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Siemens Enterprise Communications Signs Recent Managed Services Contracts in Excess of $100 Million

Posted on: Tuesday, 28 July 2009, 05:00 CDT

BOSTON, July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens Enterprise Communications Group (SEN Group), a premier provider of business communications solutions, today announced the company recently signed upwards of $100 million in new and extended Managed Services agreements with enterprise customers in the public sector, financial services, pharmaceutical, education and healthcare industries. These customers rely on SEN Group as a trusted partner with expertise in multi-vendor environments that can help support their existing infrastructures and reduce capital expenditures by lowering voice and network total cost of ownership by up to 15 percent to 20 percent.

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"Managed Services, like those offered by Siemens Enterprise, can help companies cost-effectively maintain complex communications infrastructures," said Brian Riggs, Research Director at Current Analysis. "With them, companies gain a single source of support and systems management, obviating the need to enter into support contracts with multiple technology providers and generally reducing support costs."

Companies benefiting from SEN Group's Managed Services include:

• Large U.S. public sector organization with an agreement worth $20 million over 60 months
• Global pharmaceutical company with an agreement worth $20 million over 43 months
• Global financial services organization with an agreement for $55 million over the next 66 months
• Latin American media services company with an agreement for $1.4 million over the next 36 months
• Latin American mining company with an agreement for $1.7 million over the next 36 months
• European auto parts provider with an agreement for $5 million over 36 months
  

Working through SEN Group's global Managed Services infrastructure ensures consistency of service levels, processes and policies, and gives customers increased cost control and visibility into network performance, allowing them to focus on their core competencies. Regardless of size, geographic location, level of in-house expertise or differing vendor solutions deployed, SEN Group works closely with customers to understand their needs, offering a full range of multi-vendor and multi-technology management, integration services and multiple deployment options.

Through SEN Group's OpenScale Managed Services portfolio, customers can reduce support costs from assessment through design and deployment, while managing their end-to-end collaboration needs and achieving operational efficiencies as they continue to grow and expand their businesses globally. SEN Group not only allows customers the ease of working with one vendor to manage traditional voice services but can also develop standardized SOA and SIP-based infrastructures tailored to customers' needs, eliminating the guesswork of managing and integrating their converged communications technologies.

"The SEN Group has a global network of service professionals with deep industry expertise in the delivery and support of unified communications solutions from every major vendor and who really take the time to understand a customer's unique requirements," said Richard Schlauri, Senior Vice President of Life Cycle and Managed Services, SEN Group. "We can quickly help our customers demystify the complexities of UC and integrate even the most complex business applications, helping them to drive down expenses and optimize network assets while focusing more resources and attention on what matters most -- better serving their customers."

About Siemens Enterprise Communications Group (SEN Group)

The SEN Group is a premier provider of enterprise communications solutions. More than 14,000 employees in 80 countries carry on the tradition of voice and data excellence started more than 160 years ago with Werner von Siemens and the invention of the pointer telegraph. Today the company leads the market with its "Open Communications" approach that enables teams working within any IT infrastructure to improve productivity through a unified collaboration experience. Jointly owned by The Gores Group and Siemens AG, The SEN Group includes Siemens Enterprise Communications, Cycos and Enterasys Networks. In fiscal 2008, The SEN Group generated revenues of approximately 3.21 billion Euros.

Note: Siemens Enterprise Communications GmbH & Co K.G. is a trademark licensee of Siemens AG. HiPath, OpenOffice, OpenScape and OpenStage are registered trademarks of Siemens Enterprise Communications GmbH & Co K.G. or its subsidiaries and affiliates. All other company, brand, product and service names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

This release contains forward-looking statements based on beliefs of Siemens management. The words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "forecast," "expect," "intend," "plan," "should," and "project" are used to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the company's current views with respect to future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Many factors could cause the actual results to be materially different, including, among others, changes in general economic and business conditions, changes in currency exchange rates and interest rates, introduction of competing products, lack of acceptance of new products or services and changes in business strategy. Actual results may vary materially from those projected here. Siemens does not intend or assume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

SOURCE Siemens Enterprise Communications Group

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