Billion Dollar Global Logistics Provider, GeoLogistics Selects Expand Networks to Expedite GUI-Based SCM Applications Deployment.

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ROSELAND, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 2002

Expand Networks

-- ACCELERATORs Provide Immediate Cost Savings; Deliver 400% More

WAN Capacity Increase --

Expand Networks, leader in bandwidth optimization technology today announced that GeoLogistics Corporation, a global integrated logistics and transportation management services provider has selected its ACCELERATORs to enable faster deployment of GUI-based applications for managing its supply chain operations by freeing up more than 400% available WAN capacity.

GeoLogistics, with annual revenues in excess of $1 billion, provides integrated logistics services including transportation management, freight-forwarding and customs brokerage, warehousing, time-definite distribution, project cargo management, consulting and supply chain management. Millions of dollars worth of inventory are constantly in transit through GeoLogistics' transportation routes - spanning over 140 countries. Geo-Logistics' customers need to know the location of their inventory, as well as arrival and departure information at all times. In addition, each customer has unique needs for tracking this data at all points throughout the supply chain, such as production of goods, shipment tracking, order and inventory management, warehousing and distribution. Hence, in order to monitor, track and access vital information across its extensive supply chain, GeoLogistics decided to migrate to a new GUI-based operations management system in a Citrix environment.

"We were trying to implement new GUI-based operations management applications that would help us accelerate cycle times, improve transportation efficiency at a lower cost, while reducing our inventory management costs. However, these new applications proved to consume more WAN resources than the original 5250 applications, and many of our offices needed an immediate capacity boost before we could complete the deployment" said Morey Straus, Network Manager for GeoLogistics Corporation.

The company was faced with the option of paying for expensive WAN upgrade costs with long service provisioning lead times, and decided to turn to Expand's bandwidth-boosting and cost-saving ACCELERATORs instead. Equant (a member of the France Telecom group), who was working with GeoLogistics at the time, was charged with the responsibility of installing the Expand ACCELERATORs within GeoLogistics' managed frame relay network.

Morey Straus continued, "Equant easily configured the ACCELERATORs in their labs, had the devices installed and fully operational in multiple remote offices around the world, all in a matter of two weeks. At under $2000 per device, and over 400% acceleration achieved, the decision to go with Expand was a no-brainer. The ACCELERATORs met all of our WAN performance, scalability and manageability requirements, to accommodate our future growth."

"Global logistics providers such as GeoLogistics require real-time, 24x7, instant access to their supply chain data, regardless of location and service availability," said Pedro Colaco, vice president of Marketing, Expand Networks. "GeoLogistics' adoption of the ACCELERATORs demonstrates to other companies looking to improve their SCM operational efficiencies, that optimizing existing WAN performance need not be a costly nor time-consuming endeavor."

About GeoLogistics Corporation

GeoLogistics Corporation is one of the largest, non-asset based global logistics providers headquartered in North America, with annual revenues in excess of $1 billion. Global logistics services include freight forwarding and customs brokerage, warehousing, project forwarding, time-definite distribution and other value-added services, including consulting and supply chain management. More information may be obtained at the Company's website at www.geo-logistics.com

About Expand Networks

Expand Networks pioneered the development of bandwidth boosting appliances - the ACCELERATORs - which increase network capacity by 100 -400+%. The ACCELERATORs eliminate the need for costly WAN link upgrades, enabling quicker deployments of new applications to remote offices. Networked applications such as CRM, Email, ERP, Thin Client and XML increase the strain on scarce WAN resources, often hindering productivity. By removing repeat data patterns found in any type of traffic, the ACCELERATORs provide important bandwidth savings. The end-result is the decrease in network congestion, which in turn speeds up data transfers. Expand Networks allows enterprises to support more networked users, applications and services with fewer resources delivering a typical ROI of 3 to 9 months. Clients include: Motorola, Texas Instruments, Hitachi Capital, and the United States Department of Defense. Expand Networks is headquartered in Roseland, New Jersey and Tel Aviv, Israel with offices throughout the United States, United Kingdom and Italy. To learn more, visit www.expand.com or call [phone]

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