) December 4, 2008 -- Rivulet Communications, whose technology dramatically improves the performance of Ethernet networks, today announced that it has been issued US patent #7,453,885, "Network Connection Device," for its wide-area network (WAN) Internet Protocol (IP) network Quality of Service (QoS) technology. This new technology enables the same guaranteed performance on IP networks that Rivulet's first patent does for local Ethernet networks.

) March 24, 2009 -- Spacenet Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT) and one of the world's leading providers of satellite networking solutions, introduced its new Cisco integrated Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 certified encryption solution over satellite. The FIPS certified solution from Cisco and Spacenet provides new satellite communications options to government customers, including services for CONUS based Department of Defense agencies and backhaul services between EMEA and the U.S. utilizing their existing Cisco infrastructure.

September 8, 2008 --
Claremont, NC. – September 8th, 2008 - Walling Data (www.wallingdata.com), a leading value-added distributor of world-class technology products to more than 50,000 customers in North America, announced today that it has been awarded a contract with the United States General Services Administration (GSA) to sell the Cymphonix product lines to U.S. federal government agencies.

) July 28, 2009 -- Zayo Enterprise Networks, a division of Zayo Group and a provider of fiber-based telecommunications solutions for business, government and education, announced today it has completed the implementation of its new network infrastructure and migration of its existing customers to the new network. This completes the integration of customers included in an acquisition of five city markets from CenturyTel in July, 2008. Additionally, Zayo will now be delivering Ethernet services to customers in these markets.

Englewood, Colo. Alternative Technology, a leading specialty distributor of thin-client/server-based computing, edge infrastructure, virtualization, and security solutions, today announced the addition of Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCSI) to its government-approved procurement list. Blue Coat is a leader in WAN Application Delivery and Secure Web Gateway.
Blue Coat has made its primary product line available for authorized VARs to sell to federal, state, and local government entities via Alternative Technologys General Services Administration (GSA) schedule.
These products include:
Blue Coat ProxySG appliances that accelerate and secure business applications
Blue Coat ProxyAV appliances for Malware Defense
Blue Coat ProxyRA appliances for SSL VPN
Blue Coat WebFilter

) January 5, 2009 -- Deltek, Inc. (NASDAQ: PROJ), the leading provider of enterprise applications software for project-focused organizations, today announced the release of GovStart, a turn-key software solution that enables small and emerging government contractors to quickly and easily implement a complete business development solution to manage their entire procurement lifecycle. GovStart is an all-inclusive offering including Deltek’s industry-leading GovWin product, hosting, quick-start implementation and ongoing maintenance and support. The package also allows for an optional pre-populated pipeline of government opportunities and comes with two year, lease-to-own financing terms.

) November 11, 2008 -- AIRAYA, a world-class designer and developer of proven, fast and predictable outdoor wireless infrastructure products, today unveiled its new WirelessGRID 4461 outdoor wireless products for high performance backhaul (point-to-point), multi-point and mobile ad-hoc networks operating in the 4.40 to 6.175 GHz frequency range. WirelessGRID 4461 backhaul radios, base stations and mobile subscriber units are designed for use in licensed military, government and public safety communication networks, and provide secure high-bandwidth connectivity for video, data, and voice communications.

) October 27, 2009 -- Relevant Security Corporation and bitRail LLC have partnered to develop Revolution Security and its line of RevSecure advanced multi-service network appliances designed to meet the critical security needs of organizations in data-intensive, security-imperative computing environments. Through a licensing agreement, Relevant Security's RPM technology - which offers continuous mutual authentication and security for data and electronic communications between all nodes on any network at the transaction level - is now fully integrated with bitRail's edge-of-network appliances, which manage the security, communications and networking of converged networks. Three RevSecure devices have been released in the initial line, the Citizen, Patriot and Hero.

) October 30, 2008 -- Merrill & Associates a Platinum Avaya Partner and Solutions Provider today announced that they are adding to their network engineering teams and increasing their efforts around unified communications and applications. Mike Merrill, President and CEO, made the announcement.

Merrill & Associates

The future of this industry is in unified communications and IP-enabled applications

) October 9, 2008 -- The latest addition to focused social networking has arrived. Without much fanfare, the Federal Contractor Network (www.federalcontractor.us) was launched in August and is enjoying great success with over 2,000 members joining in less than two months.

