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Company to exhibit a range of Secure Networks solutions that are delivering unmatched security capabilities and operational benefits to colleges and universities worldwide Enterasys Networks(R) (NYSE: ETS), the Secure Networks Company(TM), is showcasing its industry-leading security capabilities at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference in Orlando, Fla. The conference, billed as "the premier IT event in higher education," will attract more than 4,000 executives and IT decision-makers from the United States, Canada and more than 30 other countries. It opens today and runs through Friday, October 21. Visitors to the Enterasys booth (# 731 / 733) will experience the "Secure Networks difference" first-hand. Demonstrations of the Company's unique Secure Networks offerings will feature the industry's only open architecture, industry-leading security management, prevention and response capabilities, and the high performance and reliability required for today's communication networks with no performance trade-off. "College and university networks are a primary target for a wide range of internal and external threats and denial-of-service attacks," said John Roese, chief technology officer of Enterasys Networks. "The only way higher education institutions can extend their campuses and foster an open communications environment is to have a precise security capability that is able to take action in seconds, not hours. We recognize that customers can't double their IT staff or budget in order to achieve these goals. Secure Networks is uniquely suited to meeting these challenges. Enterasys solutions are enabling open communications across some of the largest college and university campuses in the world." The theme of the Enterasys exhibit is Secure Networks for Higher Education, and it will showcase the industry's most comprehensive embedded security capabilities for colleges and universities. Secure Networks "solutions in action" will include: Dynamic Intrusion Response--The powerful DIR demonstration shows how Enterasys' Dragon(R) Intrusion Defense and NetSight(R) Automated Security Manager applications work with the Company's security-enabled infrastructure not only to pinpoint threats and vulnerabilities in a higher education environment, but also to trigger automated responses to quarantine affected users or ports, alert IT staff and provide fast remediation--well before the attack affects other users or applications. Classroom Control--Networked computers are now an important learning tool in the classroom, but they also can serve as a distraction. This customized solution developed by Enterasys leverages its Matrix switches and NetSight Policy Manager and enables a professor to keep students focused on the lesson by limiting access to unrelated areas of the network with a single click. The enhanced control and ease of use of Secure Networks makes the implementation of networked classrooms a smart, practical solution and results in a more effective, non-disruptive learning environment. Enterasys also will demonstrate its solution for ensuring that devices such as laptops and digital music players that attach to the network are trustworthy and free from viruses and other potentially damaging content. In addition, Secure Networks experts will be on hand throughout the show to discuss how all of these solutions can address the needs of any higher education institution. The Enterasys Secure Networks Advantage Enterasys' industry-leading Secure Networks products and solutions provide the industry's most comprehensive embedded infrastructure security available today. Secure Networks delivers granular policy-based security, providing visibility and control down to the network device, individual user and application level, which enables network managers to quickly and easily detect, assess, locate and protect against attacks. 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. Enterasys' unique architectural approach offers significant operational and business benefits, unmatched by vendors that add hardware or software to multiple network access points in an attempt to increase security. In fact, Secure Networks technology can even make networks with competitors' equipment more secure. About Enterasys Networks Enterasys Networks is the Secure Networks Company, providing enterprise customers worldwide with the industry's most up-to-date portfolio of edge-to-core networking products, solutions and services, with award-winning policy-based security capabilities embedded in the infrastructure. For more information on Enterasys Secure Networks and the company's comprehensive wired and wireless products, visit www.enterasys.com. (ETS-C) This news release contains forward-looking statements regarding future events, activities and financial performance, such as management's expectations regarding future revenue and cash flow; strategic relationships and market opportunities; product development; and other business strategies and objectives. These statements may be identified with such words as "we expect," "we believe," "we anticipate," or similar indications of future expectations. 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Some risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: worldwide and regional economic uncertainty and recent political and social turmoil may continue to negatively affect our business and revenue; we have a history of losses in recent years and may not operate profitably in the future; our quarterly operating results may fluctuate, which could cause us to fail to meet quarterly operating targets and result in a decline in our stock price; we earn a substantial portion of our revenue for each quarter in the last month of each quarter, which reduces our ability to accurately forecast our quarterly results and increases the risk that we will be unable to achieve previously forecasted results; we continue to introduce new products, and if our customers delay product purchases or choose alternative solutions, or if sales of new products are not sufficient to offset declines in sales of older products, our revenue could decline, we may incur excess and obsolete inventory charges, and our financial condition could be harmed; we may be unable to upgrade our indirect distribution channels or otherwise enhance our selling capabilities, which may hinder our ability to grow our customer base and increase our revenue; we have experienced significant changes in senior management and our current management team has been together for only a limited time, which could limit our ability to achieve our objectives and effectively operate our business; there is intense competition in the market for enterprise network equipment, which could prevent us from increasing our revenue and achieving profitability; a portion of the enterprises we sell to rely in whole or in part on public funding and often face significant budgetary pressure, and if these customers must delay, reduce or forego purchasing from us, our revenues could be harmed; we depend upon a limited number of contract manufacturers for substantially all of our manufacturing requirements, and the loss of any of our primary contract manufacturers would impair our ability to meet the demands of our customers; and those additional risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 2, 2005.