Critical Links Relocates Global Headquarters to US and Expands Executive Team


Critical Links to provide edgeBOX, a single multi-function device that consolidates data, voice and IT services, to US market

FAIRFIELD, NJ, January 22, 2008– Critical Links, a provider of converged ICT solutions today announced the relocation of its global headquarters to the US and the expansion of its executive team including the additions of Abdul Kasim, vice president of global marketing and business development and Robert Muhaw, vice president of global sales and operations.

Critical Links, founded in 2006 in Portugal as a spin-off from a successful software company, is the developer of edgeBOX, an office-in-a-box appliance that provides a complete voice, data and IT solution in a single device for SMBs (Small to Medium Businesses) and enterprise branch offices.

“Late last year, Critical Links secured 5.7 million dollars in venture capital. It has not taken long for us to assemble an esteemed client list and develop channel partners that are distributing the edgeBOX product worldwide,” said Joao Carreira, CEO, Critical Links. “We are proud of our edgeBOX technology and believe the launch of our US operations will help us focus on the US- a very important strategic market for Critical Links, as well as the rest of the world. Critical Links is excited to expand its management team and be “open for business” in the US.”

The new executive team members join the CEO and CFO in place. Abdul Kasim is vice president of global marketing and business development at Critical Links where he oversees all worldwide marketing and partnership activities. Abdul was previously VP of marketing and business development at ADVA Optical Networking and is a co-author of “Delivering Carrier Ethernet”, published by McGraw-Hill, the first book addressing the deployment of ethernet in service provider networks. Abdul holds a graduate degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Robert Muhaw is vice president of global sales and operations of Critical Links with the responsibility for growing worldwide sales and operations. Bob has 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, with executive management experience in both worldwide sales and customer services. Prior to joining Critical Links, Bob was Vice President of Worldwide Sales at NetTest. In addition to his NetTest tenure, Bob also served in senior sales and service management roles within Digitial Lightwave and Telesciences. Bob received his Masters degree from University of Maryland, and a Bachelor degree from Rowan University.

Critical Links’ flagship product,edgeBOX provides a full voice, data, and IT infrastructure for small and medium businesses. edgeBOX can replace up to 8 specialized hardware and software solutions with a single integrated device. It provides a complete and secure networking infrastructure that is simple to install and configure, easy to maintain and upgrade and can be managed remotely.

EdgeBox is delivered to SMB around the world through Critical Links network of resellers, service providers and OEMs. Hundreds of edgeBOXEs have been delivered all over the world. Critical Links recently announced it has an OEM agreement in place with HCL

Critical Links is located at 695 Route 46 West, Fairfield, NJ 07004 Tel.: 201 491 8325 Support, Hotline: 888 433 4326 and on the World Wide Web at www.critical-links.com



About Critical Links

Critical Links is a global leader providing broadband gateway solutions for Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs). Its goal is to dramatically simplify and cost-reduce while offering a host of advanced voice, data and other ICT applications. Its edgeBOX™ is a award winning multi-function gateway device that provides VOIP, IP-PBX, VPNs, security, NAC and QoS as well as web server, e-mail server and data storage; it is available on a range of scalable and fault-tolerant platforms to support up to 300 users.