OREANDA-NEWS. CROC received ‘Excellence in Services (EMEA)’ award for 2012 for the top-level services, customer satisfaction, video conferencing system implementation, upgrade and technical support services. The awards ceremony was held in Vancouver on February 7th.

Polycom is the global leader in audio and video conferencing solutions. Cooperation between the companies has been evolving for over ten years. CROC became the first Polycom Platinum Partner in EMEA in 2005 and has maintained this status ever since. “We implemented 131 projects with Polycom solutions last year. The largest projects include: further development of a distributed video conferencing network for a major bank, Polycom video conferencing solution implementation for two government authorities, as well as a workstation deployment within power company branches across Russia, etc. In addition, our engineers were actively involved in the creation of Russia’s first Polycom Demonstration Center in Moscow—the project scale is unmatched in the domestic market. Now, everyone can see the new video conferencing solutions in action,” remarks Mikhail Nikiforov, Head of Video Conferencing, CROC.

“The Russian market is one of our business priorities, with demand for Polycom video conferencing solutions showing steady growth. Companies in Russia increasingly implement video conferencing: according to our data, these solutions save an average of 24% on current expenses and 30% on travel costs, also saving time and effort of top managers and owners of geographically distributed businesses,” says Sergey Khomyakov, General Manager in Russia and CIS, Polycom.