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Enterasys Receives 2007 Product of the Year Award From Communications Solutions
Enterasys Secure Networks for VoIP Honored for Outstanding Innovation and Quality
| Source: Enterasys
ANDOVER, MA--(Marketwire - June 16, 2008) - Enterasys Networks Inc., the Secure Networks
Company™, today announced that Technology Marketing Corporation's (TMC)
Communications Solutions (www.tmcnet.com/comsol) has named Enterasys Secure
Networks™ for VoIP as a recipient of a 2007 Product of the Year Award.
The Enterasys Secure Networks for VoIP solution delivers a way to
sense and automatically respond to security threats against the IP
telephony infrastructure, enforce network access control (NAC) policies,
and comply with regulations for monitoring and safety.
"We are pleased to be recognized as a Product of the Year by Communications
Solutions," said Mike Fabiaschi, President and CEO of Enterasys. "This
independent recognition reinforces our belief that an open-architecture,
standards-based approach to secure and prioritize voice, video and data
communications cost-effectively delivers choice, reliability, quality,
manageability, mobility, and compliance for unified communications users."
"Enterasys has been recognized with a 2007 Product of the Year Award for
their excellence in the advancement of voice and data communications," said
Rich Tehrani, TMC President and Group Editor-in-Chief of Communications
Solutions. "Enterasys has proven they are committed to quality and
excellence in solutions that benefit the customer experience as well as ROI
for the companies that use them. I am pleased to honor their hard work and
accomplishments and look forward to more innovative solutions from them in
the future."
The eighth annual Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award
recognizes the vision, leadership and attention to detail that are the
hallmarks of the prestigious award. The most innovative products and
services brought to market in 2007 were selected as recipients of this
year's Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award for their
groundbreaking achievement.
The 2007 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award winners can be
found at
www.tmcnet.com/comsol/articles/29853-announcing-2007-product-the-year-award-winners-presented.htm.
About TMC
Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) is an integrated global media
company helping our clients build communities in print, in-person and
online. TMC publishes Customer Interaction Solutions, INTERNET TELEPHONY,
Unified Communications, and IMS Magazine. TMC is also the first publisher
to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC Labs. TMCnet,
TMC's Web site, is the leading source of news and articles for the
communications and technology industries. TMCnet is read by nearly one
million US visitors according to Quantcast* and by over three million
unique visitors each month worldwide, according to Webtrends. In
addition, TMC produces INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO, Call Center
2.0 Conference and Communications Developer Conference. For more
information about TMC, visit www.tmcnet.com.
About Enterasys Networks
Enterasys is owned by a private investor group led by The Gores Group, LLC
and Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC. Enterasys delivers Secure
Networks™ that ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability
of IT services and the business users that rely on them -- without
sacrificing performance. Thousands of enterprises, government agencies and
educational institutions in more than 70 countries worldwide rely on our
convergence, compliance and connectivity solutions to deliver
business-oriented, identity-based visibility and control of individual user
and application priority and security. The company's culture is centered on
the principle, "There is nothing more important than our customers."
Enterasys' standards-based, open-architecture 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.
About The Gores Group
Founded in 1987, The Gores Group, LLC is a private equity firm focused on
acquiring controlling interests in mature and growing businesses which can
benefit from the firm's operating experience and flexible capital base. The
firm combines the operational expertise and detailed due diligence
capabilities of a strategic buyer with the seasoned M&A team of a
traditional financial buyer. The Gores Group, LLC has become a leading
investor having demonstrated over time a reliable track record of creating
substantial value in its portfolio companies alongside management. The
firm's current private equity fund has committed equity capital of $1.3
billion. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, The Gores Group, LLC
maintains offices in Boulder, Colorado and London. For more information,
please visit www.gores.com.
About Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC
Tennenbaum Capital Partners is a Santa Monica, California-based private
investment firm managing over $7.5 billion in committed capital in private
funds. The firm's investment strategy is grounded in a long-term, value
approach, and it assists -- both financially and operationally --
transitional middle market companies in such industries as technology,
healthcare, energy, aerospace, business services, retail and general
manufacturing. Tennenbaum's core strengths include in-depth knowledge of
equity and debt financing vehicles in the public and private markets, as
well as a thorough understanding of special situations. For more
information, please visit www.tennenbaumcapital.com.