Siemens Positioned in Leaders' Quadrant of Unified Communications Magic Quadrant

Business Wire, Feb 24, 2005

BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Siemens Communications, Inc., today announced that Siemens has been positioned in the Leaders' Quadrant within Gartner, Inc.'s Unified Communications Magic Quadrant.(1) According to Gartner Inc., leaders are vendors that are performing well today, have a clear vision of market direction and are actively building competencies to sustain their leadership position in the market. Additionally, Gartner stated that "vendors must have market share and mindshare in their core areas of competency."

Siemens has adopted a strategy on unified communications since the launch of its HiPath(R) OpenScape(TM) solution in 2003. This strategy is based around the Siemens LifeWorks@Com(TM) concept, integrating the technologies, devices and applications used by enterprises and carriers to create a homogenous communications environment, regardless of time, place, device or network. The outcome is a smarter, presence-based way of working and the payback includes a boost to productivity and profitability, as well as a reduction of stress in the workplace.

Part of the Siemens LifeWorks@Com concept, the HiPath OpenScape portal is a comprehensive unified communications solution built on open standards, enabling it to integrate easily with the Microsoft Office Live Communications Server (LCS) and other third-party conferencing and collaboration solutions.

"We believe this report confirms our LifeWorks@Com vision and the stance that Siemens has adopted on unified communications since the launch of the HiPath OpenScape solution in 2003," said Bernd Kuhlin, president of Enterprise Systems at Siemens Communications. "Our HiPath OpenScape solution was developed in close conjunction with Microsoft. Further, we have recently signed a global alliance with Microsoft to jointly market and sell solutions in exactly this space."

(1)Gartner, Inc.'s Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications, 2005 - B. Elliot, S. Blood and D. Kraus, February 14, 2005

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted February 2005 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or limited, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About Siemens

Siemens AG (NYSE:SI) is one of the largest global electronics and engineering companies with reported worldwide sales of $91.5 billion in fiscal 2004. Founded more than 150 years ago, the company is a leader in the areas of Medical, Power, Automation and Control, Transportation, Information and Communications, Lighting, Building Technologies, Water Technologies and Services and Home Appliances. With its U.S. corporate headquarters in New York City, Siemens in the USA has sales of $16.6 billion and employs 70,000 people throughout all 50 states and Puerto Rico. Eleven of Siemens' worldwide businesses are based in the United States. With its global headquarters in Munich, Siemens AG and its subsidiaries employ 430,000 people in 192 countries. For more information on Siemens in the United States: www.usa.siemens.com

About Siemens Communications, Inc.

Siemens Communications, Inc., offers its customers a broad portfolio of communication products and services and is a leader in convergent technologies, products and services for wireless, fixed and enterprise networks. The company's portfolio ranges from devices for end users to complex network infrastructures and complementary services for enterprises, carriers and service providers. Siemens Communications, Inc., is headquartered in Boca Raton, Fla. For more information, visit www.usa.siemens.com/communications

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