Dubai event is first in six-country tour this year including UAE, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Kenya, Nigeria and Egypt

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 24 March 2015: FVC, Polycom's authorised Value Added Distributor and training Partner in the MENA region, hosted 70 partners from UAE, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Pakistan at its FVC-Polycom Partner Conference in Dubai, on 18 & 19 March 2015 at The Address Marina. Held annually, this conference will for the first time be hosted in six countries including UAE (18-19 Mar), Saudi Arabia (14-15 April), Morocco (21-22 April), Kenya (29 April), Egypt (13 May) and Nigeria (20 May).

The MENA Partner conference gives FVC's Polycom partners in the region the opportunity to meet the senior management from Polycom, get a preview of new products and network with fellow partners, sharing best practices and new business development strategies.

"Our Polycom partner network has expanded across the region and, as we continue to invest in resources closer to our markets across the region, it is becoming increasingly important to take our events to the local markets," said K. S. Parag, Managing Director at FVC. "Taking our popular Polycom Partner event closer to our partners' markets means we also have an opportunity to share our strategies with more of our local partners and also the opportunity to talk to their customers and share some of the exciting new technologies first hand."

This year's events focuses on highlighting the effectiveness of enabling face-to-face, remote collaboration in real-time; working across business functions, geographies and vertical markets, defying distance.

The Polycom Partner conference in Dubai was attended by 70 representatives from 35 partners from the FVC partner community in UAE, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Pakistan and Afghanistan. In addition to the conference, the partners visited the newly revamped FVC Executive Briefing Centre in Dubai. This gave them a for a first-hand experience of a wide range of solutions from Polycom as well as value added accessories from its eco-system partners like Barco, Ashton-Bentley, Vaddio and Edgewater Networks.

"We are delighted to have met our valued channel partners in the UAE and showcasing our latest products and solutions," said Marco Landi, EMEA President at Polycom. "With around 1 billion mobile employees around the world, video is becoming a preferred business communication tool in the workplace. We are excited to bring new innovative video collaboration solutions to the region that can help transform local businesses and address workspace challenges."

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Polycom helps organisations unleash the power of human collaboration. More than 415,000 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.  

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About FVC
FVC is one of the most recognised Value Added Distributors (VAD) across the Middle East and Africa, having built a successful business in providing cutting edge technologies in three clear areas of enterprise computing: Unified Communications, Information Security and Advanced Networking. With dedicated offices across the region, FVC works through its growing network of channel partners in over 45 countries.

Uniquely in the region, its combination of full support for its channel partners and market-leading solutions from emerging technologies provides both FVC's partners and their customers with the full confidence to invest in integrated next-generation IT and networking solutions.

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