Mitel First to Deliver Virtualized Real-Time Communications Applications Based on VMware vSphere(TM) 4

OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Oct 29 (MARKET WIRE) --
News Facts:

- Mitel(R), the trusted provider of unified communications applications,
announces Mitel business communications solutions as VMware Ready(TM),
leveraging technology designed for VMware vSphere(TM) 4.

- The latency challenge of virtualizing voice has also been solved with
Mitel Communications Director (MCD) software, the first real-time voice
application designed for the VMware vSphere 4 platform.

- These developments come after the two companies announced their
strategic relationship in June 2009, with the intent to develop Mitel
real-time voice applications that run on VMware vSphere(TM) 4.

- Mitel has the following unified communications applications that are
now VMware Ready(TM) and available to customers. They include:

- Mitel Unified Communicator(R) (UC) Advanced

- Mitel Contact Center Solutions

- Mitel Enterprise Manager

- Mitel's software approach offers organizations choice and flexibility
in deploying unified communications solutions from the data center with
the ability to run Mitel's call control and applications on
industry-standard servers in a VMware environment.

- The Mitel solution leverages the VMware platform to enable
organizations of all sizes to build internal clouds that transform IT
into a dynamic, flexible service that delivers efficiency, control and
choice within their infrastructures while dramatically lowering capital
and operating costs.

- The solution maximizes hardware utilization, simplifies application
management, enhances applications performance, and streamlines IT's
business continuity objectives.

- Continuing Mitel's rollout of software solutions, VMware Ready releases
of Unified Communicator Advanced, Contact Center Solutions, and
Enterprise Manager are available now. Mitel MCD on VMware will be
available Q1 2010.

- For more details, please visit:
http://www.mitel.com/DocController?documentId=33619

Quotes:

"Until now, the process of virtualizing voice has been quite difficult.
The reason is latency; while latency is accepted and even expected for
certain applications, it is not an option for real-time applications such
as voice. Together, Mitel and VMware have solved this complex challenge,
and as a result, users will experience voice just as they always have,
while their organizations enjoy the significant benefits of virtualizing
this application."

- Stephen Beamish, Vice-President Marketing and Strategic Partnerships,
Mitel.

"VMware and Mitel are paving the way for virtualizing voice applications
so that customers can now apply the benefits of virtualization to their
unified communications strategies. With the groundbreaking performance
provided by VMware vSphere(TM) 4 and the collaboration between our
companies, customers of all sizes can capture the benefits of
virtualization for voice applications, offering greater efficiency,
control and choice for customers while lowering costs and increasing
resource utilization."

- Parag Patel, Vice President, Alliances, VMware.

"Everyday we have more customers approaching us about combining their
business applications with their real-time communications applications in
a virtualized environment in their data centre. The leading work Mitel
and VMware are doing to enable this is critically important, allowing
customers to further capitalize on this growing trend."

- Ben Treadway, President and CEO, Fulton Communications

About Mitel

Mitel delivers flexibility and simplicity in smart unified communications
solutions and applications for organizations of all sizes. Combined with
a full range of managed services that include voice and data network
design and traffic provisioning, custom application development, and
attractive financing options, Mitel is reinventing how successful
organizations gain competitive advantage by easily collaborating and
communicating over distance and time with customers, colleagues and
partners. Mitel's (www.mitel.com) US headquarters are in Phoenix,
Arizona. Global headquarters are in Ottawa, Canada, with offices,
partners, and resellers worldwide.

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Contacts:
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Kevin Johnson (analysts)
613-592-2122 x6690
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