For more information, call Infoblox at
+1.com. They also allow customers to seamlessly
switch between instant messaging and voice sessions.

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"With this additional round of funding from our investors, we
are poised to accelerate the delivery of unique solutions that solve
immediate NII-related problems and that can serve as the foundation for
tomorrow's advanced IP networks.
(Logo: http://www. The Live Business Gateway allows Microsoft applications to access
Mitel's IP-based call control devices and applications, and allows Office
Communicator to connect users external to the enterprise through the public
network, while invoking telephony and presence features from within Mitel
applications including Mitel Customer Interaction Solutions and Mitel NuPoint
Messenger IP.

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Founded in 1975, Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software, services
and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

NOTE: Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp.

Policy regarding Standards, Legislation, Regulations, Visions, Dreams and Plans about the Internet as a network of computers.

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lehman.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000822/MSFTLOGO )
To this end, Microsoft is collaborating with telephony companies to enable
further integration between business desktop phones and the rich collaboration
environment on the PC, allowing customers to more effectively communicate in
real time.
"Our vision for unified communications breaks down today's silos of
communication and brings them together into an intuitive experience that puts
people at the center," said Zig Serafin , general manager of the Unified
Communications Group at Microsoft. This, in turn,
enhances simplicity and efficiency, resulting in a winning solution for
businesses.

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The combined solution allows customers to
collaborate with colleagues, access availability and presence information, and
seamlessly manage phone calls among computers and desktop phones, using either
existing PBX or next-generation IP networks .

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With sales and marketing presence in more than 30 countries,
Infoblox has over 500 customers from a wide range of industries, many of
them Fortune 500 companies.

About Lehman Brothers

Lehman Brothers, an innovator in global finance, serves the financial needs
of corporations, governments and municipalities, institutional clients, and
high-net-worth individuals worldwide.com. "By ensuring interoperability with
business-grade communications capabilities from leading providers, we can
extend the power and flexibility of software to improve phone-based
communications. Alcatel OmniPCX will be integrated with Microsoft Live
Communications Server through standards-based SIP interfaces, and Alcatel
OmniTouch MyTeamwork complements Live Communications Server for advanced voice
conferencing . In
addition, the NEC Presence solution drives truly unified real-time
collaboration capability in the real-time voice switching environment.
"Together we've aligned Live Communications Server , Office Communicator and
the HiPath OpenScape product family to deliver a shared vision of
communication tools that are standards-based and presence-enabled, so
enterprises can gain strategic advantages from real-time collaboration.

(How plans become standards, Who makes the decisions and so on.

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newscom . The solutions will
enable business customers to launch and answer private branch exchange (PBX)
and Internet protocol-PBX (IP-PBX) phone calls and view phone presence state
from within Office Communicator. "Our solution provides for a
full, rich, standards-based federated collaboration environment that supports
in-the-moment business decisions and improved customer interaction. NEC Presence will be integrated
with Microsoft Live Communications Server through standards-based SIP
interfaces , enabling full functionality of true unified communications.
"The ability to provide access to applications in a collaborative
environment, regardless of where users are physically located, is important to
business success," said Alex Pierson, vice president and general manager of
Enterprise and SMB Communication Systems at Nortel.
"Siemens and Microsoft have agreed on an aligned road map of presence-
based, real-time communication objectives to help erase the communication gaps
that remain between the personal computer and the office telephone," said
Thomas Zimmermann, president of Enterprise Systems at Siemens Communications.

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However, they are generally delivered using systems deployed in an ad-hoc
fashion as software applications on standard servers.

NEC and Microsoft Solution
NEC Presence (telephony call control solutions) software will interface
with Live Communications Server and Office Communicator to deliver telephony
collaboration for enterprise users.

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"Thanks to the vision of our founders, the dedication of our people and the
support of our customers, Infoblox has developed a unique approach to
solving the Network Identity Crisis," said Robert Thomas, president and CEO
of Infoblox. Infoblox products
increase network control while lowering TCO by delivering services that are
more secure and scalable, easier to manage , and more reliable than
"build-your-own" server-software solutions. Lehman Brothers Venture
Partners , established in 1995, targets mid- to later-stage venture capital
investments in companies capable of turning innovative technology solutions
into successful businesses. As the "Entrepreneurs
Behind the Entrepreneurs," Sequoia Capital's Partners have worked with
innovators such as Sandy Lerner and Len Bozack of Cisco Systems, Jerry Yang
and David Filo of Yahoo!, Gaurav Garg of Redback Networks , Larry Page and
Sergey Brin of Google, Dan Warmenhoven of Network Appliance, T. To
learn more about Sequoia Capital visit www.

