Enterasys and Sarcom Form Strategic Partnership

July 17, 2002 -- Enterprise netoworking solution provider Enterasys Networks (Enterasys.com) announced on Wednesday that it has signed a multi-year, multi-million dollar system integrator agreement with solution provider Sarcom (Sarcom.com).

The agreement, says Enterasys, accelerates an existing partnership between the companies, and is designed to provide enterprise customers with high levels of technology and service for local area network and wide area network solutions.

Sarcom will offer a range of Enterasys�s wired and wireless networking solutions, including its Matrix modular switches and X-Pedition multilayer switch-routers, Aurorean virtual private network, RoamAbout wireless LAN, Dragon intrusion detection systems and NetSight network management solutions. All of Sarcoms sales staff will complete the Enterasys Sales Training Program and 70 consultants will complete the Enterasys Systems Engineer or Enterasys Security Systems Engineer programs.

"Sarcom is excited to partner with a networking leader like Enterasys Networks," says Sarcom CEO Rick Mills. "Enterasys is a pioneer in networking technology, and its hardware and software products will be a strong combination with our services and expertise. This partnership capitalizes on the synergies between our companies to bring the best total solution to the end user."