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Polycom Green

Polycom Green. January 2008. Agenda. The Environmental Agenda Why CO 2 ? What Can Companies Do to Reduce CO 2 ? Using Collaborative Technologies to Reduce CO 2 Are Companies Buying It?

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Polycom Green

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  1. Polycom Green January 2008

  2. Agenda • The Environmental Agenda • Why CO2? • What Can Companies Do to Reduce CO2? • Using Collaborative Technologies to Reduce CO2 • Are Companies Buying It? • Considerations for Green Meetings • Going Green with Polycom • Summary

  3. Environmental Agenda Building Momentum • Significant Worldwide Awareness • Global warming • Greenhouse gases • More Companies Going “Clean/Green” • Stakeholder pressures • Corporate citizen responsibility • Political Pressure • Changing corporate and individual habits to reduce CO2

  4. Why CO2? • Why CO2? • CO2 is largest contributor to greenhouse gases • Burning fossil fuels: gasoline, diesel, jet fuel • Transportation: cars, trucks, airlines • Average .44 lbs CO2 per air mile flown: • Average .9 lbs CO2 per auto mile: • Natural gas usage with appliances • Use of electricity, most of which is generated by fossil fuels • Benchmarks energy efficiency and impact of polluting fuels in single measure • Kyoto Protocol • Reduce CO2 emissions 5% by 2010 • California: Governor Schwarzenegger • Reduce emissions 10% to 2000 levels by 2010 • Reduce emissions 20% to 1990 levels by 2020 • 80% below 1990 levels by 2050

  5. What Can Companies do to Reduce CO2? • Top Recommended Steps to Reduce CO2 • Energy efficient facilities • Product designs (energy efficient) • Manufacturing processes • HR/Employee oriented programs • Travel policies • IT leadership • Power saving data centers • Extend network to home workers • Collaboration and content sharing tools (video and voice conferencing) as alternative totravel

  6. Video and Voice Conferencing:a Green Technology • Rich Communication, Collaboration, and Content Sharing • Global enterprises connect without travel • Meet and collaborate virtually • Enable dispersed workgroups • Foster real-time collaboration for increased productivity • Substantially Reduces Carbon Footprint • Green meetings • Allow attendees to be environmentally friendly • Reduce the need, costs, and CO2 of travel “Using (video) conferencing and collaboration technologies can make a large contribution to the goal of carbon neutrality.” - Alan Greenberg, Wainhouse Research “With the growing emphasis on…green policies in corporations, video conferencing is now seen as having a direct effect on lowering a company’s carbon footprint.” - William Stofega, IDC “Much of my (political) participation now comes via (Polycom HD video) teleconference, a “low carbon emissions” way of working .” - Al Gore

  7. Trend is Clear 32.9% of companies increased collaboration tools usage due to carbon impact concerns 28.1% have a carbon emissions policy 26.3% say carbon policy is coming in next year “…the next several years will see a deepening of the necessary tools and understanding.” Are Companies Buying It? Wainhouse Research, August 2007

  8. Polycom Customers Speak for Themselves “To reduce our air miles, we have made a substantial investment in (Polycom) phone and video conferencing and now have new or upgraded facilities in all of our major offices. Last year we were able to avoid 1.1 million miles of travel through use of telesuite facilities, thereby avoiding the emission of 198,000kg of CO2.” - PWC Corporate Statement “The initial investment (in Polycom video conferencing) is easily justifiable, ultimately increasing productivity. It’s not only protecting the environment, but is common sense for businesses to adopt.” - David Rowe, CEO, Easynet

  9. Considerations for Green Meetings • Determine Existing Meeting and Travel Patterns • Identify What Groups Could Use Video and Voice Conferencing as Alternative Way of Meeting • Identify Applications Where Video and Voice Conferencing can be Applied for Virtual Meetings • Establish a Network Plan and Bandwidth Requirements to Support Communications • Determine how Virtual Meetings will be Hosted, Scheduled and Managed • Identify Needs to Record and/or Stream Meetings for Personnel to Participate at Later Date • Identify Support Services to Maintain Equipment, Manage the Network, etc. • Determine Method for Measuring CO2 Reduction

  10. Going Green with Polycom Three Step Process 1. Video ReadinessBenchmarking 1 3. Tracking and Measurement 3 2. Green Roll-Out Planning and Implementation 2

  11. Going Green with PolycomStep 1: Initial Benchmarking • Assess “Video Ready” in Three Areas • Service Quality – ensure a successful Video Conferencing experience • Operational Efficiency – plan for the right mix of capacity and resources • Business Benefits – Establish best practices in video and voice conferencing to maximize user adoption and experience • Recommendation: Polycom Performance Benchmarking Assessment • Guides customer towards realizing substantial strategic benefits through the effective use of collaboration tools • Helps customer identify applications and workflows for video/voice virtual meetings • Provides recommendations to significantly improve conferencing operations

  12. Going Green with PolycomStep 2: Green Roll-out Planning • Determine how CO2 emissions are to be reduced through collaboration tools • Selection of collaboration solution and locations to be installed • Network infrastructure necessary to achieve the planned roll-out • How to best install and implement collaboration tools to achieve the desired level of CO2 reduction • Recommendation: Polycom Green Assessment Service • Guides customer roll-out plan • Sequence and steps to achieve highest impact • Best utilization of current or future collaboration tools to maximize CO2reduction • Establish baselines for CO2 reductions • Monthly travel-related savings

  13. Going Green with PolycomStep 3: Tracking and Measurement • Quantify and calculate CO2 reduction • Recommendation: Polycom ARENA Partner: Video Miles® Software from Visual Environment Ltd. • Automatic tracking of video usage • Number of miles travel saved • Carbon emission reduction achieved • ROI – travel costs savings • Number of delegates involved in meetings • Number of man hours saved • Video conference system utilization • Data is instantly recorded and presented in bar chart and pie chart format for review 24/7

  14. Benchmark / Green Assessment Details • Customized Consultation • Polycom team of experts • On-site interviews • Online surveys • Analysis and reporting • Priced on size and scope of implementation • Ordered as a Polycom Professional Service • Sales contacts: • Polycom Service Business Development Managers • Certified Service Partners

  15. Video-Miles® Details • The Video-Miles Solution • FetchitTM • Software sits on customer server or PC • Runs in background without impact on network applications • Registers all end-points, MCUs, Gatekeeper • Retrieves data from every video conference meeting • Video-Miles® Server • Receives and analyzes data from Fetchit every 24 hours • Converts data into readable reports • Environmental, financial ROI, utilization • Graphs, pie charts, statistics • Priced per video end-point • Visual Environment, Ltd. • Balmoral House 139-141 Cambridge RoadSouthport PR9 7LN United Kingdom Tel: + 44 (0)7970 820939 www.thevisualenvironment.com • Sales contact • Patrick Hodgson patrick@thevisualenvironment.com

  16. Go Green With Polycom! • Take Action Today! • For Additional Resources and Guidance • Polycom “Team Green” • enterprise.solutions@polycom.com • Brian Gilman, Director Enterprise Solutions brian.gilman@polycom.com • Bob Preston, Vice President Solutions Marketing bob.preston@polycom.com

  17. Summary • Take Action on Green Now! • Global Sustainability is Every Company’s Responsibility • Become Carbon Neutral • Improve Productivity and Efficiency Throughout • Enhance Your Company Brand, Positioning, and Image • Go Green with Polycom!

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