NICE Announces Internap Network Services Successfully Deploys NiceVision Digital Video Surveillance at
Seven U.S. Facilities.
Business Wire, April 5, 2001 p0235
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RA'ANANA, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 2001
NICE Systems (NASDAQ:NICE)
Plans Call for Extending NICE's Digital Recording Technology To
Four More Facilities in 2001
NICE Systems (NASDAQ:NICE), a worldwide leader of multimedia digital recording solutions, applications and related professional services for
business interaction management, today announced that Internap Network Services Corporation, the leading provider of intelligent routing services
over the Internet, has successfully deployed NiceVision, NICE's advanced digital video and audio recording solution, at seven facilities throughout the
United States.
NiceVision provides continuous video surveillance and recording at Internap's "collocation" facilities, which serve to provide space for its customers'
Internet equipment. Current plans call for expansion of NiceVision surveillance to four additional Internap facilities in the US this year. The systems
were sold through STG (Security Technologies Group), an authorized NICE systems integrator.
"When customers are looking for space in our collocation facilities, they are essentially looking for three things: uninterrupted power, a robust network
and a secure environment," said Tom Gardner, Manager of Facilities Security at Internap. "Because security is such a critical part of the service we
provide, our customers need to be 100 percent assured that their assets are extremely well protected--we're talking about literally millions of dollars
worth of equipment. And that doesn't even take into consideration the value of all the data that flows through each of the facilities."
For Internap, CCTV is a large component of the overall security picture. Gardner continued, "When looking to go digital with our CCTV system a few
years back, together with Security Technologies Group, we assessed where we wanted to go, what we wanted for our customers and what the market
demanded. We chose the NiceVision system because of its reliability, picture quality, ease of operation, and due to its excellent tape-management
capabilities, there's no need for manual intervention. This is extremely important for us because we want to strictly limit handling the equipment and
the number of people who need to be on the floor at the facility." Another key NiceVision system feature for Internap is the accessibility of visual
information from the LAN and WAN. "I really like the fact that I can see exactly what's happening in our Houston location from Atlanta."
Four more facilities are slated for installation of the NiceVision product this year. "We've decided to standardize on NiceVision, because the product
truly meets our needs in terms of its reliability and high quality, and because NICE is highly credible in the marketplace. The NICE employees are also
a huge part of the reason we're so pleased; the service is exceptional and the team is highly responsive NiceVision is really everything we expected it
to be. What's more, our customers are impressed by the NICE product and the way we've used it in our facilities. All in all, I'd say NiceVision is
exceptional."
Eli Gororvici, NICE Vice President of Global Sales for the VIM Division, said: "Telecommunications and Internet facilities are proving to be an ideal
market segment for NiceVision. These collocation facilities sub-lease space which places customers, sometimes even competitors, within close
proximity to one another. In this situation, security is a very significant part of the package companies like Internap sell to their customers. Internap
is a very high profile installation for us in a growing and increasingly important market. We're pleased they chose NiceVision and we look forward to
the challenge of providing digital video and audio management to a company with such high demands."
NiceVision is a digital video recording system that enables monitoring, archiving, and retrieval of video data for closed circuit television (CCTV)
networks. The system provides high motion digital video and audio recording along with simultaneous playback. NiceVision is designed for
organizations that use multiple CCTV cameras in one or more locations.
About VIM
NICE's Visual Interaction Management (VIM) Division provides CCTV integrated management solutions to the CCTV security market, based on its
core technology and overall expertise in digital video and audio recording. VIM's flagship product, NiceVision(TM) is selected by its customers for
process improvement, theft prevention, protection of intellectual property, and public safety. Known for its quality and reliability, NiceVision is leading
the market transition from analog to digital video recording.
About NICE
NICE Systems (NASDAQ:NICE) headquartered in Ra'anana, Israel, is a worldwide leader of multimedia digital recording solutions, applications and
related professional services for business interaction management. NICE products and solutions are used in contact centers, trading floors, air traffic
control (ATC) sites, CCTV security installations and Government markets. NICE's synergistic technology platform enables customers to capture,
evaluate and analyze business interactions in order to improve business processes and gain competitive advantage. The common theme of NICE's
business strategy is the mantra of "Listen, Learn, Lead(TM)".
NICE's subsidiaries and local offices are based in the United States, Canada, Germany, United Kingdom and France. The company operates in
more than 60 countries through a network of partners and distributors. (NICE Website: www.nice.com)
About Internap
Founded in 1996 in Seattle, Internap provides Internet connectivity that is faster and more reliable than conventional Internet service. Internap's
patented route management technology provides direct data transmission across the major Internet backbones through a single connection from a
customer's network to one of Internap's Service Points. Internap's customers bypass congestion points on the Internet, avoiding packet loss,
latency and other difficulties that can plague conventional Internet connectivity. Internap services are currently available in numerous key markets
throughout the United States including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Jose and Seattle. Major companies and networks
served by Internap include The NASDAQ, Datek Online, Colgate Palmolive, Earthlink, Travelocity and many others. Internap(R) and P-NAP(R) are
registered trademarks of Internap. All other trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners. For more information, visit
www.Internap.com.
"Safe Harbor" Statement
This release may contain projections or other forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Readers are cautioned that these
statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future events or results. Readers are referred to the documents filed by Internap
with the SEC, specifically its most recent annual report on Form 10-K and any later periodic reports, which identify important risk factors that could
cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, including, among other things, Internap's history of operating
losses and expected future losses, Internap's limited operating history, fluctuations in Internap's quarterly operating results, Internet infrastructure
and regulatory changes, volatility of stock price, deployment of new Service Points, integration of acquired businesses and rapid technological and
market change. All forward-looking statements are based on information available to Internap on the date hereof, and Internap assumes no
obligation to update such statements.
Trademark note: NICE, NiceAdvantage, NiceLog, NiceCLS, NiceCMS, LogIt, LogItAll, NiceCall, NiceVision, NiceUniverse, NiceUniverse LIVE,
NiceFix, Secure Your Vision, 3600 View, Executive Connect, Lasting Loyalty, Listen Learn Lead, Experience Your Customer, Agent@home, and
other product names and services mentioned herein are trademarks and registered trademarks of NICE Systems Ltd. All other registered and
unregistered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
This press release contains forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such
statements are based on the current expectations of the management of NICE Systems Ltd. (the Company) only, and are subject to a number of risk
factors and uncertainties, including but not limited to changes in technology and market requirements, decline in demand for the company's products,
inability to timely develop and introduce new technologies, products and applications, loss of market share, pressure on pricing resulting from
competition, inability to maintain certain marketing and distribution arrangements, which could cause the actual results or performance of the
company to differ materially from those described therein. For a more detailed description of the risk factors and uncertainties affecting the company,
refer to the Company's reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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