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The companies organized
by Sequoia Capital now account for about 10% of the value of NASDAQ.

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NII
services, domain name resolution, IP address assignment, authentication ,
authorization and accounting, and user and device policy delivery --
facilitated by the Domain Name System (DNS), Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol (DHCP), Remote Access Dial-in User Service (RADIUS), and
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) -- are essential to
maintaining the availability and security of critical services and
applications like email, eCommerce, remote access and others. Further, Infoblox's technology raises the level of visibility
and accountability in NII services needed to meet increasing compliance
requirements, like Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA.Alcatel , Avaya, Cisco, Mitel, NEC, Nortel and Siemens Are Extending Telephony
Call Control Capabilities to Microsoft's Unified Communications Platform,
Improving Real-Time Business Communications

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we're cooperating closely in the field to bring the benefits of that shared
vision to customers.

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The round was led and fully subscribed by
its existing investors , including Sequoia Capital and Lehman Brothers,
underscoring their enthusiasm for the network identity infrastructure
market and their confidence in the Infoblox solutions and team. This is a formula for success that we are
confident will bring substantial returns to the company's customers,
employees and investors. The Firm is headquartered in New York, London and Tokyo, and
operates in a network of offices around the world. Microsoft and its
partners are jointly supporting the SIP and SIMPLE effort, demonstrating their
commitment to developing standards-based communications solutions built on
methodologies that can be broadly adopted and integrated."

Nortel and Microsoft Solution
The Microsoft-Nortel Converged Office solution integrates Nortel IP
telephony systems with Live Communications Server 2005 to provide SIP-based,
business-grade desktop call control. in the
United States and/or other countries.

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, a developer of network
identity infrastructure (NII) systems , today announced that it has closed
$30 million in equity funding. Rodgers
of Cypress Semiconductor , Lou Tomasetta of Vitesse Semiconductor, Steve
Jobs of Apple Computer and Larry Ellison of Oracle .

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The Infoblox distributed
appliance approach also provides a secure, integrated platform for
centralizing the management of identity data and services across the
network. Founded in 1850, Lehman Brothers
maintains leadership positions in equity and fixed income sales, trading
and research, investment banking, private equity, and private client
services.

Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT)
is focused on extending the rich capabilities of presence and people-centric
communications to encompass voice and apply the power of desktop software and
software platforms to improve and advance communications .

Mitel and Microsoft Solution
The Mitel Live Business Gateway provides seamless integration with Live
Communications Server 2005 and Office Communicator.

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About Infoblox

Infoblox is the leading developer of network identity appliances that
provide a scalable, secure way for enterprises to manage the critical
network identity protocols -- including DNS, DHCP, RADIUS and LDAP -- that
link business applications to the network infrastructure.4300, email www. In addition, Alcatel GETS enables converged communication
applications to be deployed on multisites and heterogeneous infrastructure
environments, due to the inherent interoperability of Genesys Enterprise
Telephony Software with leading PBX and IP telephony vendors.
"Microsoft Office Live Communications 2005 embraces a host of applications
that enables single users and corporations to participate in seamless
real-time communication," said Riaki Tanaka, managing director at NEC Business
Solutions.

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Infoblox Inc .

Infoblox's purpose-built network identity appliances provide simple,
scalable and secure NII service delivery, enabling organizations to reduce
the cost and improve the performance and security of current IP
applications.infoblox.sequoiacap. announced growing industry support for
Microsoft (R) Office Live Communications Server 2005 as a hub for unified
communications solutions that provide rich capabilities to allow people, teams
and organizations to communicate simply and effectively while integrating
seamlessly with business applications and processes. Microsoft is working with Alcatel, Avaya, Cisco, Mitel, NEC, Nortel
and Siemens to enable Session Initiation Protocol (SIP )-based interoperability
between voice communications solutions and Microsoft Office Communicator 2005
and Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile, the PC and mobile phone unified
communications clients for Live Communications Server.

