AGT Provides Critical Multi-Conferencing Capability To Army National Guard
Governors and Department of Homeland Security link to 54 Adjutants General

Rockledge, FL April 14, 2004 -  Applied Global Technologies, an innovative technologies company offering reliable and worry-free managed services for IP audio, data and video communications,  announces that the National Guard Bureau, working through federal systems contractor Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), has awarded it the contract to equip the offices of its 54 Adjutants General with video conferencing technology. 
 
"The National Guard Bureau is in the process of a large-scale modernization of its communications capabilities with the aim of optimizing response time and readiness," said Susan Dix of the Joint Staff Architecture Branch of the National Guard. "Video conferencing will play an important role."
 
In addition, AGT will outfit 32 National Guard States with the Polycom MGC-50 platform and upgrade 22 current systems. SAIC and AGT will provide teams for the installation, integration and upgrades of these systems during the second quarter of 2004.
  
"Since post September 11, 2001, we have seen a movement to align our 'First Responders' and the Department of Homeland Security communications infrastructures into a unified seamless integrated platform," stated Mike Garvey, VP of Federal Sales, Applied Global Technologies. "We are proud of the solutions we are offering to the National Guard Bureau through our work with SAIC. AGT sees secure communications, especially video conferencing, taking center stage as the medium of choice for communications in the federal, civilian and DOD communities."
 
The National Guard Adjutants General will use Polycom's ViewStation EX and VS4000 group video communications systems across the United States for both secure and non-secure modes of video conferencing, connecting to the video networks serving the governor's offices in each state and the Department of Homeland Security.  The National Guard is currently in the process of deploying 37 Polycom ViewStation EX and 17 VS4000 systems in the Adjutants General offices across the country.