VTEK Vodavi Technology

Vodavi Technology Inc. (Nasdaq:VTEK), a provider of traditional and next generation business telecommunications solutions, and Converged Access Inc., the leader in delivering guaranteed application performance control for converged VoIP, data and video applications, today announced a partnership to deliver enterprise solutions that assist with network readiness assessment and network traffic management to ensure that voice traffic placed onto an IP network has guaranteed bandwidth available to support business-critical voice applications. Under the agreement, Vodavi will resell Converged Access' Converged Traffic Manager(TM) (CTM) and Converged Access Point (CAP) solutions to Vodavi Authorized Dealers located nationwide. Enterprise customers who deploy Converged Access solutions in conjunction with Vodavi's XTS-IP and TeleniumIP communications systems can now employ traffic management, and other WAN optimization and application control techniques to guarantee quality and performance levels for VoIP networks. The Converged Access solutions allow the network manager to set priority levels for voice and data applications so that voice traffic is protected and can be guaranteed to provide a toll level Quality of Service (QOS) over the private network. "Segmenting traffic on networks that have never had voice on it before can present challenges to any enterprise," said Rich Gralto, vice president of sales for Vodavi. "Our partnership with Converged Access now gives Vodavi dealers the ability to offer proven enterprise traffic and performance management solutions that eliminate these challenges and ensure the quality of conducting traffic shaping, bandwidth allocation and prioritization at the onset of the network installation rather than realizing any potential problems after implementing VoIP." "Vodavi's recognized success in the enterprise converged/IP telephony marketplace is an ideal complement to Converged Access's solutions that give network managers the ability to provide network optimization with toll-quality results," said Paul Laracy, vice president of Channel Partnerships for Converged Access. "We are pleased that Vodavi recognizes and supports the importance of offering total enterprise solutions that now, more than ever, must control the growth of non-essential traffic -- while protecting the performance of business-critical VoIP applications." About Converged Traffic Manager (CTM) and Converged Access Point (CAP) The Converged Traffic Manager(TM) (CTM) is the industry's first application-aware performance management solution to enable the toll-quality VoIP, jitter-free IP video, and business-IP response times that are crucial to enabling the lower cost and higher value of IP convergence. The CTM integrates best-of-breed traffic monitoring, traffic management, compression and caching with advanced application layer visibility and control to assure WAN efficiency and application performance for converging IP voice, data and video applications. It is easily deployed as a seamless overlay to an existing IP network. The Converged Access Point(TM) (CAP) guarantees the best possible application performance with optimal WAN efficiency and security in an affordable solution for small/remote enterprise offices supporting business-critical data, VoIP, and IP video applications. The "all-in-one" CAP platform combines advanced traffic management, firewall, routing, VoIP gateway and Wi-Fi functions in an easy-to-deploy and operate package enabling best-in-breed integration, security and performance control. About Converged Access Converged Access is the leading innovator and provider of Intelligent Application Performance Control solutions. The company was founded in May 2004 to enable enterprises to align application performance needs with IP network resources, assuring end user quality of experience with the greatest possible efficiency for converging network applications. Converged Access solutions have won numerous industry awards, including Internet Telephony 2005 Product of the Year. Converged Access solutions have been deployed by hundreds of service provider and enterprise customers around the globe. The company is headquartered in Billerica, Mass. For more information, visit www.convergedaccess.com. About Vodavi Vodavi Technology Inc. is an advanced communications solutions provider delivering innovative business communications solutions that help small to large enterprises increase productivity and reduce costs. Vodavi's full range of communications solutions include traditional telephone systems, Voice-over-IP (VoIP) technology and converged telephony solutions that allow enterprises to deploy traditional digital or VoIP communications simultaneously, providing a flexible and cost-effective migration path to new technology. The company is headquartered in Phoenix. For more information on Vodavi, visit www.vodavi.com.