems equippedwith Polycom EagleEye Director cameras in the classrooms are connected to thecloud-based Polycom RealPresence Collaboration Server and Polycom RSS recordingand streaming software, delivered as a service by FVC. Today the faculty also uses video for staff meetings, with professors dialing infrom anywhere using Polycom RealPresence Desktop 3.0 software on their laptops.Another Polycom video-enabled application is recruiting new professors from theUS; conducting interviews over video eliminates the cost and time of travel forin-person interviews and provides a far richer interview experience than voicealone. Any hiring committee members unable to attend an interview can review therecorded version later streamed from the cloud-hosted Polycom RSS. The college is currently working on developing partnerships with colleges in theUnited States for the benefit of students. The first partnership is with atwo-year college in California to provide students with pathways into theprestigious University of California system (UC Berkeley, UCLA and six other topranked universities). "With Polycom video collaboration solutions in our globalclassrooms, the possibilities are endless," said Dr. Dobe, who activelyencourages IHC students, faculty and staff to use Polycom video collaborationsolutions for co-teaching, guest lecturers, and research programs. About PolycomPolycom is the global leader in open, standards-based unified communications andcollaboration (UC&C) solutions for voice and video collaboration, trusted bymore than 415,000 customers around the world. Polycom solutions are powered bythe Polycom RealPresence Platform, comprehensive software infrastructure andrich APIs that interoperate with the broadest set of communication, business,mobile and cloud applications and devices to deliver secure face-to-face videocollaboration in any environment. Polycom and its ecosystem of over 7,000partners provide truly unified communications solutions that deliver the bestuser experience, highest multi-vendor interoperability, and lowest TCO. Visit
  www.polycom.com
  or connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to learnhow we`re pushing the greatness of human collaboration forward. About IHCInternational Horizons College (IHC) is a highly selective, two-year collegebased in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The college enables students from theMiddle East and Asia to complete their bachelor`s degree in two portions,starting with two years in Dubai and ending with two years of education at a topU.S. university. In addition to creating pathways to elite U.S. universities,IHC is in discussion with top regional universities. The college's focus is onimplementing new pedagogies and leveraging sophisticated technology to advanceits virtual "Global Classroom," where students and faculty collaborate and learnwith those in the U.S. and other countries. For more information, please visitus at 
  www.ihc-dubai.com
  or connect with us on Twitter and Facebook.  2013 Polycom, Inc. All rights reserved. POLYCOM, the Polycom logo, and thenames and marks associated with Polycom`s products are trademarks and/or servicemarks of Polycom, Inc. and are registered and/or common law marks in the UnitedStates and various other countries. All other trademarks are property of theirrespective owners.  Polycom, Inc.Lisa Perry, + 44(0)1753 723577Lisa.Perry@polycom.comCopyright Business Wire 2013