PANDUIT Provides Expertise in Network Infrastructure Topology

Business Wire, May 21, 2008

TINLEY PARK, Ill. -- PANDUIT, a leading, world-class developer and provider of innovative physical infrastructure solutions has collaborated with Cisco in the area of integrated network infrastructure topology for the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series. PANDUIT has also developed a comprehensive Nexus 5000 Cabinet Kit that enhances interoperability, reduces installation time, and supports the performance needs of data center unified fabrics. The Cisco Nexus 5000 Series provides an innovative architecture to simplify data center transformation by consolidating LAN and SAN traffic on a unified fabric.

"It takes a broad ecosystem of leading vendors to help create a data center unified fabric based on the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series," said Soni Jiandani, vice president of marketing at Nuova Systems, a majority-owned subsidiary of Cisco. "Companies such as PANDUIT provide expertise in the critical areas of logical topology and physical infrastructure to help ensure that IT organizations experience successful deployments."

As part of the Nexus 5000 Series ecosystem, PANDUIT helps enable customers to consolidate and virtualize their data center environment utilizing 10 Gigabit Ethernet technologies. Additionally, PANDUIT and Cisco collaborated to create guidelines for high-performance, flexible, scalable and reliable data center design that incorporates both Cisco network and PANDUIT physical infrastructure best practices.

"Our customers are looking for solutions that address total cost of ownership today while providing a solid foundation to adapt to future applications," said Ron Partridge, Group VP, Global Marketing and Sales, PANDUIT Corp. "PANDUIT continues to collaborate with Cisco to provide integrated network infrastructure topology solutions to optimize data center effectiveness."

For additional information please visit www.panduit.com/datacenter. You can view the Cisco press release here.

About PANDUIT:

PANDUIT is a leading, world-class developer and provider of innovative networking and electrical solutions. For more than 50 years, PANDUIT has engineered and manufactured end-to-end solutions that assist our customers in the deployment of the latest technologies. Our global expertise and strong industry relationships make PANDUIT a valuable and trusted partner dedicated to delivering technology-driven solutions and unmatched service. Through our commitment to innovation, quality, and service PANDUIT creates competitive advantages to earn customer preference. (www.panduit.com/dc43)