Enterasys Networks and SyNet Deliver Secure Network for The Westerly Hospital; Solution Helps Facilitate HIPAA Compliance for Rhode Island Community Hospital

Business Wire, June 8, 2004

Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers/High-Tech Writers

ANDOVER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 2004

Enterasys Networks Inc. (NYSE: ETS), the Secure Networks Company(TM), today announced that The Westerly Hospital, a Rhode Island community hospital, has deployed a complete Enterasys enterprise Secure Networks(TM) solution as a part of the hospital's Campaign 2000 construction and renovation project. Because Enterasys embeds security into the network infrastructure, Westerly's network can respond dynamically to security threats while providing maximum resiliency, helping the hospital comply with the healthcare industry's critical Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations. Enterasys and SyNet, a technology solutions provider, collaborated on the network deployment.

"Campaign 2000 is a major initiative for The Westerly Hospital. We recognize that both the physical infrastructure of the hospital and the network infrastructure need to be rebuilt to maintain the highest levels of patient service," said Nick Stahl, director, Community Relations and Development, The Westerly Hospital. "Enterasys was able to provide a network architecture that addressed the hospital's current needs, such as HIPAA compliance and diagnostic applications, as well as the needs that we foresee 5 to 10 years into the future."

The Westerly Hospital's Secure Network includes Enterasys' Matrix E1 series of high-performance switches. These switches support 10/100, Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet, and are equipped with advanced intelligence that enables them to prioritize traffic to support bandwidth-intensive medical applications. These applications include the Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) for digital radiology, which facilitates faster and more accurate patient diagnoses.

Enterasys' architecture provides hospital employees with 24x7 access to a secure, highly resilient network. The network delivers the highest levels of availability, enabling medical personnel to access confidential patient data, including test results and X-rays, in all units of the hospital, including the new emergency department, the newly expanded diagnostic imaging department, and the cardiac catheterization laboratory, which is currently under construction as part of Campaign 2000 .

"The Westerly Hospital can depend on Enterasys to provide a Secure Network that facilitates compliance with HIPAA, providing patients with the knowledge that their personal medical data is secure," said Mark Aslett, president, Enterasys Networks. "Securing the network isn't about layering another security product on top of the existing infrastructure. Enterasys' solutions-based approach builds security into every aspect of the network, and enables the hospital to easily migrate to new, emerging technologies."

The Enterasys Secure Networks Advantage

Enterasys' industry-leading Secure Networks technology and solutions provide the highest infrastructure security available today. Secure Networks delivers the most granular level of security, providing visibility and control down to the network device, individual user and application level. This enables enterprises to quickly and easily detect, assess, locate and protect against attacks. This unmatched security comes from the integrated policy-based management software architecture that works with the embedded security capabilities Enterasys designs into its entire product line. This unique approach offers significant operational and business benefits, which vendors that add hardware or software to multiple network access points in an attempt to increase security cannot equal. In fact, Secure Networks technology can even make networks with competitors' equipment more secure.

About SyNet Technology Solutions

SyNet was founded in 1987, and has since established itself as a Technology Solutions Provider in the purest sense. We mobilize a pool of talent and expertise in order to help clients assess their current and future IT needs; and then we provide innovative solutions that are efficient and standards based -- all while protecting the end-user's investment. We help clients to access and deploy information quickly over reliable communication distribution systems; and provide clients with the tools to organize, document and manage those communication system investments.

More specifically, SyNet provides design, engineering and installation services for voice, data and video structured cabling systems, LAN/WANs, Wireless Networks, Wireless Security, Radius/ 802.1X Network Authentication, VPNs, IDS (Intrusion Detection) and Managed IDS offerings. For more information on SyNet Technology Solutions, visit www.synetinc.com.

About Enterasys Networks

Enterasys Networks is the Secure Networks Company, providing enterprise customers with innovative network infrastructure products, services and solutions that deliver the security, productivity and adaptability benefits required by Global 2000 organizations. For more information on Enterasys Secure Networks and the company's products, including multilayer switches, core routers, WAN routers, wireless LANs, network management, and intrusion defense systems, visit enterasys.com.