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Unified Communications Boosts Productivity and Saves Thousands in Telecommunications Expenses EATONTOWN, N.J., April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Quintum Technologies, a leading innovator in VoIP technologies, and a subsidiary of Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:NWK), today announced that Plan B, a German consultancy, successfully deployed Microsoft(R) Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 and integrated it into their existing voice network using Quintum's Tenor BX VoIP MultiPath Switches. The Tenor BX supports ISDN BRI lines, commonly found in Germany. Plan B chose to deploy Microsoft's unified communications (UC) solution within the organization, starting with the consultants, the most mobile employees, while minimizing the impact on the rest of the organization. Plan B deployed a state-of-the-art communications network with Microsoft Communicator and Microsoft Outlook running on the consultants' individual laptops and PDAs. Microsoft OCS 2007 and Microsoft Exchange run on servers in the company's main office, and a Quintum BX Tenor gateway sits between the servers and the company's PBX. Consultants use either Bluetooth headsets, USB connected headsets or the PC's built-in microphone and speakers, with Communicator as the VoIP client. The Tenor allows voice traffic to move freely among the company's LAN and its PBX to communicate with other employees, as well as the public switched telephone network (PSTN) for outside calls. Voice traffic can also move between the company's LAN and the Internet via its router. "Deploying Tenors with Microsoft OCS enabled our consultants to answer their office phones from anywhere in the world," stated Alan Dutton, head of Plan-B's unified communications practice. "In addition, it lets everyone see who is available, and provides a least cost routing solution, which has saved us thousands in telecommunications costs. It truly gave us a unified communications network." "Plan B's consultants faced many challenges with their communications network," said Chuck Rutledge, Vice President of Marketing for Quintum. "Tenors helped them easily bridge the gap between the PSTN, Microsoft OCS, and the multiple communications devices that the consultants rely on, while also improving productivity." Quintum, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, worked closely with Microsoft on the UC initiative, by addressing several potential complications to OCS2007 deployments. Quintum developed its Unified Communications Proxy, designed to enable the Tenor gateways to provide "Any to Any" connectivity between Microsoft OCS environments and both legacy TDM voice equipment and standard SIP VoIP equipment. Quintum also designed a customized Microsoft Configuration Wizard to simply the configuration process, and developed a Total Care Package featuring a 'One Price/One Year' service offering. For more information on Quintum's Microsoft initiative, please go to: http://www.quintum.com/microsoft . About Quintum Quintum Technologies, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Network Equipment Technologies, Inc., is headquartered in Eatontown, NJ. Quintum delivers VoIP solutions that bring the reliability and voice clarity of public telephone networks to Internet telephony. Quintum's intelligent VoIP access solutions integrate easily into existing PBX and IP infrastructures, making them the ideal choice for service providers and enterprises alike. Quintum was awarded the Frost & Sullivan 2007 Global Product Differentiation Innovation Award in recognition of its ability to grow and strengthen its position in the enterprise media gateway market through intensive in-house product development. Quintum is also a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, a Nortel Developer Partner and an Avaya DeveloperConnection Partner. Quintum sells its switches worldwide through its direct sales force and a network of resellers and distributors. For more information, call 1-877-SPEAK IP (1-877-773-2547), 1-732-460-9000 outside the US, or visit http://www.quintum.com/ . About Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. For nearly a quarter of a century, Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:NWK) has provided voice and data communications equipment for multi- service networks requiring high degrees of versatility, interoperability, security and performance. NET's broad family of products are purpose-built for mixed-service, multi-protocol networks; bandwidth-sensitive site communications; high-performance, security-sensitive transmissions; and converged communications. The company's NX Series for network exchange solutions and VX Series for voice exchange solutions enable interoperability and integration with existing networks for seamless migration to secure IP- based voice and data communications. In addition, Quintum, a subsidiary of NET, delivers VoIP access solutions that bring the reliability and voice clarity of public telephone networks to Internet telephony. For more information, visit http://www.net.com/. Contact: Joanne Lowy Quintum Technologies 732-460-9000 x238 DATASOURCE: Quintum Technologies CONTACT: Joanne Lowy of Quintum Technologies, +1-732-460-9000 x238, Web site: http://www.quintum.com/ http://www.net.com/ http://www.quintum.com/microsoft

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