March 27, 2006
Intelligent Compression Technologies, Inc. (ICT) has been included in the list of "Cool Vendors" in the “Cool Vendors in Enterprise Communications, 2006” report by Gartner, Inc.*
CIOs and managers of enterprise communications face many challenges, including better-managing customer interaction, improving support for staff mobility, improving network security, infrastructure consolidation and operation efficiency. Gartner recognizes these challenges and has identified Intelligent Compression Technologies and five other vendors as addressing these challenges.
"We appreciate Gartner’s highlight of what we believe to be our unique innovation in AcceleNet software based WAN optimization," said Michael Slygh, CEO of ICT. "We are redefining the WAN where only software based application acceleration can address all the needs of branch office, home office, and wireless last mile users. Today’s branch office users have evolved to a point where productivity in the home office and while mobile in the field is just as important as productivity in the office. Speed of response in accessing or sharing data is paramount to their business and customer interaction. AcceleNet software is the only solution for these highly productive restless mobile users.”
Intelligent Compression Technologies, Inc., a privately held company located in Quincy, MA, provides patented software compression and network optimization products for the Communications, Internet, Networking and WAN industries.
About Gartner's Cool Vendors Selection Process
Gartner's listing does not constitute an exhaustive list of vendors in any given technology area, but rather is designed to highlight interesting, new and innovative vendors, products and services. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness of a particular purpose.
Gartner defines a cool vendor as a company that offers technologies or solutions that are: Innovative, enable users to do things they couldn't do before; Impactful, have, or will have, business impact (not just technology for the sake of technology); Intriguing, have caught Gartner's interest or curiosity in approximately the past six months.
* Cool Vendors in Enterprise Communications, 2006 (published March 16th, 2006 written by: Steve Cramoysan, Drew Kraus, Lawrence Orans, Joe Skorupa, Geoff Johnson, Rachna Ahlawat). © 2006 Gartner, Inc. and/or its Affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
About Intelligent Compression Technologies, Inc. (ICT)
ICT is a privately held company located in Quincy, MA. ICT provides the most innovative patented software compression, premium application acceleration, and highest performance network optimization products available today effectively servicing the growing challenges of narrowband and broadband customer networks. ICT’s AcceleNet software suite is used today in diverse markets by industry leading service providers and enterprise customers to accelerate the on-line experience of millions of their users worldwide. When your customers ‘Quality of Experience’ is what matters, choose AcceleNet. For more information on ICT and AcceleNet, visit www.accelenet.com.

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