To: GARY P GROBBEL who wrote (19929 ) 4/19/2004 2:50:08 PM From: GARY P GROBBEL Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 120405 EZEN .48/.55: B: EZEN: Awarded $2.1M Contract by U.S. Goverment [delayed] ( Eve B: EZEN: Awarded $2.1M Contract by U.S. Goverment [delayed] ( EventX/Knobias.com Ridgeland, MS, APR 06, 2004 (EventX/Knobias.com via COMTEX) -- Ezenia Inc. (EZEN) announced that the United States Government has awarded the Company an $2.1 million NRE (Non-Recurring Engineering) development contract, which will enhance and add key features to the InfoWorkSpace product line. The new and improved InfoWorkSpace, with PL3 security enhancements and additional features, will facilitate cross-domain collaboration in a multi-level security environment. Ezenia!(R) Inc. Announces InfoWorkSpace Purchases by the US Joint Ezenia!(R) Inc. Announces InfoWorkSpace Purchases by the US Joint Forces Command BURLINGTON, Mass., April 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ezenia! Inc., a leading market provider of real-time collaboration solutions for corporate and government networks and eBusiness, announced today that the US Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) had recently placed a series of orders worth in excess of $2.2 Million of InfoWorkSpace software licenses and related services. The majority of licenses ordered by USJFCOM have been dedicated to certain Unified Combatant Commands as part of the Collaborative Information Environment (CIE). The CIE includes InfoWorkSpace as one of the core collaborative tools used by a team of operational planners and information command and control specialists within the Standing Joint Force Headquarters (SJFHQ) command structure. During day-to-day operations, or when a contingency requires the establishment of a joint task force, all or part of the SJFHQ team is embedded as a standing element that focuses on operational trouble spots for the Combatant Command. Specific Combatant Commands deploying InfoWorkSpace in the last six months as part of the CIE include US Pacific Command, US Southern Command, US Central Command, and the US European Command, with other Combatant Commands scheduled for deployment later on in 2004. More recently, USJFCOM has also coordinated the installation required for InfoWorkSpace to be utilized within operations in Baghdad, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Another area within the USJFCOM utilizing InfoWorkSpace is the Experimentation Directorate's "J9", which uses InfoWorkSpace on an experimental basis, and as a tool to hold meetings and virtual conferences in conducting their day-to-day operations. Recently, the J9 utilized InfoWorkSpace in their "Multinational Limited Objective Experiment 3", an experimental program where InfoWorkSpace was the collaborative tool of choice used by military and government officials in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Australia, Germany, and NATO. "Ezenia! is encouraged by this significant endorsement of InfoWorkSpace by the US Joint Forces Command. The utilization of InfoWorkSpace via USJFCOM, by the Combatant Commands, and our Allied partners around the world, attests to the operational effectiveness of InfoWorkSpace, and it's significant footing in this market," commented Michael LeJeune, Director of Sales, Marketing, and Business Development. "USJFCOM is a leader within the Department of Defense, and within the US government as a whole, when it comes to the transformation of battlefield technology and processes. We are delighted that they have selected InfoWorkSpace as a core product within the Collaborative Information Environment (CIE), and believe it speaks volumes about the effectiveness of our product in this market."