This alliance combines the strengths of two leaders from different segments of the operations control center market. In a world where information technology is evolving at warp speed, network operations control centers have become the keystones of organizations, said Michael E. Peppel, Chairman, President and CEO of MCSi, Inc. Our relationship with Evans will allow us to offer seamless integration of technology, design and national support to our customers and set a new standard for control center excellence, continued Mr. Peppel.

Evans and MCSi share a vision of bringing world class design and management expertise to our customers, said Ehor Babij, President of Evans. We are excited about the huge potential of this partnership. MCSi has more than two decades of valuable design and integration experience, a ubiquitous North American presence, and a unique strength in the convergence marketplace. This is a huge milestone for the network command and control center industry and we expect it to cause significant acceleration in the overall control center market growth rate, concluded Mr. Babij.

The alliance will focus on bringing best in class NOC products to market sooner and at an unprecedented value. In combining their forces to drive the common objective of superior quality NOCs, the alliance is committed to delivering NOC solutions that can truly respond to the demands of the new millennium. Evans and MCSi will jointly develop marketing activities, refer clients to each other and subcontract their services to each other.

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