Siemens and Microsoft Solution
Siemens and Microsoft will deliver a comprehensive family of enterprise-
grade, presence-enhanced calling, video and Web conferencing, and
collaboration solutions to customers throughout the world.

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"Mitel is taking the lead in providing multiple commercially available
presence-enabled applications on the Live Communications Server platform, "
said Don Smith, chief executive officer at Mitel.

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The solution providing interoperability between Office Communicator, Live
Communications Server and Nortel Communication Server 1000 is currently
available.

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Infoblox appliances also allow easy deployment of new
applications, such as wireless access and Voice over IP (VoIP), without NII
constraints.

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PRESS RELEASE Infoblox Secures $30 Million to Continue Rapid Growth

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The funding will be used to extend Infoblox's global presence, develop its
channel infrastructure, expedite development and evolution of its
technology platform , penetrate new markets, and define the emerging NII
market. SIP is a signaling protocol for
Voice over IP (VoIP), telephony, conferencing, presence, events notification
and instant messaging.

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"Infoblox brings a very
senior team of proven professionals with truly unique technology to a large
and fast-growing market.com. SIP and SIMPLE provide a rich
set of solutions for computer and telephone interaction.

Alcatel and Microsoft Solution
Alcatel OmniPCX, Alcatel OmniTouch and MyTeamwork and Alcatel Genesys
Enterprise Telephony Software (GETS) interface with Live Communications Server
and Office Communicator to deliver voice collaboration for enterprise users. It also enables eight-party ad hoc conference-calling among
Office Communicator clients, further utilizing businesses ' investment in
Microsoft and Mitel communications solutions.

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"Our firm is closely associated with many of the most well-known success
stories in Silicon Valley, and we regard Infoblox as among the few
companies with the ability to join the ranks of the great," said Michael
Goguen, managing partner at Sequoia Capital.

Many enterprises are beginning to face a "Network Identity Crisis " caused
by the inability of legacy NII systems to effectively support the explosive
growth in users, devices, and policies on today's IP networks., Today at the VoiceCon
Spring 2006 conference , Microsoft Corp.
The combined solution allows customers to collaborate with colleagues, access
availability and presence information, and manage phone calls and conferencing
among computers and desktop phones using TDM and/or next-generation IP
networks. Live Business Gateway
seamlessly integrates voice and user or device presence capabilities into the
powerful real-time collaboration that Live Communications Server and Office
Communicator bring to business applications such as the Microsoft Office
system .

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About Sequoia Capital Partners

Since 1972, Sequoia Capital has provided startup venture capital for very
smart people who want to turn ideas into companies."
Microsoft's interoperability with Alcatel, Avaya, Cisco, NEC, Mitel,
Nortel and Siemens is based on the industry-standard SIP for Instant Messaging
and Presence Leveraging Extensions (SIMPLE). The companies are using the SIP and SIMPLE protocols to
enable the federation of telephony, presence information and instant messaging
(IM) that can be encrypted and authenticated. "The result of our
relationship with Microsoft has yielded the convergence of business-grade
telephony with applications in the Converged Office solution , allowing people
to improve the exchange of information in a meaningful way, and enabling them
to share ideas and respond to customer needs instantly.

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Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005: Hub for Unified Communications

"NEC, through its shared commitment to provide its customers across
major corporations with the ability to embrace technologies of significance
and achieve outcomes which deliver positive results, makes it and Microsoft
the perfect partners. The integration between Office
Communicator and Nortel Communication Server (CS) 1000 enables end users to
determine when colleagues are available and access communications from the
desktop phone or from Office Communicator .

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As the demands on
networks grow, network administrators spend increasingly precious and
limited resources addressing the management, security, reliability and
scalability issues associated with these legacy approaches. For further information about Lehman Brothers'
services, products, and recruitment opportunities, please visit its web
site at www.J."
The solution that enables Microsoft applications to access Mitel's
IP-based call control devices is currently available. The companies share
a common vision of presence-enabled communication that integrates voice,
video, instant messaging and Web conferencing into a comprehensive tool suite
to help improve worker productivity and team collaboration ."
The solution for interoperability between Office Communicator, Live
Communications Server and the HiPath OpenScape product family is currently
available.
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