Accton, IP Infusion Ink Deal

NOVEMBER 15, 2005, San Jose, California and Hsinchu, Taiwan - Accton Technology Corporation, the company that makes partnership work, and IP Infusion Inc., a leading supplier of advanced IP networking software, today announced that the two companies have inked an agreement to produce a range of complete ODM systems for metro Ethernet applications. IP Infusion's advanced switching and routing software suite, together with Accton's hardware and system level expertise, provide OEMs unique solutions to address the complex requirements of the fast growing Metro Ethernet equipment market.

Under the new agreement, IP Infusion and Accton will partner to provide turnkey switching products for telecom equipment vendors and other customers, allowing those customers to introduce products more rapidly with lower R&D expenses.

"Extending our strategic partnership with IP Infusion allows Accton to leverage the unmatched software development expertise and rich set of software functionality for enabling high performance networking of voice, video and data over IP infrastructures," said Henry Yang, CTO of Accton Corporation. "We are already at work jointly developing metro access, edge and aggregation switches in fixed form factor and chassis configurations for our customers."

"Tight integration of IPI's routing software with Accton's products at the silicon and system levels enables the delivery, for the first time in the industry, of powerful ODM solutions across a wide range of applications in the metro Ethernet market," said Perry Constantine, President and CEO of IP Infusion. "The combination of IPI's leading Layer 2, layer 3 and MPLS/VPLS software features with Accton's leading technology and business processes for complex ODM designs promises to deliver unique value to a broad range of OEMs and their service provider customers."

As carriers and service providers deploy new services over IP infrastructures, their demand for carrier-class Ethernet switching solutions is growing rapidly According to IDC, metro Ethernet equipment sales reached $1.7 billion last year, and will continue to rise at a 26% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) through 2009. The partnership between IP Infusion and Accton will enable Telecom Equipment Manufacturers and OEMs to deliver a broad portfolio of Ethernet-based products to meet this demand.

About IP Infusion
IP Infusion, the leading provider of intelligent network software for enhanced IP services platforms, delivers routing, switching, multicast, and QoS technology, enabling equipment vendors and end-users to rapidly develop and deploy solutions for the access, enterprise, and provider edge markets. IP Infusion has extended its software to allow vendors to address a wide variety of value-added IP services markets. IP Infusion continues to develop network software solutions that provide equipment vendors with building blocks to rapidly create modular and scalable high-performance solutions around best-of-breed network hardware and software products from vendors such as Intel, Broadcom, Wind River, and MontaVista. Its software is deployed worldwide in network equipment in the enterprise, telecommunications, and service provider spaces throughout Asia, North America, and Europe. IP Infusion has both gained design wins in the enterprise and security solutions markets and taken a leadership position in the growing IPv6, virtualization, and high-availability network equipment market. For more information about IP Infusion, please visit www.ipinfusion.com.

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