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Enterasys Networks(R) (NYSE: ETS), the Secure Networks Company(TM), announced that Chief Technology Officer John Roese will be a featured speaker today at the Internet Telephony Conference & Expo in Los Angeles, Calif. Mr. Roese will participate on the panel "Security in the IP Telephony Network," which is part of the service provider summit track. The session will be held from 2:30-3:15 pm PDT. The panel will be moderated by Tom Cross, CEO of TECHtionary. In addition to Roese, others scheduled to participate on the panel include representatives from Lucent Technologies, Netrake, Neustar, Perimeter Internetworking, and VoIPShield. The panel will examine the evolution of networks viewed from the physical and logical differences, to the role of switches and routers, IDS/IPS and inherent threat protection to ensure the security of networks. The session will cover the infrastructure elements, technologies available in the marketplace and granular policies needed to protect against threats, attacks and unauthorized users. Real-world examples will support the premises of pervasive security and securing the network. "The number-one issue of enterprises that have deployed or are considering deploying VoIP is security," said Roese. "Enterasys Secure Networks products and solutions are already securing up to two million convergence endpoints in major enterprise networks running voice- and video-over-IP solutions. Performance is crucial to successful VoIP deployments, but without comprehensive, easy-to-manage security, the risks far outweigh the benefits. I'm pleased to participate on this distinguished panel and to share Enterasys' experience in this emerging marketplace." 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.