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In a bid to strengthen its position in the New Zealand market, telepresence, video and voice communications solutions provider Polycom has appointed a new director of sales for the region - Darryn Keiller. Prior to joining Polycom, Keiller held senior sales, marketing, strategy and management positions in global giants such as LexisNexis (News - Alert) New Zealand, Hewlett Packard and Compaq Computers.

With ten years of senior management experience under his belt, at Polycom Keiller plans to expand certified reseller network and engage with key partners in the Polycom Open Collaboration Network – including HP, IBM (News - Alert), Microsoft and Juniper Networks – to deliver easy-to-deploy, open standards-based collaboration solutions within Unified Communications environments.

The appointment of Keiller comes close on the heels of the announcement of Datastor Limited as Polycom’s (News - Alert) distributor in the New Zealand market. Both these moves are being seen as a part of the company’s larger expansion strategy in the region.

"New Zealand is at the vanguard of the global shift to the ubiquitous adoption of HD video and telepresence communications," said Mr. Michael Chetner, Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand, at Polycom. "As the clear market leader, Polycom sees tremendous growth potential for our business in New Zealand. Appointing Darryn to this new position is a key pillar of our strategy to assertively take advantage of that potential and extend Polycom's market share in sectors like the small to medium business market."

Mr. Chetner added: "Polycom's business is at a key inflection point and with the best solutions for customers, it is now time to take it into overdrive. Darryn's knowledge of the New Zealand market, his customer-centric approach, and capacity to drive even more success with the Polycom Open Collaboration Network will undoubtedly propel consistent market gains for Polycom's business in New Zealand."

Mr. Keiller commented: "I'm extremely excited to be joining Polycom at this time. By definition, unified communications is open, and Polycom continues to help drive open standards and industry interoperability, as well as driving down the costs associated with bandwidth. As a result, there is great momentum for Polycom to further cement its leadership going forward."

In related news, Polycom is going to profile new CX IP phones for Microsoft (News - Alert) Worldwide Partner Conference.