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Enterasys Networks(R) (NYSE: ETS), the Secure Networks Company(TM), announced today that several of its key secure switching products have passed the Department of Defense Joint Interoperability Test Command's (JITC) Voice-over-IP interoperability testing. This important certification enables DoD customers to purchase Enterasys switches that comply with stringent DoD requirements for LAN-based VoIP infrastructure components. The JITC interoperability certification confirms Enterasys switches have successfully passed a multi-vendor VoIP environment testing. Enterasys Networks is among the first vendors to receive the newly established LAN switching certification for VoIP networks. Government customers frequently need to mix and match JITC-certified IP PBX systems with LAN infrastructure components. The JITC certification assures users that Enterasys switching products will interoperate with a variety of IP PBX vendors, which provides DoD customers more choices when they select VoIP systems. "For many years, federal agencies and organizations have relied on Enterasys switching platforms to deliver the highest level of data network security and switching/routing performance," said Bob Fortna, vice president of federal solutions for Enterasys Networks. "JITC certification enables customers implementing VoIP solutions to take advantage of Enterasys vast data networking expertise. The federal government is a key market for Enterasys and we are proud to have achieved this certification." The following Enterasys products have passed the JITC VoIP interoperability testing: -- Matrix N7, N5, N3 and N1 families of switches. -- Matrix E1 switch -- SecureStack C2 family of switches 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--the Secure Networks Company--provides enterprises with the most integrated, up-to-date portfolio of security-enabled network infrastructure products, centralized command and control software, and advanced security applications available today. Information about the company's award-winning line of policy-enabled switches, routers, wireless products, security software, and services is available at www.enterasys.com. 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