Verizon, Motorola Mobility, BoxTone Unveil New Mobile Solution for Health Care Industry

Companies Collaborate to Meet Patient-Care Needs With Android-Based Devices, Apps

LAS VEGAS, Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Verizon Enterprise Solutions, Motorola Mobility Inc. and BoxTone are collaborating to develop a comprehensive mobile solution to help satisfy the unique security, reliability and usability requirements of the health care industry. By providing health care practitioners with secure mobile devices and apps, patient care can be improved through the sharing of clinical data in near-real time to help speed decision making and control costs.

The jointly created offering leverages BoxTone’s automated Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) software platform on select Motorola devices, such as the DROID RAZR and DROID RAZR MAXX smartphones, as well as DROID XYBOARD 10.1 and 8.2 tablets, all of which tap the power of the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network. Health care organizations can now reliably deploy Android-based mobile devices and apps that are designed to help them meet strict compliance requirements, including privacy measures outlined in the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.

This comprehensive solution from three leaders in mobile health proactively addresses mobile security and privacy by incorporating a new layer of data protection with automated mobile device and application management, thereby helping to enable widespread Android adoption in health care. Motorola Mobility and BoxTone are both Verizon Business Solutions Alliance partners.

“This solution underscores the important role mobility is playing in transforming health care,” said Dr. Peter Tippett, vice president and chief medical officer, Verizon Connected Healthcare Solutions, the company’s health IT practice group that is part of Verizon Enterprise Solutions. “Mobile devices and health care apps represent one of the biggest IT opportunities of the decade to improve and transform care delivery. Working with Motorola Mobility and BoxTone, we have brought together complementary capabilities to create an easy-to-deploy and manage mobility solution for our health care customers.”

Motorola Mobility smartphones are well-suited for health care environments, incorporating coatings of water-repellent nanoparticles, brilliant displays using Corning® Gorilla® Glass for scratch-resistance, and innovative materials for strength such as KEVLAR® fiber for DROID RAZR and DROID RAZR MAXX. Easy to slip into a lab coat pocket, the smartphones and tablets also feature pre-loaded Citrix® software for access to electronic medical records, 3LM software for embedded device security and the BoxTone EMM software for automated lifecycle management.

Christy Wyatt, senior vice president and general manager of Motorola Mobility’s enterprise business unit, said: “Mobile technology has the potential to bring greater efficiencies and more robust capabilities to the health care industry. The combination of Motorola devices with BoxTone’s software solution and Verizon Wireless’ 4G LTE network can significantly enhance health care providers’ ability to deliver enhanced care to patients.”

BoxTone’s automated EMM platform provides high levels of service and security at a low cost and risk for health care organizations. BoxTone’s full lifecycle EMM platform incorporates enterprise-grade mobile device management for automated provisioning, security configuration, compliance monitoring and enforcement, change management, and retirement. It also includes mobile support management for remote service-desk support through real-time views into mobile status, automated diagnostics, embedded knowledgebase and click-to-fix, as well as mobile operations management for continuous real-time service monitoring, proactive alerting and system tuning.

“Working with Verizon and Motorola Mobility, we have developed a comprehensive solution to securely deploy, manage, monitor and support the Android-based mobilization of health care,” said Alan Snyder, chief executive officer of BoxTone. “When smartphones, tablets and mobile apps are securely and reliably managed centrally, health care organizations gain the freedom to deliver significant point-of-care enhancements and increased patient satisfaction.”

(Note: Verizon, Motorola Mobility and BoxTone will demonstrate this health care mobility solution in the Verizon booth (#2463) at HIMSS 2012, Las Vegas, Feb. 20-24. For more information, including available promotional offers, contact your Verizon business specialist or visit www.verizonwireless.com/contactrep.)

About Verizon

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ), headquartered in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to consumer, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America’s most reliable wireless network, with nearly 109 million total connections nationwide. Verizon also provides converged communications, information and entertainment services over America’s most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers integrated business solutions to customers in more than 150 countries, including all of the Fortune 500. A Dow 30 company with $111 billion in 2011 revenues, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of nearly 194,000. For more information, visit www.verizon.com.

About Motorola Mobility, Inc.

Motorola Mobility, Inc. (NYSE:MMI – News) fuses innovative technology with human insights to create experiences that simplify, connect and enrich people’s lives. Our portfolio includes converged mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets; wireless accessories; end-to-end video and data delivery; and management solutions, including set-tops and data-access devices. For more information, visit www.motorola.com/mobility.

