UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. _)*
POLYCOM, INC.
 (Name of Issuer)

Common Stock
 (Title of Class of Securities)

73172K104
 (CUSIP Number)

March 6, 2013
 (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)
Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule
is filed:
[_] Rule 13d-1(b)
[X] Rule 13d-1(c)
[_] Rule 13d-1(d)

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CUSIP No. 73172K104

1.   Names of Reporting  Persons/  I.R.S.  Identification  Nos. of Above Persons
     (entities only):
                                 LEON G. COOPERMAN

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2.  Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

         (a)   [_]
         (b)   [X]
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3.  SEC  Use  Only
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4.  Citizenship or Place of Organization:       UNITED STATES
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Number of             5.  Sole Voting Power:            5,679,374
Shares Bene-
ficially              6.  Shared Voting Power           3,929,325
Owned by
Each Report-          7.  Sole Dispositive Power:       5,679,374
ing Person
With                  8.  Shared Dispositive Power      3,929,325
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9.  Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:

                             9,608,699
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10.  Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares[_]
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11.  Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9):     5.43 %
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12.  Type of Reporting Person:          IN
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Item 1(a) Name of Issuer:  POLYCOM, INC. (the "Issuer").

Item 1(b) Address of the Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:

                6001 America Center Drive
                   San Jose CA 95002

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Item 2 (a) Name of Person Filing:

This statement is filed on behalf of Leon G. Cooperman ("Mr. Cooperman").

     Mr.  Cooperman  is  the  Managing  Member  of  Omega   Associates,   L.L.C.
("Associates"),  a limited  liability  company  organized  under the laws of the
State of Delaware.  Associates is a private  investment firm formed to invest in
and act as general  partner of  investment  partnerships  or similar  investment
vehicles.  Associates is the general partner of limited  partnerships  organized
under the laws of Delaware known as Omega Capital Partners, L.P. ("Capital LP"),
Omega Capital Investors,  L.P.("Investors LP"), and Omega Equity Investors, L.P.
("Equity  LP").  These  entities  are private  investment  firms  engaged in the
purchase and sale of securities for investment for their own accounts.

     Mr. Cooperman is the President and majority  stockholder of Omega Advisors,
Inc.  ("Advisors"),  a Delaware  corporation,  engaged in  providing  investment
management services and is deemed to control said entity. Advisors serves as the
investment  manager to Omega  Overseas  Partners,  Ltd.  ("Overseas"),  a Cayman
Island  exempted  company,  with a business  address at British  American Tower,
Third Floor,  Jennrett  Street,  Georgetown,  Grand Cayman Island,  British West
Indies.  Mr. Cooperman has investment  discretion over portfolio  investments of
Overseas and is deemed to control such investments.

     Advisors  also serves as a  discretionary  investment  advisor to a limited
number of institutional clients (the "Managed Accounts"). As to the Shares owned
by the Managed Accounts, there would be shared power to dispose or to direct the
disposition  of such Shares  because the owners of the Managed  Accounts  may be
deemed  beneficial owners of such Shares pursuant to Rule 13d-3 under the Act as
a result of their right to terminate the  discretionary  account within a period
of 60 days.

     Mr. Cooperman is the ultimate controlling person of Associates, Capital LP,
Investors LP, Equity LP, and Advisors.

Item 2(b) Address of Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence:

     The address of the principal  business office of Mr.  Cooperman is 2700 No.
Military Trail, Suite 230, Boca Raton FL 33431 and the principal business office
of each Capital LP, Equity LP, Investors LP,  Overseas,  and Advisors is 88 Pine
Street, Wall Street Plaza - 31st Floor, New York, NY 10005.

Item 2(c) Citizenship:      Mr. Cooperman is a United States citizen.

Item 2(d) Title of Class of Securities:  Common Stock (the "Shares")

Item 2(e) CUSIP Number:  73172K104

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Item 3. Statement is filed pursuant to Sections  240.13d-1(b) or 240.13d-2(b) or
       (c):

     This Item 3 is not applicable.

Item 4. Ownership:

Item 4(a) (b) Amount Beneficially Owned and Percent of Class:

     Mr.  Cooperman may be deemed the beneficial owner of 9,608,699 Shares which
constitutes   approximately  5.43  %  of  the  total  number  of  Shares  deemed
outstanding. This has been calculated based on 177,011,635 Shares outstanding as
reported on the Issuer's Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2012.

     This consists of 2,123,374 Shares owned by Capital LP; 611,300 Shares owned
by Investors LP;  870,400 Shares owned by Equity LP;  2,074,300  Shares owned by
Overseas; and 3,929,325 Shares owned by the Managed Accounts.

Item 4(c). Number of Shares as to which such person has:

   (i)   Sole power to vote or to direct the vote:                 5,679,374

   (ii)  Shared power to vote or to direct the vote:               3,929,325

   (iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:    5,679,374

   (iv)  Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:  3,929,325

Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:

     This Item 5 is not applicable.

Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person:

     This Item 6 is not applicable.

Item 7. Identification  and Classification of the Subsidiary  Which Acquired the
        Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company:

     This Item 7 is not applicable.

Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group:

     This Item 8 is not applicable.

Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group:

     This Item 9 is not applicable.

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Item 10. Certification:

     By signing  below I certify  that,  to the best of my knowledge and belief,
the  securities  referred  to above were not  acquired  and are not held for the
purpose of or with the effect of  changing  or  influencing  the  control of the
Issuer of the  securities  and were not acquired and are not held in  connection
with or as a participant in any transaction having such purpose or effect.

                                    SIGNATURE

After  reasonable  inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify
that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

DATED: March 14, 2013

LEON G. COOPERMAN

By /s/ ALAN M. STARK
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  Alan M. Stark,   Attorney-in-Fact

ATTENTION:  INTENTIONAL  MISSTATEMENTS  OR OMISSIONS OF FACT CONSTITUTE  FEDERAL
CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS (SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001).

Exhibit A

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that LEON G. COOPERMAN ("Mr. Cooperman") does
hereby make,  constitute and appoint ALAN M. STARK his true and lawful attorney,
to  execute  and  deliver  in his name and on his  behalf  whether  he is acting
individually or as representative of others,  any and all filings required to be
made by the Mr.  Cooperman  under  the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  (as
amended,  the  "Act"),  with  respect  to  securities  which may be deemed to be
beneficially  owned by the Mr. Cooperman under the Act, giving and granting unto
said attorney-in-fact power and authority to act in the premises as fully and to
all  intents  and  purposes  as Mr.  Cooperman  might or could do if  personally
present,  hereby ratifying and confirming all that said  attorney-in-fact  shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY  shall remain in full force and effect  until  revoked in
writing  by the  undersigned.  Mr.  Cooperman  has  the  unrestricted  right  to
unilaterally revoke this Power of Attorney.

This Power of Attorney  shall be governed by, and construed in accordance  with,
the laws of the State of New York, without regard to rules of conflicts of law.

IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the undersigned  has duly subscribed  these presents as of
March 1, 2013.

/s/ LEON G. COOPERMAN
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    LEON G. COOPERMAN

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