) February 9, 2009 -- SkyPilot Networks, a leading provider of carrier-class broadband wireless networks, today announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with ROOTS Communications, a specialist distributor based in Singapore with subsidiaries in Malaysia and China. ROOTS will market, sell, and support SkyPilot's line of broadband wireless products throughout Asia Pacific.

SkyGateway

) December 15, 2008 -- Strix Systems, the leader in high-performance modular wireless mesh networking announced the inflow of strategic investments from global investors driving the company's increased growth, rapid expansion and new technology developments for international and U.S. markets.

Strix Systems has re-defined the concept of high-performance wireless mesh networking and set a new standard for wireless mobility and high-speed transport. The expansion marks a new chapter in the history of Strix Systems, enabling the company to increase the size of its U.S. and international sales, support organizations and increase its marketing and educational resources to spur the adoption of wireless mesh networks worldwide.

) April 15, 2009 -- Satcom Direct, a leading innovator of satellite voice, fax, and Internet data service solutions, announces it has been chosen as a Distribution Partner (DP) for Inmarsat SwiftBroadband services for the corporate, government, and military aviation industries, enabling Internet use on aircraft and delivering data faster to laptops, smart phones, and other Wi-Fi devices at a lower service cost than Inmarsat Swift 64 service.

Satcom Direct

) October 6, 2008 -- Pangaea Networks, a niche provider of Carrier Class Metro Ethernet transport services in the NY/NJ market, and Mobilitie, the premier owner and lessor of capital assets and infrastructure to global telecommunications companies, today announced they have entered into a strategic relationship for services in Manhattan.

Pangaea Networks logo

) June 8, 2009 - Anagran, Inc., the leading provider of high capacity network traffic management products, today announced that the University of Denver, Westminster College and one of the largest universities in California have selected the company's flow-based traffic management products to control rapidly growing volumes of P2P traffic while ensuring performance and quality of essential applications. The FR-1000 devices are set to instantly control any form of P2P traffic so all key administrative and learning applications can deliver required performance, both on and off campus.

) May 13, 2009 -- To address the growing need by mobile and backhaul service providers for more Ethernet-based transport capacity, ADVA Optical Networking today announced the introduction of the FSP 150CC-GE206.

) October 2, 2008 -- Vyatta, the leader in Linux-based networking, today announced economic relief for IT budgets by enabling their continued network upgrades with far less capital outlay.

) April 20, 2009 -- Indianapolis-based manufacturer Trilithic, Inc. is at the world's largest electronic media show this week, showcasing the first and only multicast solution for Emergency Alert System (EAS) messaging to industry leaders from the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB).

The result of a partnership between Trilithic and digital video development giant RGB Networks, Trilithic's EASyCAST EAS System is the only solution that enables broadcasters to deliver emergency alerts across multiple video program streams -- and target these messages to specific geographic areas with a precision that has never before been available.

) September 15, 2009 -- Trango Systems, Inc., leading global developer of high-capacity point-to-point licensed wireless backhaul equipment, today announced an addition to its TrangoLINK® product line. The new TrangoLINK® GigaPro features dual modems and antenna combiner options that enable advanced features that offer unprecedented flexibility for carriers and operators of 3G/4G, LTE, and WiMAX networks. The new backhaul solution is ideal for mission critical availability and capacity in the extension of fiber, copper, wireless, private, and public networks.

) October 20, 2009 -- Modern VideoFilm, headquartered in Burbank, California, has deployed Ekinops equipment to build an optical network for transporting uncompressed high-definition (HD) video. The network is used to transport video and data during the post-production process for movies and TV shows.

Modern VideoFilm, one of the premiere post-production companies in the entertainment industry, sits in the core of the movie and TV production business and provides services to all the major Hollywood studios. The company has several locations in the Los Angeles area that are networked together so teams can access data between sites.

) January 29, 2009 -- SkyPilot Networks, a leading provider of carrier-class broadband wireless networks, today announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with WDC Networks, a value added distributor based in Brazil. WDC will market, sell, and support SkyPilot's line of broadband wireless products throughout Brazil.

