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Industry Experts Host Webinar: What Microsoft(R) OCS2007 R2 Brings to the Unified Communications Solution
[March 11, 2009]

Industry Experts Host Webinar: What Microsoft(R) OCS2007 R2 Brings to the Unified Communications Solution


(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) FREMONT, CA, March 11 / MARKET WIRE/ -- Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. ("NET") (NYSE: NWK) announced today the availability of a free webinar designed specifically for senior IT leaders seeking a better understanding of the business values and collaboration benefits of a unified communications infrastructure utilizing Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 (OCS) Release 2.



What: Web Seminar - Building on Industry Momentum: What Microsoft? OCS2007 R2 brings to the UC Solution Who: Jim Burton, UC Strategies Jeff Zaremba, Sr. Director, Collaboration Technologies, Avanade Matthew Krueger, VP Corporate Marketing and Business Development, NET URL: To register, or for more information, please visit www.web-forms.net/net Dial: (800) 642-1687 Available for replay today, the discussion focuses on strategies for integrating communications to optimize business processes and offers a case study of an organization that has adopted OCS to improve productivity and achieve a highly collaborative and connected office of tomorrow.

The event was hosted by UC Strategies, Avanade, and Network Equipment Technologies and covered timely topics such as: -- Defining the unified communications market and identifying its drivers -- Microsoft's communications initiatives, including the recently available OCS2007 R2 -- Goals and objectives of a UC implementation -- How to select the right partners About Avanade Avanade is a global IT consultancy dedicated to using the Microsoft platform to help enterprises achieve profitable growth. Through proven solutions that extend Microsoft technologies, Avanade helps enterprises increase revenue, reduce costs and reinvest in innovation to gain competitive advantage. Avanade consultants deliver value according to each customer's requirements, timeline and budget by combining insight, innovation and the talent of our global workforce. Avanade, which is majority owned by Accenture, was founded in 2000 by Accenture and Microsoft Corporation. Avanade has more than 8,000 professionals serving customers in 22 countries worldwide. Additional information can be found at www.avanade.com.


About UC Strategies UC Strategies is an industry resource for enterprises, vendors, system integrators, and anyone interested in the growing Unified Communications arena. A supplier of objective information on Unified Communications, UC Strategies is supported by an alliance of leading communication industry Advisors, Analysts, and Consultants, who have worked in the various segments of Unified Communications since its inception.

About Network Equipment Technologies, Inc.

Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. (NET) provides network and VoIP solutions to enterprises and government agencies that seek to reduce the cost to deploy next generation unified and secure communications applications. For a quarter of a century, NET has delivered solutions for multi-service networks requiring high degrees of versatility, security and performance. Today, the company's broad family of products enables interoperability and integration with existing networks for migration to secure IP-based communications. Broadening NET's voice solutions, Quintum Technologies, now a part of NET, is a VoIP innovator whose applications bring the reliability and clarity of public telephone networks to Internet telephony and unified communications. NET is headquartered in Fremont, CA and has 14 offices worldwide including the US, the UK, France, the Middle East, China, Japan, Australia, and Latin America. The company sells its solutions through a direct sales force and an international network of resellers and distributors. For more information, visit www.net.com.

Company Contact: Jay Haines (510) 574-2454Email Contact Copyright ? 2009 Marketwire

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