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EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, the undersigned Richard N. Snyder, Chief Executive Officer, of Forgent
Networks, Inc. (the Company), certify that:



| | 1. |  | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of the
Company (the Report);                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
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| | 2. |  | Based on my knowledge, the Report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading
with respect to the periods covered by this Report;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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| | 3. |  | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
financial information included in the Report, fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations and
cash flows of the Company as of, and for, the periods presented in
the Report;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
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| | 4. |  | The Companys other certifying officer and I are responsible
for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures
(as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the
Company and we have (a) designed such disclosure controls and
procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be
designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information
relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is
made known to us by others within these entities, particularly
during the period in which the Report is being prepared; (b)
evaluated the effectiveness of the Companys disclosure controls and
procedures and presented in the Report our conclusions about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the
end of the period covered by the Report based on such evaluation;
and (c) disclosed in the Report any change in the Companys internal
control over financial reporting that occurred during the Companys
most recent fiscal quarter (the quarter ended October 31, 2003) that
has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
affect, the Companys internal control over financial reporting; and
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| | 5. |  | The Companys other certifying officer and I have disclosed,
based on our most recent evaluation of internal controls over
financial reporting, to the Companys auditors and to the Audit
Committee of the Board of Directors: (a) all significant
deficiencies or material weaknesses in the design or operation of
internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably
likely to adversely affect the Companys ability to record, process,
summarize and report financial information; and (b) any fraud,
whether or not material, that involves management or other employees
who have a significant role in the Companys internal controls.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

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|/s/ RICHARD N. SNYDER  
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|Richard N. Snyder      
|Chief Executive Officer
|December 15, 2003