BOSTON -- Stratus Technologies, Inc. of Maynard, Massachusetts announced today the acquisition of Emergent Network Solutions of Allen, Texas, an innovator in advanced telecommunication software and services that enable carriers and service providers to integrate current and emerging network technologies. The purchase amount is $11 million, with provisions for additional performance-based payments.

Emergent's focus on products and solutions for voice over the Internet (VoIP) and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) builds out Stratus' strategic business initiative and current solutions for Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) and Service Mediation, which enable disparate network technologies to operate together seamlessly. Stratus is committed to offering carriers and service providers interoperability between traditional wire-line networks, mobile and cellular networks, and rapidly growing VoIP and IMS services like those made possible by Emergent. This network-convergence strategy addresses fundamental revenue-generation and subscriber-retention issues confronting telecommunications service providers today. It also strongly positions carriers and service providers to leverage their existing infrastructure investments as they embrace and migrate to emerging network-infrastructure standards in the future.

"The adage that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts applies perfectly well here, for both Emergent and Stratus," said David J. Laurello, Stratus president and CEO. "Our business strategies blend very well. And because we approach the market from different sides of the convergence paradigm, our engineering expertise, products, channels, and customers also complement each other. I am exceptionally pleased to have Nathan Franzmeier, Emergent's founder and CEO, and his entire team join the Stratus Technologies family."

Stratus Technologies International

Emergent Network Solutions Inc.