Network Equipment Technologies and Datacraft Expand Strategic Alliance; Partnership Provides Premier IT Sales and Services for NET in Asia Pacific

Business Wire, April 26, 2006

FREMONT, Calif. -- Industry pioneer Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:NWK) and Datacraft, the leading IT solutions and services company in Asia Pacific, have renewed their strategic partnership in order to provide Datacraft's clients with NET's Promina, VX Series and NX Series multi-service network exchange solutions.

Datacraft has been working with NET to provide regional IT services and expertise for the past twelve years, and has been particularly successful in the China market. In renewing the strategic partnership, Datacraft will provide a full range of sales distribution and service functions for NET products throughout the Asia Pacific region, including the NX Series solutions, which will begin rolling out later in 2006. The partnership also tightens the integration between NET and Datacraft across all areas of the organizations including hardware, software, services and marketing.

NET has been delivering multi-service network exchange solutions to commercial and government customers for over 20 years. The VX Series and NX Series multi-service network exchange platforms are the company's next generation solutions for versatile, multi-service networking.

The partnership represents a significant commitment to provide clients with business solutions that will allow them to leverage their existing IT assets and reduce costs, as well as providing flexibility regarding their choice of data and voice networks.

"Datacraft is committed to providing our clients with high quality, innovative IT services," said Francis Yip, General Manager of Greater China, Datacraft. "This partnership reaffirms our shared commitment to help our clients achieve greater business results through increased communications efficiency and capability."

"Today's announcement further illustrates NET's commitment to helping our clients deliver innovative solutions that solve their industry-specific business challenges. Combining Datacraft Asia's industry-leading IT services with NET's open technology and services expertise will help organizations increase efficiencies and gain a faster return on their investment," said Steve Holmes, Vice President of Enterprise Sales, NET. "As a result, our joint customers will be in a better position to achieve cost-effective voice and data network evolution."

About Network Equipment Technologies, Inc.

Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of multi-service network exchange solutions that enable flexible, cost-effective network evolution. A pioneer of the networking industry, NET has been delivering network exchange solutions to government and commercial customers for more than 20 years.

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About Datacraft Asia

Datacraft is the leading independent IT services and solutions company in Asia Pacific. The company helps clients plan, build and support their IT infrastructures. Datacraft combines an expertise in networking, security, operating environments, storage and contact centre technologies, with advanced skills in consulting, integration and managed services, to craft IT solutions for businesses. A member of the Dimension Data Group, Datacraft is listed on the main board of the Singapore Exchange and is a component company of the Straits Times Index. Headquartered in Singapore, Datacraft spans more than 50 major offices and has over 1,200 employees across 13 Asia Pacific markets. More information can be found at www.datacraft-asia.com.

NET NX, NX SERIES, NET VX, VX SERIES, Universal Voice Exchange and the NET logo are trademarks of Network Equipment Technologies, Inc.