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Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) provides solutions that enable service providers, enterprises and governments worldwide, to deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users.  As a leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications, and services, Alcatel-Lucent offers the end-to-end solutions that enable compelling communications services for people at home, at work and on the move.  With 79,000 employees and operations in more than 130 countries, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with global reach. The company has the most experienced global services team in the industry, and one of the largest research, technology and innovation organizations in the telecommunications industry. Alcatel-Lucent achieved proforma combined revenues of Euro 18.6 billion in 2005, and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris. [All figures exclude impact of activities to be transferred to Thales]. For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com


Avaya Inc. is a company headquartered in New Jersey, USA who designs, manufactures and sells advanced communication systems for over 1 million customers in the World. We have offices in over 90 countries and over 18.000 employees, our FY 2003 (October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003) were 4.33 billion USD. >>The company is quoted in the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under AV. Avaya was created in October 1 2000 as a spin-off of the former Enterprise Network Division of Lucent Technologies. >>Our product portfolio includes converged voice/data solutions, IP Telephony, call center hardware and applications and Unified Messaging solutions. The company is rated as the #1 US supplier of Enterprise Telephony (Source: Gartner Inc.), #2 World and USA supplier of IP Telephony (Source: Synergy Research Group), #1 World supplier of Voice Messaging(Source In-Stat/MDR), Unified Communication(Source The Pelorus Group) and Unified Messaging (Source Radicati) and is also the largest Call Center supplier of North America (Source Frost & Sullivan), Western Europe (Source Gartner Inc.) and Asia/Pacific (Source: Frost & Sullivan).


Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate. Information about Cisco can be found at http://www.cisco.com. For ongoing news, please go to http://newsroom.cisco.com.



Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.


With more than a century of experience in shaping the evolution of communications, Nortel continues its tradition of innovation today by providing secure solutions that ignite and power global commerce while helping solve the world's greatest challenges.

Nortel's leading portfolio of solutions spanning packet, optical, wireless and voice technologies are at the very foundation of the world's economy, powering global commerce and delivering innovative network capabilities to connect rural and underdeveloped regions.

Working together with its customers in 150 countries, Nortel is improving the human experience by fundamentally changing how the world works and how people communicate, creating unique capabilities for business, education, entertainment and security through reliable data and voice technologies.

Drawing on its fundamental understanding of the network - both voice and data - Nortel secures computing, network applications and end-user environments while maintaining five 9s of reliability. Nortel helps governments, businesses and individuals stay ahead of threats including hacker intrusion, worms, denial of service attacks, identity theft, and by delivering enhanced network management capabilities.

Whether supporting billions of transactions by a financial institution, providing vital information services for healthcare or helping education heighten learning experiences through the most advanced technologies, Nortel solutions are at work wherever reliable data and voice communications are most critical.

 

>>NETWORKING BREAK SPONSOR

Enterasys Networks—the Secure Networks Company—is owned by a private investor group led by The Gores Group, LLC and Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC. Enterasys’ unique Secure Networks solutions secure any network from any vendor and ensure the integrity and performance of IT services and the business users that rely on them. Thousands of leading companies, government agencies and educational institutions in more than 70 countries rely on Secure Networks solutions to maintain business continuity and protect vital information. The company's culture is centered on the principle "There is nothing more important than our customers." Delivering on that commitment, Secure Networks provides granular, policy-based command and control of individual user, application, device, port and flow performance, and security. Enterasys’ architectural approach to network security offers a long technology lifecycle and significant operational and business benefits, while reducing total cost of ownership. Information about Enterasys’ award-winning policy-enabled switches, routers, wireless products, security software, and services is available at www.enterasys.com.


Nokia is a world leader in mobile communications, driving the growth and sustainability of the broader mobility industry. Nokia connects people to each other and the information that matters to them with easy-to-use and innovative products like mobile phones, devices and solutions for imaging, games, media and businesses. Nokia provides equipment, solutions and services for network operators and corporations.


SMC Networks is since 1972 a leading provider of LAN hardware and broadband connectivity devices. Globally, SMC Networks uses its experience to leverage manufacturing resources and strategic relationships to bring to market a growing range of leading-edge products; including Gigabit and Fast Ethernet Switching, Wireless networking, Broadband connectivity products as well as traditional network adapters.

Specialist in solutions for the SMB/e and the home and small office (SOHO), has the capacity to support its partners and customers worldwide. With worldwide headquarters in Irvine, California (United States), SMC Networks maintains its global presence by supporting customers from regional offices throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia-Pacific and Japan.

 

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Critical Links (http://www.critical-links.com) is an international networking software company and developer of edgeBOX, a converged multi-function device or Business Gateway targeted at SMBs and Enterprise Branch Offices.

Critical Links is a wholly owned subsidiary of Critical Software SA, established in 1998, with over 200 employees, with a presence in the UK, USA, and Portugal. The management and product team behind Critical Links combines a great deal of technical talent and market experience, building on the success and reputation of the parent company Critical Software.

From its foundation the company has received several awards and distinctions. Among them, it has been listed in BusinessWeek’s Top 300 fastest growing companies for the last three years and has been awarded by INSEAD for Management Excellence.

 

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