About BoxTone
BoxTone is the innovator of automated Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM). With millions of devices under management, BoxTone’s automated EMM platform is trusted by more of the world’s leading enterprises, Managed Service Providers and government agencies than any other – including 41 of the Fortune® 100 and 8 of the Top 10 MSPs – to ensure maximum mobile performance and security at the lowest cost and risk. Only BoxTone’s single unified mobile management platform powered by patented real-time automation technology addresses the entire mobile lifecycle: mobile device management, application management, support management and operations management. And only BoxTone delivers real-time centralized control of all mobile smartphones and tablets as well as the enterprise apps that run on them. Learn more at www.boxtone.com, or call +1 410.910.3344.

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Amdocs Launches OSS Single Click Network Rollout Solution for Rapid LTE Base Station Planning and Design

New solution cuts planning and design time, optimizes configuration and reduces CAPEX to enable faster network monetization

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Amdocs (NYSE: DOX – News), the leading provider of customer experience systems, today announced the launch of Amdocs Single Click Network Rollout solution, an automated planning and design solution that enables service providers to reduce the design time for new base stations and optimize configuration for LTE, 4G and 3G networks. The new operational support systems (OSS) planning solution allows network planning teams to easily scale their operations with lower capital expenditures by addressing the challenge of new LTE network rollouts and expanded Ethernet backhaul capabilities.

A typical Tier 1 service provider has in excess of 10,000 new base stations to design, build, test and commission when rolling out an LTE network. Globally, according to wireless industry trade association, 4G Americas*, some 400 service providers are preparing for LTE network rollouts in the next three to five years. Rapid rollouts are critical for operators to ensure a better customer experience and faster network monetization.

To address the time to market challenge, the Amdocs Single Click Network Rollout solution can:

• Cut base-station design times by up to 90 percent** by using pre-configured, automated design processes. Integration with existing Amdocs OSS modules (Amdocs Resource Manager and Amdocs Planning Engine) can further improve design times.
• Reduce capital expenditure by up to 10 percent** by providing an optimized design that maximizes data capacity
• Reduce redesigns by up to 50 percent** by automatically validating the installed base station against plan
• Support 3G, 3.5G and 4G/LTE network technologies with a vendor agnostic approach that works well with almost all cell-site and transmission equipment

The Amdocs Single Click Network Rollout solution is already live at two Tier 1 service providers. A European service provider has used the solution to design more than 3,000 LTE cell sites, reporting estimated planning efficiency gains of 80 percent.

“The expected rapid increase in the number of cell sites for both 3G and LTE in ‘small cell’ architectures of the future will place a strain on network planning departments as they try to keep pace,” said Mark Mortensen, Principal Analyst at Analysys Mason. “Service providers equipped with advance planning and optimization tools will be able to scale more quickly while keeping investment costs under control, gaining a significant competitive advantage.”

“With consumers increasingly demanding more data services, service provider investment in network data capacity and performance is essential to ensure a good customer experience,” said Rebecca Prudhomme, vice president Amdocs product and solutions marketing. “By optimizing the planning and design processes, Amdocs Single Click Network Rollout solution allows service providers to quickly expand their networks in a more cost-effective manner.”

* Data supplied by Informa Telecoms, published by 4G Americas www.4gamericas.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page&pageid=939

** According to Amdocs’ internal testing, simulation or test-case deployments. Benefits will vary depending on customer implementation.

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About Amdocs
For 30 years, Amdocs has ensured service providers’ success and embraced their biggest challenges. To win in the connected world, service providers rely on Amdocs to simplify the customer experience, harness the data explosion, stay ahead with new services and improve operational efficiency. The global company uniquely combines a market-leading BSS, OSS and network control product portfolio with value-driven professional services and managed services operations. With revenue of $3.2 billion in fiscal 2011, Amdocs and its over 19,000 employees serve customers in more than 60 countries.

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For more information, visit Amdocs at www.amdocs.com.

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This press release includes information that constitutes forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements about Amdocs’ growth and business results in future quarters. Although we believe the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that our expectations will be obtained or that any deviations will not be material. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause future results to differ from those anticipated. These risks include, but are not limited to, the effects of general economic conditions, Amdocs’ ability to grow in the business segments it serves, adverse effects of market competition, rapid technological shifts that may render the Company’s products and services obsolete, potential loss of a major customer, our ability to develop long-term relationships with our customers, and risks associated with operating businesses in the international market. Amdocs may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, however the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These and other risks are discussed at greater length in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2011, filed on December 8, 2011 and our Form 6-K filed for the first quarter of fiscal 2011 on February 2, 2012.

