Siemens and Enterasys Networks Expand Worldwide Partnership

Enterasys Networks announced it has entered into an expanded partnership agreement with Siemens AG under which Siemens Communications (www.siemens.com) will integrate Enterasys' full line of Secure NetworksTM products and solutions into its' HiPath Enterprise Convergence Architecture for voice over IP (VoIP), and will distribute the technology worldwide.

The expanded business relationship is expected to generate millions of dollars in additional annual revenue for Enterasys.

The agreement takes the ongoing business relationship between the two companies to a significantly higher level. In addition to Siemens worldwide sales organization bringing the benefits of Secure Networks solutions to its' global partners and customers, the companies also will collaborate on joint development of HiPath solutions, delivery of services, and certification of each other's technology.

"Enterprises worldwide trust Siemens to deliver the industry's most comprehensive voice, VoIP and data-networking solutions to meet their critical business communications and operations needs," said Theo Bossman, president of the alliances and partners division of Siemens AG.

"Fully integrated network security is a vital component of Siemens' complete second-generation VoIP solutions. Enterasys, with its' unique focus on Secure Networks, has the products and solutions to meet the needs of our customers and partners, today and in the future."

Mark Aslett, president and chief operating officer of Enterasys, said the relationship will bring unrivaled data and voice capabilities to enterprise customers.

"The network is the backbone for business today and the convergence of voice and data over high-performance, highly secure networks is vital for success," said Aslett.

Enterasys' industry-leading Secure Networks technology and solutions provide the highest level of infrastructure security available today. Secure Networks delivers the most granular level of security, providing visibility and control down to the network device, individual user and application level.

This unmatched security comes from the integrated policy-based management software architecture that works with the embedded security capabilities Enterasys designs into its' entire product line.