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Enterasys Secure Network Deployed by Leading Marine Science Lab; Marine Biological Laboratory chooses Enterasys' best-in-class security to support VoIP, wireless access and convergence requirementsANDOVER, Mass. --(Business Wire)-- Aug. 11, 2005 -- Enterasys Networks(R) (NYSE: ETS), the Secure Networks Company(TM), today announced that the world-famous Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, Mass., has deployed Enterasys Secure Networks solutions to ensure unmatched security, reliability and performance for its network that supports a large and dynamic population of research scientists and students from around the globe. After a rigorous competitive RFP process that included vendors with products currently installed at the Lab, MBL chose Enterasys and its Secure Networks partner Blue Spruce Technologies to replace an infrastructure that had become too complex and unreliable to meet the Lab's current and future organizational goals. MBL selected Enterasys and Blue Spruce to build an infrastructure that could deliver the business continuity and control that was lacking in its existing network. Specifically, the Lab needed to stem the tide of network outages from viruses and worms while providing a high-performance foundation for plans to provide secure convergence of its voice and data networks. MBL also required secure wireless access for researchers in the field. "With 52 Nobel Laureates having taught, taken courses, or done research at the MBL, including two of last year's laureates in chemistry, we are a hub for research critical to the advancement of life sciences," said Rob Loyot, IT network manager for the Marine Biological Laboratory. "We need our network to be an enabler of that research, not an impediment--or a threat to its integrity. Enterasys Secure Networks enables us to advance our technical capabilities within the organization and for our researchers, while at the same time significantly increasing security, continuity and control." Founded in 1888, the MBL is a non-profit, international center for research, education, and training in biology. The oldest private marine laboratory in the country, the Lab currently supports a year-round staff of more than 275 scientists and support staff working in such fields as cell and developmental biology, ecology, microbiology, molecular evolution, global infectious disease, neurobiology, and sensory physiology. Each summer, an additional 1,400 scientists and advanced students from around the world come to the MBL to study. The Lab also serves millions of online partners and visitors, including the Boston Library Consortium, Smithsonian Institution, British Museum of Natural History, and many other worldwide institutions of higher education that tap into its large database and access the main branch of the MBL/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library. The Lab had four main goals for its new network: -- Increase stability and reduce outages caused by worms and viruses introduced to the network by thousands of guest researchers -- Improve quality of service and security in support of the MBL's Avaya IP voice system -- Deliver secure and easy-to-manage wireless access to the field -- Respond rapidly and precisely to outages To achieve its business objectives for a new network, MBL replaced its infrastructure with Enterasys Secure Networks solutions. The network hardware includes Enterasys Matrix(TM) N7 and C2 switches, and Enterasys' Dragon(R) Intrusion Defense System (IDS). The hardware components are integrated and managed by Enterasys NetSight Console and NetSight Automated Security Manager. In addition to providing high performance and flexible connectivity options, the products uniquely provide a centralized policy engine that enables: -- Acceptable Use Policy--leveraging flow-based networking to dynamically define network usage and security profiles on a per-user and per-device basis -- Dynamic Intrusion Response--linking IDS with network-wide visibility to identify suspicious behavior anywhere on the network, and act rapidly and with pinpoint precision--allowing all other business to proceed unimpeded -- Secure Convergence--providing a standards-based foundation for securely converging voice, video and data on the same IP network with guaranteed quality of service, even during security threats and breaches -- Wireless Networking--ensuring the same performance and security whether users are in the wired or wireless environments "Research organizations such as MBL have a tremendous need for comprehensive network security and management solutions to support their diverse local and remote users," said Larry Vaughan, vice president of worldwide sales and services for Enterasys. "Many vendors provide solutions based on the outdated assumption that users are tied to specific locations and that IT can easily 'touch' each user's computing device to resolve issues. Enterasys Secure Networks solutions address the reality that organizations are highly mobile and interconnected with partners and customers. Secure Networks provides unmatched granular policy control that is centrally defined and follows each user and device, regardless of location or method of access." The Enterasys Secure Networks Advantage Enterasys' industry-leading Secure Networks technology and solutions provide the highest level of infrastructure security available today. Secure Networks delivers the most granular level of security, providing visibility and control down to the network device, individual user and application level. This enables enterprises 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. This unique approach offers significant operational and business benefits, unmatched by vendor offerings 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 with innovative network infrastructure products, services and solutions that deliver the security and performance required by Global 2000 organizations. For more information on Enterasys Secure Networks and the company's products, including multilayer switches, core routers, WAN routers, wireless LANs, network management, and intrusion prevention and defense systems, 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. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, and actual future financial performance, events and activities may differ materially. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. We expressly disclaim any obligation to update such statements publicly to reflect changes in the expectations, assumptions, events or circumstances on which such statements may be based or that may affect the likelihood that actual results will differ materially. 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 annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2005 and 10-Q for the quarter ended July 2, 2005. |