Siklu Successfully Leverages Millimeter-Wave All-Silicon Technology for Small Cell Backhaul

Siklu Shows How Unlicensed Millimeter-Wave Approach Can Meet Impending Small Cell Backhaul Challenge

Siklu EtherHaul-600 (Photo: Business Wire)

PETACH TIKVA, Israel–(BUSINESS WIRE)–

Siklu, provider of the EtherHaul millimeter wave wireless backhaul solution, has successfully adapted its advanced all-silicon millimeter wave technology for LTE small cell backhaul operating in the unlicensed 57-66 GHz spectrum.

This technology, which catapulted Siklu to a leading position in the millimeter wave market in 2011, will be leveraged to provide an ultra-low-cost, invisible-footprint backhaul for the expected massive deployment of small cells.

As carriers increasingly deploy 4G/LTE, the cellular network is evolving to meet bandwidth demand by using a heterogeneous macrocell/small-cell architecture. Thousands of small-cells will be needed to provide a capacity boost in a typical highly populated metropolitan area. With such dense deployment, service providers will need two things. First, they will require both the small cells and the associated backhaul network to be as inexpensive and cost-effective as possible. Second, they will look for a very small form factor that blends into the street level environment.

Leveraging its disruptive all-silicon radio technology, Siklu designed and developed the EtherHaul-600, an ultra-small all-outdoor small cell backhaul product that enables rapid deployment anywhere, from street lamps to rooftops. The Siklu solution offers extremely low power consumption and plug-and-play installation into an operator’s Self Organizing Network (SON). The integrated all-silicon Siklu approach brings down costs to a fraction of other millimeter wave solutions and will represent a key stepping stone to the mass deployment of small cells.

Insight Research follows the wireless backhaul market closely. Rich Power, Vice President, notes that “Wireless service providers are scrambling for capacity to meet growing traffic demand. Millimeter wave backhaul solutions offer carriers one more option to meet that demand. Insight forecasts strong growth in this space and expects Siklu’s EtherHaul to be a leader in millimeter wave wireless backhaul solutions.”

“Siklu is extremely focused on reducing carrier costs and meeting the market’s needs,” says Gaby Junowicz, VP marketing and business development at Siklu. “Using Siklu’s unique all-silicon technology in the unlicensed, uncongested 57-66 GHz spectrum allows us to design an ‘invisible’ system at a very low price point.”

Siklu is now initiating trials of the EtherHaul-600 with leading mobile operators who are formulating their strategies for cost-effective small cells and backhaul deployments. The first commercial offering of the EtherHaul-600 is expected to be available in 2013.

“Siklu is committed to providing innovative backhaul solutions for mobile operators and business service providers,” says Junowicz. “We will continue to develop the lowest cost backhaul solutions that integrate seamlessly with carrier networks.”

Siklu will be exhibiting at Mobile World Congress February 27-March 1 in Barcelona, showcasing its EtherHaul millimeter wave systems in Hall 2, 2C72, and Hall 6, C50.

About Siklu

Siklu has been committed to reducing the cost of high capacity wireless backhaul solutions since 2008. The company’s success centers on an innovative silicon-based design of the millimetric wave radio system and components that has resulted in the lowest cost millimeter wave systems available. The EtherHaul radios deliver gigabit speeds over the millimetric wave spectrum and are ideal for urban wireless backhaul of macro, micro and picocells. Serving providers around the world, Siklu Communication is based near Tel Aviv, Israel.

Swisscom Taps S3 Group’s StormTest to Support an Enhanced and Seamless Digital TV Viewing Experience

Switzerland’s Largest Telecom Provider Selects StormTest(R) Development Center for Automated System Testing

DUBLIN, IRELAND–(Marketwire -02/20/12)- S3 Group, a global enabler of the highest quality digital TV content delivery platforms, today announced that Swisscom, Switzerland’s largest telecommunications provider, has chosen StormTest Development Center to ensure the accurate and speedy software testing on IPTV Set-Top Boxes (STBs). This deployment, focused on STBs running Microsoft® Mediaroom™ Client, has instantly improved the accuracy of testing as well as turnaround time. Swisscom was previously utilizing manual testing which is often time consuming, repetitive and poses more room for errors.

