Alcatel-Lucent’s market leading VitalQIP(R) ranked #1 in market share

Thursday 14 June 2007 16:48
Bangkok--14 Jun--Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) announced that its VitalQIP(R) DNS/DHCP & IP Address Management software has been ranked number one in market share, seven years running by the latest IDC study.
According to the 2007 IDC Worldwide IP Address Management 2007-2011 Forecast and Analysis, IP address management is a key growth market, likely to reach $425 million by 2011. This comes at a time when a growing number of IT managers recognizes the importance of a seamless network relative to productivity, the ability to implement new business models, and address the requirements of converged communications.
“Alcatel-Lucent’s VitalQIP has maintained it lead in the market due to its ability to assure network integrity and manageability,” said Elizabeth Rainge, Program Director, Next-Gen OSS, Billing and Network Management, IDC. “With the merger, Alcatel-Lucent has the opportunity to expand its channel reach to lower and mid-sized markets and to continue to offer a leading IP management solution based on the company’s network infrastructure expertise.”
“Our VitalQIP(R) software addresses issues that are critical to the maintenance of a reliable network,” recognized Doug Charles, Alcatel-Lucent’s director of Vital products. “Problems or bottlenecks in this area can affect all network users and significantly impact business processes, so it is essential that an address manager perform flawlessly.”
Recently, VitalQIP(R) earned the Network Testing Labs World Class Award as the answer to the market’s need for enterprise-ready IP address management solution. According to Barry Nance, Network Testing Labs, “A world class IP address manager deals with activity on an ongoing basis in a seamless, unobtrusive manner, and is neither seen nor heard. Alcatel-Lucent’s VitalQIP wins the Network Testing Labs Review World Class Award for its excellence in performance, reliability, ease of administration and affordability. The software is also feature rich, quick and scalable.”
Alcatel-Lucent’s VitalQIP software helps enterprises efficiently configure, automate, integrate and administer IP services across a local or global network and allows IT managers to smoothly manage their networks, with unmatched DNS and DHCP functionality. The VitalQIP product has been deployed in over 800 companies worldwide. For more information, see http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/vitalmicrosite .
About Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) provides solutions that enable service providers, enterprises and governments worldwide, to deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users. As a leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications, and services, Alcatel-Lucent offers the end-to-end solutions that enable compelling communications services for people at home, at work and on the move. With operations in more than 130 countries, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with global reach. The company has the most experienced global services team in the industry, and one of the largest research, technology and innovation organizations in the telecommunications industry. Alcatel-Lucent achieved adjusted proforma revenues of Euro 18.3 billion in 2006 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris. [All figures exclude impact of activities transferred to Thales
]. For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com
For more information please contact:
Naruh-orn Sungkachand
Director, Communications
Alcatel-Lucent (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Tel : (662) 662 8530 [email protected]
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