Telecommunication consulting services that integrate collaborative applications

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InfraScience Selects NET VX Series Switches to Showcase MicrosoftUnified Communications Implementation Capabilities (Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) FREMONT, CA, August 5 /MARKET WIRE/ --

Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: NWK) today announcedthat leading systems integrator InfraScience, LLC has selected NET's VX Series switches to showcase its Microsoft unified communications (UC) capabilities to its current customers andprospects.

InfraScience selected NET's VX Series VoIP intelligent gatewaysbecause of their superior interoperability with its customers' diversetelephony
environments, as well as other exceptional functionality offered bythe products -- including high-performance call processing, robust standards-based security, and tight integration with MicrosoftActive Directory.

InfraScience offers telecommunication consulting services that integrate collaborative applications like Microsoft Office CommunicationsServer 2007 (OCS) and Exchange 2007 into enterprise networks. NET andInfraScience will work closely together to offer high-ROI Microsoft UC solutionsto customers in both the private and public sectors.

"After a thorough evaluation of the market's top vendors, itwas clear that NET offers the most robust and adaptable hardware infrastructurefor Microsoft UC implementations," said James Williams, PracticeLeader of InfraScience's Unified Communications Solutions Group. "Byworking with NET, InfraScience can offer customers rapid, cost-effective accessto the full range of business benefits that result from the integration ofdesktop computing and telephony."

InfraScience's showcase, which also serves as the office'scommunication network, features Microsoft's OCS and Exchange providing both UCand Unified Messaging (UM). This business critical deploymentdemonstrates full feature calling with Office Communicator clients, OCScompatible TanJay phones and standard SIP phones. The NET VX is used tosupport intelligent connectivity of Microsoft UC to the non-Microsoftelements of the network including the standard SIP phones and the telephonenetwork. The NET VX not only addresses the voice telephony integration, butalso enables the support of fax within the UM platform.

"InfraScience possesses the technical skills and practicalexperience that customers need to ensure the successful outcome of theirconvergence initiatives," said Chuck Rutledge, NET's Vice President ofMarketing. "We look forward to working closely with them to promote the adoptionof VX Series intelligent VoIP gateways and Microsoft UC solutions acrossmultiple market segments."