May 26, 2005

EMW paves the way for first finalized NATO Service Level Agreement (SLA) signature

On 12 April, 2005, the NATO CIS Services Agency (NCSA) celebrated a major milestone in the ongoing Service Level Management initiative with the official signing of the first finalized Service Level Agreement (SLA). The SLA, between NCSA and the Allied Joint Force Command (JFC) Brunssum heralds the culmination of the challenging and complex endeavor to establish Service Level Management, which is one of the cornerstones of the customer-provider model and a fundamental premise of NCSA.

EMW has played a lead role in NATO's effort, via its Business Process Engineering (BPE) contract, by supplying key personnel and expertise.

The Brunssum SLA was signed by NCSA Director, LtGen Ulrich Wolf and JFC Commander, General Gerhard Back during a ceremony at the JFC HQ in front of numerous Flag Officers. It is intended that SLAs with the remaining nine Command Headquarters will be finalized and signed during 2005.

General Wolf stated that the institution of SLAs and Service Level Management is designed to produce enhanced Quality of Service, improved customer support and more cost-effective provisioning of Communication and Information Services (CIS).

It is not mere coincidence that these same goals form the pillars of EMW's core capabilities and EMW looks forward to serving NATO in expanding roles in the future.

About EMW

EMW was founded in 1995 by engineers and managers who formerly held senior positions in well known telecommunications and information technology companies to pursue their vision for this new company.

Our core business is providing information and communication technology services in the areas of planning, engineering and implementation; project and program management; systems integration; operations and maintenance; and training. Our competencies range over all aspects of inside and outside plant; feeder, access and inter-office networks; switching, transmission, multiplexing and data communications equipment; network management, operations support, and asset management systems; information assurance; web enabling; applications software; and beyond. While staying abreast of today’s technologies, we keep a watchful eye on technology trends, and are very serious about future-proofing our solutions.

We play in the global marketplace, and are proud to serve a wide spectrum of distinguished clients from defense and government agencies, as well as commercial enterprise. Our watchwords are competency, innovation, integrity, and—above all—respect and care for the customer.

For additional information, please contact:

Trey Jones
EMW, Incorporated
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Herndon, VA 20171

tjones@emw.com
Tel: +1 (703) 273-5801