SkyGateway

) January 21, 2009 -- HD Communications Corp., a company with wireless experience dating back to 1976, has introduced the HD26172, a complete outdoor wireless network bridge in the 802.11 B/G unlicensed 2.4GHz band that sells for only $159.98. The wireless bridge is being marketed to companies and individuals that have two locations in close proximity to each other. "Companies and individuals have connected their buildings wired networks together for years using technologies such as a T-1 connection, T-3 connection, broadband cable, fiber, and even DSL. That means companies and individuals have been paying twice for something they can be paying only once for," said Don Davis President and CEO of HD Communications Corp.

) April 28, 2009 -- RFID Global Solution, Inc., the leader in real-time visibility solutions for RFID and sensors, today announced the availability of Visi-Trac™, an enterprise platform which captures a wide range of RFID and sensor technologies including Ultra Wide Band, GPS, barcode, and temperature sensors. Visi-Trac allows customers to rapidly integrate and deploy scalable, real-time visibility solutions, and is the only real-time visibility software platform designed by true industry experts with extensive deployment experience.

Visi-Trac by RFID Global Solution

) October 3, 2008 -- Zayo Group, a regional provider of bandwidth and telecom solutions, announced today it has closed a $35 million debt facility amendment and finalized on schedule previously announced acquisition agreements for Columbia Fiber Solutions, the Adesta Communications Secured Creditor Trust and multiple fiber networks from Citynet.

) October 1, 2009 -- MapleWorks Technology, a leader in software development outsourcing solutions and services for network communications with a focus on High Definition (HD) Video applications, offers high quality off-net video application development for both collaborative and educational purposes. Off-net video is meant to extend the accessibility of streaming video by broadcasting it to the internet so it can be available anywhere to authenticated users. The quality of MapleWorks' HD off-net video service is always maintained even in the presence of network congestion and bandwidth inconsistency.

) October 1, 2008 -- 360networks, the premier provider of wholesale communication services, today announced it is launching a new, single point of interconnection (SPI) T1 service. The service provides clear channel T1 access to over 380 wire centers in 32 markets throughout the western U.S.

Customers can interconnect at any of 360networks' POP locations. Once a customer is connected, 360networks will provide end-to-end T1 access from the point of interconnection to the end-user location at a flat-rate price per T1. The service is designed to support customers who want to expand their footprint without having to collocate equipment or incur the expense of long-haul facilities to interconnect multiple hub locations.

) June 2, 2009 -- M5 Networks, market leader in business phone systems utilizing VoIP technology, announces Mithril Technology, a Long Island based IT services firm, has selected M5 Networks’ hosted VoIP solution for unified communications. Mithril is a complete outsourced IT Department that delivers customized enterprise class technology and services to businesses of every size from the multi-national to the family owned and operated. With the latest and most advanced tools and excellent attention to customer care Mithril creates success for clients.

) December 1, 2008 -- ADVA Optical Networking successfully completed interoperability testing and qualification of its FSP 3000 platform for a new version of IBM's mainframe clustering protocol based on InfiniBand for the IBM System z™ Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex (GDPS®) environments.

) September 2, 2009 -- Qosmos today announced the appointment of Gilles d'Aramon as the company's Vice President of Americas Sales and Global Business Development. In his new role, d'Aramon will develop and execute go-to-market plans targeting key Network Equipment Providers, Independent Software Vendors and Systems Integrators in the telecom and government market segments to integrate Qosmos Network Intelligence technology into their solutions.

) October 6, 2009 -- Carpathia Hosting, a leading provider of managed hosting services for government agencies and businesses, today announced an expanded portfolio of secure, compliant hosting solutions designed specifically for federal civilian and defense agencies through its recent acquisition of ServerVault. The company also announced the creation of Carpathia Government Solutions (CGS), a business unit focused on delivering secure, compliant and innovative hosting solutions engineered for the federal market.

) November 4, 2008 -- Aperto Networks ®, builder of the world's most versatile carrier-grade and cost-effective WiMAX Forum Certified™ base stations and subscriber units, announced today that Zing, a next generation wireless service provider based in Detroit, MI, has chosen Aperto's award-winning PacketMAX® solution for a multi-state WiMAX network. Initially operating in the lightly-licensed 3.65 GHz frequency and eventually in the license-exempt 5.8 GHz frequency, the network will provide wireless broadband voice and data services in five states including Michigan, Washington, Colorado, Florida, and Tennessee.

