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October 28, 2004

Fairfax, VA — EMW is presenting an invited paper at MILCOM 2004, the premier international military communications conference sponsored by AFCEA and IEEE, being held at Monterey from October 31 to November 3. The paper is being presented in the Transformational Communications Network Operations and Management category in the unclassified Network Design, Management, and Security session.

EMW’s paper, Where Did I Put That Switch? Perspectives in Asset Management, co-authored by Alan Fulton, Dave Gaul and Kamal Raychaudhuri, is intended to elevate awareness of this important discipline, as well as of EMW’s role as exponents in the art of Asset Management.

The paper describes the requirements for asset management based on EMW’s experience in operating and maintaining commercialized defense networks and other medium-to-large enterprise environments. EMW’s experience is presented in the context of AssetWise™, a system that EMW has developed to meet the specific needs of these networks and environments. Real-world challenges and workarounds are discussed in the paper, along with areas of future evolution.

MILCOM is an exceedingly popular conference, with high-level attendance from government, military, industry and academia from around the world. It gives industry the opportunity to promote communications technologies and services to commanders from all branches of the armed forces, Department of Defense, federal government, and the heads of multi-national forces from around the globe. Over 1,000 qualified decision-makers typically attend these gatherings, making MILCOM a key conference for suppliers of systems, equipment, and services to the defense services worldwide.

Since 1995, EMW has delivered advanced IT and Telecommunications solutions to Government and Commercial Enterprises worldwide. EMW’s competencies include: Voice/Data/Video; WAN/LAN; Server/Desktop; File/Server; Network Security; Engineer, Furnish & Install; Operations & Maintenance; Asset Management; Software Services. EMW is an SBA 8(a) Company with a GSA Schedule, and is headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, with offices in Brussels, Belgium; Beijing, China; Johannesburg, RSA; and Dubai, UAE.