Aricent to Speak at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. 2009 CIO Summit

PALO ALTO, CA, Oct 05 (MARKET WIRE) --
Aricent(TM), a global innovation, technology and services company focused
exclusively on communications, will be speaking at Kohlberg Kravis
Roberts & Co.'s (KKR) upcoming CIO Summit taking place October 6-7, 2009
at the Sun Executive Briefing Center in Menlo Park, California. KKR has
prepared two days of discussions highlighting strategies and technologies
that deliver value through innovation, with a particular emphasis on
generating near term, high ROI results.

Aricent's Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Keith Higgins, will
discuss how fundamental shifts in communications, including the
convergence of cloud services with mobile networks, have created
substantial new professional service opportunities across a range of
industry segments.

Where:

-- The private, invitation-only event will be held at Sun
Microsystems' Executive Briefing Center, 15 Network Circle,
Menlo Park, California 94025

When:

-- CIO Summit: October 6-7, 2009
-- Aricent's Speaking Session: Tuesday, 3:00PM

KKR's CIO Summit is expected to include presentations by industry
thought leaders, case studies from KKR CIO's on IT best practices and
analyst insights on solutions and technologies that have high ROI.

About Aricent

Aricent is a global innovation, technology and services company focused
exclusively on communications. Aricent combines the leading innovation
capabilities of frog design with unparalleled domain expertise in
communications as a strategic supplier to the world's foremost
infrastructure, application and service providers. The company's investors
include Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., Sequoia Capital, The Family Office
and The Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board. For more information,
visit http://www.aricent.com.

Keywords & Tags: Aricent, KKR, CIO, CIO Summit

Aricent is a trademark of Aricent Inc. in the United States and other
jurisdictions. All other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.

For further information, contact:

Steven Manuel
Sr. Director, Corporate Marketing
Aricent
Tel: +1 650 391 1621
Email: Email Contact

Chris Lalli
Americas: Cohn & Wolfe
Tel: +1 415 365 8540
Email: Email Contact

Paula Muezerie
Europe: AxiCom
Tel: +44 208 392 4081
Email: Email Contact

Varun Dubey
Manager, Corporate Marketing, APAC
Aricent
Tel: +91 9711367093
Email: Email Contact

Shikha Singh Sehrawat
India: Text 100
Tel: +91 981 175 7369
Email: Email Contact

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