) May 8, 2009 -- Qosmos, the innovative provider of software modules and appliances specially designed to collect network intelligence, has selected the BreakingPoint Elite for comprehensive Layer 2-7 network equipment testing.
Qosmos' technology identifies and extracts information traveling over networks in real time, enabling a wide range of applications such as lawful interception, network protection, data retention, regulatory compliance, content-based billing, audience measurement and service optimization.

BreakingPoint Elite Layer 2-7 Testing Tool

) October 8, 2009 -- Zayo Enterprise Networks, a division of Zayo Group and a provider of fiber-based telecommunications solutions for business, government and education, today announced the company's expansion into Washington and Idaho to complete the formation of its new Northwest Region.

The new regional enterprise network includes previously acquired assets of Northwest Telephone Inc. in Wenatchee, Washington, as well as Columbia Fiber Solutions in Spokane, Washington, and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Zayo has also announced that it is deploying fiber based Ethernet and Internet Access services in markets across its regional footprint throughout the northwest to deliver cost-effective local and wide area communications.

) April 21, 2009 -- AboveNet, a leading provider of fiber optic connectivity solutions, has completed high-bandwidth connectivity for DoubleHorn Communications' new rich IP media platform. This platform will provide customers in DoubleHorn's Texas marketplace with high-speed IP media solutions.

Zenoss Inc., a leading provider of open source network and systems management software, today announced that OpSource, a SaaS delivery company, has deployed Zenoss for Service Providers. OpSource replaced its incumbent IT management solution with Zenoss for its cost advantages, ease of use and the quality of its services team.

) September 30, 2008 -- SkyPilot Networks, a leading provider of carrier-class broadband wireless equipment, today announced the SkyConnector Mini, a new generation of customer premise equipment (CPE) for unlicensed 5 GHz broadband wireless networks that costs 50% less than the current generation of SkyConnector while maintaining the same functionality. The SkyConnector Mini is designed to minimize per-subscriber costs for wireless ISPs (WISPs) while providing features comparable to competitive products that cost 5 times as much.

Aurora, a leading IT company specializing in state-of-the-art security and compliance solutions for business critical applications, has announced the opening of a southeast regional office in Miami, Florida. The office will be headed by Gary Bahadur, formerly the cofounder and Chief Information Officer of Foundstone, Inc. Gary is a recognized authority in the fields of security consulting and training.

Security Solutions Provider Brings Outstanding Products, Services to Florida

) June 2, 2009 -- Chicago colocation provider Continuum Data Centers, LLC announced that it will open a new data center in Lombard, Illinois in June 2009. The company has chosen AboveNet, Inc.(NYSE: ABVT) to provide the backbone for its high-bandwidth transport from Continuum's Lombard 20,000 square foot data center to AboveNet's Oak Brook, Illinois point of presence (POP).

"This data center has been specifically designed to give organizations the service, support and pricing that has been missing in the Chicago suburban colocation market. We feel AboveNet is a key ingredient to the success of our data center. AboveNet provides exceptional services and is the backbone of our transport network," said Tom Chaffin, Managing Partner of Continuum.

) October 21, 2009 -- BTI Systems, a global supplier of Intelligent Service Edge solutions for the delivery of high bandwidth, multi-protocol services, announced today new OTN enhancements for the BTI 7000 Series' packetVX integrated packet modules for Ethernet and IP service delivery.

"These enhancements to BTI 7000 and our packetVX modules provide complete switching and aggregation for Carrier Ethernet Services (EPLINE, EPLAN, EVPLINE, EVPLAN) with full QoS/CoS which radically simplify Ethernet business services delivery, IP-based triple-play service networks, and wireless backhaul solutions." said Gary Southwell, CTO, EMEA, BTI Systems.

) September 15, 2008 -- WebMux′s multihoming support provides fault tolerance for sites that have more than one ISP, or more than one uplink from one or more ISPs, thereby extending WebMux′s high availability capabilities to provide uninterrupted network access in the event that an upstream link or an ISP fails.