StormTest Development Center allows automated software testing to be executed efficiently and effectively across multiple digital TV devices. Swisscom is optimizing the solution to test its customized Microsoft® Mediaroom™ Client and TV apps. This simulates the customers’ experience and reduces the amount of time required per test hence optimizing the productivity of its development in general. With the streamlining ability of StormTest Development Center, Swisscom can now benefit from a powerful automated software testing framework that is flexible enough to cover a wide range of scenarios — an objective that was previously unachievable.

“S3 Group not only provides us with their StormTest Development Center but they also act as a professional service partner that expresses great interest in supporting and addressing Swisscom’s future test automation requirements. Any partner working together that aids in bringing our business forward is invaluable,” said Michael Krause, Head of Entertainment and TV Test Management at Swisscom. “We strive to deliver the ultimate IPTV experience to more than 600,000 customers, and as interactive services and multiple devices continue to become the norm, we need a partner who can help us ensure the highest quality of end-to-end platforms. We have found that partner with S3 Group.”

Swisscom is the latest international powerhouse to choose StormTest Development Center for its testing and validation needs. Most recently, MediaSet, Canoe Ventures, Irdeto and BBC have also selected S3 Group to enhance their multi-device testing capabilities.

“Swisscom sought a sophisticated product that could support their needs to test more broad and complex scenarios with efficiently and accuracy. StormTest Development Center met these needs immediately, and our professional services team is dedicated to ensuring that is always the case,” said John O’Brien, CEO, S3 Group. “Our ability to provide the highest quality content delivery platforms around the world is due to our unique combination of unmatched hardware and software, and proven professional services. This combination assured Swisscom that partnering with S3 Group was the right decision.”

For more information about StormTest Development Center, please visit http://bit.ly/StormTestDC.

About S3 Group:
S3 Group helps digital TV companies develop and maintain the highest quality content delivery platforms. It is recognized as the world leader in system integration services and automated testing products which are deployed by engineering, supply chain and operations departments of operators and technology providers globally. Founded in 1986, S3 Group, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, has development centers in Ireland, USA, Poland, Czech Republic and Portugal with sales offices and representatives worldwide. Visit www.s3group.com/tv-technology and www.twitter.com/S3Group1 for further information.

QLogic to Showcase High Performance 10Gb Ethernet Solutions at Ethernet Technology Summit

ADVISORY, Feb. 17, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) –

WHO: QLogic Corp. (Nasdaq:QLGC – News), a global leader and technology innovator in high performance networking.

WHAT:

QLogic will exhibit and present at the Ethernet Technology Summit, the only Silicon Valley conference and exhibition featuring the latest advances in Ethernet networking. In addition to showcasing its family of high performance 10Gb Ethernet and converged networking solutions for the data center, QLogic experts will provide attendees with practical information on the current state of Ethernet, the world’s most widely used networking technology. Presentations will cover hands-on Ethernet network partitioning, Ethernet consolidation and virtualization strategies, converging networks for block-based Ethernet storage, as well as best practices and challenges in deployment and adoption of a converged network. QLogic speakers include:

- Pompey Nagra, strategic marketing manager, and Denis Yazar, field systems engineer, will conduct a two-part workshop on “Ethernet Network Partitioning and Virtualization” on Tuesday, February 21 at 8:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.

- Chauncey Schwartz, senior manager, industry and solutions marketing, will discuss the “Continuing role of Ethernet in Storage” on Wednesday, February 22 at 9:50 a.m.

- Shawn Fitzgerald, technical marketing manager, and Chauncey Schwartz senior manager, industry and solutions marketing, will provide an overview of “Convergence on Ethernet (FCoE)” on Thursday, February 23 at 8:30 a.m.

- Skip Jones, director of planning and technology, will provide a tutorial on FCoE, Data Center Bridging (DCB) and industry convergence entitled “Momma and Me” on Thursday, February 23 at 2 p.m.

WHEN: February 21-23, 2012

WHERE: Ethernet Technology Summit

Doubletree by Hilton

San Jose, California

Follow QLogic @ twitter.com/qlogic

About QLogic

QLogic (Nasdaq:QLGC – News) is a global leader and technology innovator in high performance networking, including adapters, switches and ASICs. Leading OEMs and channel partners worldwide rely on QLogic products for their data, storage and server networking solutions. For more information, visit www.qlogic.com.