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September 5, 2006

Challenging Times For Siemens Communications' Enterprise Networks

But The HiPath 8000 Should Have A Secure Future

by Phil Sayer

with Michelle de Lussanet, Elizabeth Herrell, Andrea Carini

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Executive Summary

Siemens AG has announced that its loss-making Enterprise Networks business (EN), which is part of its Communications Division (aka Siemens Com), is up for sale. The HiPath 8000 is the flagship product of the business and is the focus of Siemens' strategy for open, server-based, unified communications based on session initiation protocol (SIP). Siemens has invested heavily in this key asset and has emphasized its commitment to both the product and its customers in recent statements. Forrester expects Siemens to make a commitment to the future of the product a contractual condition of the sale of EN. Siemens has also stated that it is prepared to make contractual commitments about the future development and support of the product directly to existing and future customers.

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