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CORRECTING and REPLACING Colubris Networks Expands Executive Team; Addition of Former Cisco, Lucent and 3Com Executives Underscores Company Momentum and Growth.


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CORRECTION...by Colubris Networks

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2004

In BW5051 issued April 26, 2004: Please replace the release with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions.

The corrected release reads:

COLUBRIS NETWORKS EXPANDS EXECUTIVE TEAM; ADDITION OF FORMER CISCO, LUCENT AND 3COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page.  EXECUTIVES UNDERSCORES COMPANY MOMENTUM AND GROWTH

Colubris Networks, a global provider of intelligent wireless LAN A local area network that transmits over the air typically in the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz unlicensed frequency band. It does not require line of sight between sender and receiver. Wireless base stations (access points) are wired to an Ethernet network and transmit a radio frequency over an area  (WLAN See wireless LAN.

WLAN - wireless local area network
) access solutions, today announced the appointment of three accomplished networking industry veterans to its senior management team. The company named Marty Falaro as vice president of enterprise and channel sales; Karen Barton as vice president of marketing; and Roger Sands as vice president of enterprise development.

The news was released at "Enterprise Networks 2004," a key conference for enterprise IT and network executives taking place this week in Boston, Massachusetts “Boston” redirects here. For other uses, see Boston (disambiguation).
Boston is the capital and most populous city of Massachusetts.[3] The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the unofficial economic and cultural center of the entire New
. During the conference, Colubris Networks Founder and Chief Technology Officer Pierre Trudeau will participate in a debate with Cisco and Aruba executives about WLAN architectures.

Colubris Networks' latest executive appointments reflect the continued growth and success of the company. This momentum is emphasized in the past several months by an agreement to provide Wi-Fi equipment to Broadreach Networks Limited, the operator of one of the largest networks in the UK under the ReadytoSurf(TM) brand name, as well as the announcement of the company's next-generation WLAN access platforms, Colubris Networks Management System, and industry-first multi-service Virtual Access Point (VAP (Value Added Process) An executable program in a NetWare 2.x server. Starting with NetWare 3.x, VAPs were replaced by NLMs. See NetWare. ) solution.

Marty Falaro brings to Colubris Networks more than 20 years of management and sales success with leading network technology companies of various sizes and stages. Reporting to Colubris Networks President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  Barry Fougere, Falaro's responsibilities include leading the company's worldwide enterprise sales and distribution organization. He brings to his new role extensive global experience that includes developing strategic partnerships, distribution channels and direct relationships with Fortune 500 and service provider customers. Prior to joining the company, Falaro has held positions such as worldwide vice president of sales and vice president of business development at VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks.  equipment provider Altiga Networks (acquired by Cisco), Speechworks (acquired by Scansoft) and PictureTel. He began his sales career at IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries)  subsidiary Lotus Development Corporation (company) Lotus Development Corporation - A software company who produced Lotus 1-2-3, the Symphony spreadsheet and Lotus Notes for the IBM PC.

Disliked by the League for Programming Freedom on account of their lawsuits.

Quarterly sales $224M, profits $10M (Aug 1994).
.

Also reporting to Mr. Fougere is Karen Barton, who brings more than two decades of marketing, product management and strategy experience with networking market and technology leaders ranging from early-stage firms to publicly traded companies publicly traded company

A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market.
. She will oversee corporate marketing and product management initiatives for Colubris Networks. Prior to joining, Barton served as vice president of marketing with Appian Communications and Xedia (acquired by Lucent). She has also held vice president and director level positions in business development, product marketing and product management at Wellfleet Communications/Bay Networks (acquired by Nortel) and BBN (BBN Technologies, Cambridge, MA, www.bbn.com) A consulting firm that participated in the development of some of the most extensive networks in the world, including ARPANET, which evolved into the Internet. It was founded in 1948 as a consulting service in acoustics by Dr.  Communications.

Roger Sands brings 20 years of engineering and executive management experience to Colubris Networks. Most recently, he served as general manager responsible for engineering and U.S. business development for the enterprise WLAN business of Accton Technologies, where he built and led this unit from formation through product release and high-volume delivery. Prior to Accton, Sands was general manager of 3Com's Business Access Solutions division. He has also held senior engineering positions at US Robotics (acquired by 3Com), Bytex and Digital Equipment Corporation (acquired by Compaq/HP). Sands reports to John O'Hara, Colubris Networks' vice president of engineering, who co-founded and led engineering at WaveSmith Networks (Ciena) and New Oak (Nortel).

"The dramatic success that Colubris is demonstrating in the market is not only a powerful magnet for our customers and partners, but also for top-notch people as well. This momentum is self-reinforcing. We're proud to expand our executive team in several key disciplines with such accomplished industry veterans," said Colubris Networks President and CEO Barry Fougere. "The extensive capabilities, insight and networking heritage of Marty Falaro, Karen Barton and Roger Sands will be valuable assets as the company continues to build and enhance a leadership position in our targeted markets."

About Colubris Networks

Colubris Networks is a global provider of intelligent wireless LAN access equipment and management systems for service providers and enterprises. The company's award-winning products deliver seamless, secure access to broadband networks while integrating into existing network infrastructure, security and management systems. Colubris Networks' equipment is deployed by more than 500 organizations worldwide, including Swisscom Eurospot, Telecom Italia, Broadreach Networks, NTT-ME, McGill University, STSN STSN Seaman, Sonar Technician Striker (Naval Rating)
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, Connexion by Boeing Connexion by Boeing (CBB) was an in-flight online connectivity service from Boeing. This service allowed travellers to access a high-speed internet connection while on board a plane in flight through a wired Ethernet or a wireless 802.11 Wi-Fi connection. , the Resort Municipality of Whistler, and three of the world's largest hotel chains. Partners include ADC (1) See A/D converter.

(2) (Apple Display Connector) A peripheral connector from Apple that combines digital video display, USB and power in one cable.
, Alcatel, Juniper Networks, Miltope Corporation, RSA Security, Airwave, Funk Software, iPass, and a worldwide network of value-added-resellers. For more information, visit the company at www.colubris.com, or contact us at info@colubris.com.

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