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Murray Hill, N.J., August 15, 2007 - Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris
and NYSE: ALU) today announced that its Bell Labs research organization has
been honored with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s “Recognition of Excellence
in Innovation” certificate.
Presented by Robert Cresanti, Senior Technology Advisor, Office of the
Secretary of Commerce, and Chief Privacy Officer for the Department, this
certificate recognizes Bell Labs for its continuing role in generating
innovations and technologies that are at the core of today’s cutting edge
voice, data and video solutions for service providers, enterprises and
governments worldwide.
Specifically highlighted by Cresanti were Bell Labs innovations over the
past year – in particular the recent roll out of Alcatel-Lucent’s revolutionary
OmniAccess 3500 Nonstop Laptop Guardian, which was invented by Bell Labs and
incubated by Alcatel-Lucent Ventures under the code name Evros. The
Nonstop Laptop Guardian has been hailed as a powerful technology to address the
critical IT challenge of end-point security. With this solution, IT staff can
fully protect off-site laptops and laptop data remain visible and accessible to
the enterprise 24/7 - even when the laptop is off the network, offline or
powered off.
Dr. Jeong H. Kim, President of Bell Labs, accepted the certificate in a
ceremony at its Murray Hill, N.J. facility with researchers and scientists from
around the world in attendance both in person and via a live Webcast.
Also present were John Giere, Alcatel-Lucent’s chief marketing officer and head
of government affairs and Dave Bishop COO/CTO for LGS, Alcatel-Lucent’s
subsidiary to serve the U.S. government market. Grant Seiffert, President
of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading trade
association for the information, communications and entertainment technology
industry, also participated in the presentation. As part of this ceremony
Cresanti recognized Bell Labs researchers Dr. Albert Y. Cho and Dr. Herwig
Kogelnik, both of whom were recent recipients of the National Medal of
Technology® and were in attendance at the ceremony. He also noted the
achievements of recent National Medal of Technology® award winner and former
Bell Labs researcher Dr. James West.
“Above all else, what stands out about Bell Labs is the way in which you are
innovating innovation itself. You have begun to overcome the Achilles
heel that has plagued many large companies that fail to commercialize the gems
of research that materialize within their R&D organizations,” said Robert
Cresanti. “You have created ways to accelerate the introduction of new
and possibly disruptive technologies into the marketplace – technologies that
might otherwise run squarely into the wall of incremental thinking that often
inhabits large organizations in large companies.”
Bell Labs has long been recognized as a powerhouse for innovation in the
broad field of communications as well as a center of breakthrough scientific
research. In partnership with Alcatel-Lucent Research and Innovation
(R&I) they continue to attract the world’s preeminent scientists and
generate breakthroughs that are redefining the industry and shaping the ways
people live, work and play.
“Bell Labs and its researchers have been fortunate to receive numerous
honors and recognition from a broad spectrum of organizations and institutions,
but this particular award carries special meaning for us,” said Jeong Kim,
President of Bell Labs. “The Department of Commerce’s recognition of our
success in translating innovations into real economic benefit for
Alcatel-Lucent, the country, and the world is a true honor.”
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