The SMART Room System for Microsoft Lync is an integrated, single-vendor hardware solution. With a heritage in truly collaborative, interactive touch technologies, SMART delivers the most feature rich 4K interactive display panels in the industry. Hundreds of customers have demonstrated rapid return on investment with their SMART Room Systems. The SMART Room System for Microsoft Lync has been adopted by Fortune 500 companies around the globe, across industries ranging from retail, financial services and pharmaceutical to oil and gas, automotive and entertainment.

'This means our customers can protect their existing investments and have confidence in the flexibility and capabilities of our leading technology.' 'With this exciting announcement, the thousands of systems that our customers currently enjoy can be upgraded to support Skype for Business,' said Scott Brown, president, Enterprise, SMART Technologies. 'Together with SMART we are delighted to bring the world's meeting spaces into the next era of communications experiences with a range of easy-to-use devices optimized for Skype for Business.' 'Today Microsoft announced Skype Room Systems, which will deliver the Skype for Business experience to the more than 50 million meeting spaces of all shapes and sizes that are in use by organizations worldwide.', said Giovanni Mezgec, General Manager, Skype for Business. Since Skype Room Systems devices are the next evolution of Lync Room Systems, all Lync Rooms Systems devices will also be upgradable to Skype Room Systems and the Skype for Business experience. Skype Room Systems devices will be built on a platform based on Windows 10, and will be available for customers in the Windows 10 timeframe. Customers should see no interruption to their SMART Room System capabilities and will enjoy the system's ease of use, familiar interface, high-definition video and content sharing, while benefiting from the incorporation of new features in Skype for Business. The SMART Room System will be upgradable to the Skype for Business experience. As a leading provider of collaboration solutions, SMART is well positioned to deliver current and future support for this next generation of the Microsoft Unified Communications (UC) platform. (NASDAQ: SMT) (TSX: SMA) today announced that the SMART Room System ™ for Microsoft ® Lync ® 2013 will support Microsoft Skype for Business.

ORLANDO, FL, Ma/PRNewswire/ - SMART Technologies Inc. SMART Room Systems for Microsoft Lync to interoperate with Skype for Business

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