AINN Applied Innovation (MM)

DUBLIN, Ohio, Feb. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Applied Innovation Inc. (NASDAQ:AINN) today announced the appointment of William L. Pollack as President and Chief Operating Officer, effective February 6, 2006. As President and COO, Mr. Pollack will report to William H. Largent, Chief Executive Officer and will be responsible for all of the Company's operations. "We are extremely pleased to have Bill Pollack join Applied Innovation," said Mr. Largent, "His strong communications background and operations management experience will serve the Company well, and be a key factor in continuing Applied Innovation's focus of profitable growth in wireline, wireless and rapidly converging markets." Prior to joining Applied Innovation Inc., Mr. Pollack was a Senior Marketing Consultant with Cisco Systems. He has also served as Chief Operating Officer of Ipswitch, Inc., Vice President and General Manager of the Marketing, Software Planning and Program Management Groups at Telcordia Technologies and Director, Product Strategy at Computer Associates International. "I am very excited to be joining Bill and the Applied Innovation Team," said Pollack. "The Company is well positioned to address significant challenges across our target markets and I feel honored to be part of a company with a rich heritage, strong customer base and strategic growth potential." Mr. Pollack holds a BA in Mathematics and Computer Science from Columbia University, as well as a MS in Computer Science, also from Columbia University. About Applied Innovation Applied Innovation is a network management solutions company that simplifies and enhances the operation of complex, distributed voice and data networks. Building on a deep knowledge of network architecture, elements and management, Applied Innovation delivers unique hardware, software and service solutions that provide greater connectivity, visibility and control of network elements and the systems that support them. Applied Innovation, headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, is traded on NASDAQ under the symbol AINN. For more information, please visit the Company's Web site at http://www.appliedinnovation.com/ First Call Analyst: FCMN Contact: DATASOURCE: Applied Innovation Inc. CONTACT: William H. Largent, Chief Executive Officer of Applied Innovation Inc., +1-614-798-2000 Web site: http://www.appliedinnovation.com/

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