ADVISORY/OpenReach to Sponsor ``Tackle Your Top 5 WAN Challenges,'' a Webcast Featuring Renowned...

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

ADVISORY...for Wednesday (Nov. 13)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

WHAT:
      The enterprise wide area network has become the workhorse of
      business, commonly supporting hundreds of different applications
      indispensable in the daily




				

				
				 
				


 functions of employees spread across
      the world.

      But today's enterprise WAN has become a victim of its own
      success, struggling to keep up with the constantly expanding
      communications expectations of the business. In an upcoming
      webcast, Dr. Jim Metzler, a leading authority on both network
      technology and its business applications, joins OpenReach to
      discuss how enterprises can tackle their top-most WAN
      challenges. Discover pragmatic, cost-effective ways to add
      capacity, ubiquity, and adaptability to the network, while
      increasing reliability and gaining more control.

WHEN:
      Wednesday, November 13, 2002, at 1:00 p.m. ET
      To register, visit http://www.openreach.com/webcast

ABOUT THE WEBCAST:

This webcast presents five key WAN challenges that enterprises face, followed by pragmatic, actionable suggestions for leveraging a primary IP network to address these issues today. The primary IP network allows enterprise managers to preserve the investment of their existing frame relay infrastructure while extending the resiliency, performance and reach of the enterprise WAN.

ABOUT OPENREACH:

OpenReach provides IP WAN services for building secure, reliable networks over any IP transport. Our customers use OpenReach Services to enhance the availability of mission-critical resources, increase capacity for new applications, improve access to remote locations, and reduce operational expenses. OpenReach Services combine always-on IP transport that is independent of the primary WAN, end-to-end security using encryption and digital certificates, and real-time global monitoring of the IP and primary WAN connections. Founded in 1999 by former Bell Labs engineers and with 10 patents pending, OpenReach serves more than 150 customers in 28 countries. Learn more about OpenReach at http://www.openreach.com.