Ocean Beauty Streamlines Business Communications on MCI's IP Platform

Private IP and Secure Interworking Gateway (SIG) Solution to Enable Company's Business Units to Securely Share Information, Centralize Applications and Improve Overall Efficiency 


ASHBURN, Va., Oct. 24  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MCI, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCIP) today announced it will help Ocean Beauty, one of the largest seafood processing companies in the Pacific Northwest, migrate from an in-house VPN to an advanced IP communications solution. Ocean Beauty will use MCI's Private IP and SIG Secure Internet Access to enhance employee productivity, consolidate disparate Internet access services and streamline manufacturing, distribution and sales operations for its 3,000 associates located throughout the U.S., Alaska and Japan.

Founded in 1910, Ocean Beauty is a leader in its industry, providing customers around the globe with a diverse line of products, including fresh, frozen, canned, smoked, specialty and Mediterranean foods under multiple brand names.  Looking to enhance its ability to do business from coast-to-coast, Ocean Beauty selected MCI's integrated IP solution to provide their next-generation communications platform, enabling the food processor to improve supply-chain efficiencies through the deployment of an ERP software solution, connect geographically-dispersed business units and enhance management of its manufacturing operations.

"We selected MCI's IP solutions to help us centralize our network operations enabling us to function more efficiently and cost effectively," said Sentoso Sendjaja, IT director for Ocean Beauty. "By utilizing MCI's advanced IP technology, we are able to meet our goals and derive more value and functionality from our network to take our business to the next level."

With its migration to MCI Private IP, Ocean Beauty is taking advantage of MCI's SIG network-based firewall capabilities to seamlessly deliver traffic from origination to destination, while affording it greater network stability and predictability. As a result, Ocean Beauty employees can gain secure access to the Internet, protecting them from ever-present Internet security threats.

Additionally through the use of MCI technology, Ocean Beauty is able to standardize its network to provide secure, centralized Internet access across various company sites while eliminating circuit and service redundancies. MCI's comprehensive IP solution also gives Ocean Beauty a single point of contact to manage all of its U.S. sites, while paving the way to adopt future applications like videoconferencing and VoIP.

"With MCI's Private IP and Secure Internet Access services, Ocean Beauty is able to transition to a single IP-based infrastructure to better meet its evolving business needs," said Steve Young, MCI senior vice president of Commercial Markets. "With our expansive suite of IP Services, MCI is enabling Ocean Beauty to better communicate today and in the future as they roll out converged applications like Voice over IP."

MCI's Private IP Service is the company's flagship MPLS-based VPN offering and fastest growing service, delivering flexible classes of service, any-to-any IP routing and robust service level agreements to carry data, voice and video traffic securely.  With MCI's complete suite of SIG services including Secure Internet Access, customers have access to a one-solution approach to bridge the gap between private and public IP networks with built-in security-allowing for more streamlined network management, lower costs and reduced capital expenditures.

About Ocean Beauty Seafoods, Inc.

Ocean Beauty is the largest producer of both canned and smoked salmon in North America and one of the largest global seafood companies in the United States. The company has been operating in the Alaska salmon business since 1930. Ocean Beauty has 26 facilities located in six countries supporting its worldwide sales operation. The company continues its tradition of growth with the development of new and exciting products for today's seafood consumer. For more information on Ocean Beauty, its long history in Alaska and diverse product line, please visit http://www.oceanbeauty.com/.

About MCI, Inc.

MCI, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCIP) is a leading global communications provider, delivering innovative, cost-effective, advanced communications connectivity to businesses, governments and consumers. With one of the most expansive global IP backbones and wholly-owned data networks, MCI develops the converged communications products and services that are the foundation for commerce and communications in today's market. For more information, go to http://www.mci.com/. 

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