Carousel Industries Earns Platinum Status in Polycom Choice Partner Program and Is Recognized as System Integrator of the Year in North America

Carousel Industries, a leader in data networking and converged communications, announced that it has been named by Polycom, the global leader in standards-based communications, as a Platinum Level Polycom Choice Partner. Separately, Carousel was as well recognized as System Integrator of the Year in North America while Polycom's TEAM Polycom Partner Awards, which were held in Orlando, FL last week.

The Platinum status within Polycom

"We have worked very hard to achieve the Platinum status within Polycom and are as well honored to have been named System Integrator of the Year," said James Marsh, senior vice president, Carousel Industries. "The relationship we have with Polycom is integral to our visual communication and collaboration strategy and will be a key contributor to our success within our video practice. Polycom shares the same business values and partnership ideals as we do at Carousel. We look forward to a long and successful relationship."

Carousel joins an elite few partners in North America that have provided the commitment and revenue growth required to be at the highest end of the Polycom Choice spectrum of partners. With a unparalleled value proposition that includes unified communications, audio/video and visual communications design and integration expertise, Carousel has positioned itself as a leader in unified communications and video solutions in North America. Only about a dozen Polycom partners in North America meet the stringent requirements to become Platinum-recognized. Carousel exceeded Polycom's requirements, earning Platinum status just days earlier being named 2012 Polycom System Integrator of the Year at the TEAM Polycom 2012 conference.

About CarouselCarousel Industries designs, delivers and supports innovation solutions that become the foundation of our customers' businesses. This includes unified communications, managed services, virtualization, Voice over IP, video conferencing and collaboration and data infrastructure solutions. Since Carousel was founded in 1992 we've grown an average of 30% - 50% per year with estimated 2011 earnings of in broad outline $300 million. Today we have over 5,000 clients, including 35 of the Fortune 100. Carousel has been recognized by both VAR and CRN Magazines as one of the top innovation integrators in the US and we've been listed in the Inc. 500/5000 six times.

The global leader in open

About PolycomPolycom is the global leader in open, standards-based unified communications 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, clients, specialists, and prospects. Polycom, at the same time with its broad partner ecosystem, provides clients with the best total cost of ownership, interoperability, 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.