Exhibit 99.3

                     Avocent to Acquire Cyclades;
          Acquisition to Enhance Serial Management Platform

    HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 26, 2006--Avocent
Corporation (NASDAQ: AVCT) today announced that it signed a definitive
agreement to acquire Cyclades Corporation, a privately-held company
based in Fremont, California. The agreement provides for a total cash
purchase price of approximately $90 million plus the assumption of
liabilities and payment of certain transaction costs. Cyclades had
unaudited revenues of approximately $60 million in 2005. The
acquisition is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2006.
    "The Cyclades acquisition will significantly expand our management
platform for serial and power management products while providing a
strong presence in the fast growing Linux server and networking
infrastructure markets," stated John R. Cooper, chairman and chief
executive officer of Avocent Corporation. "We expect the acquisition
to introduce us to a significant number of new customers, broaden our
IT infrastructure management capabilities and enhance our research and
development resources. We believe our customers will benefit from our
combined broader product offerings on an integrated platform.
    "Cyclades has excellent market penetration in the Linux and
network infrastructure management space with their AlterPath group of
products. We plan to leverage their expertise in these markets to
provide an integrated and comprehensive solution for Windows, Linux
and networking environments.
    "Cyclades' products are very complementary to those of Avocent,"
continued Mr. Cooper. "They have a strong international presence and
currently sell products and services to 85% of the Fortune 100
companies. We believe we have excellent opportunities to cross-sell
our respective products lines across the combined customer base.
    "We also believe there are significant operational synergies
between our organizations. We expect the acquisition will be accretive
to our GAAP and operational earnings per share in 2006, excluding a
one-time charge for in-process research and development expense, which
we will incur upon the closing of the transaction," concluded Mr.
Cooper.
    Jefferies Broadview, a division of Jefferies & Company, Inc.,
acted as financial advisor to Cyclades.

    Conference Call Information

    Avocent will review the details of the Cyclades transaction in an
on-line, real-time Web-cast conference call to be held January 26,
2006. The live broadcast will be available on-line at www.avocent.com
as well as www.investorcalendar.com beginning at 10:00 a.m. central
time. The on-line replay will follow immediately and continue for 30
days.

    About Cyclades Corporation

    Cyclades offers a comprehensive system of products that reduce IT
operational costs and risks, while increasing the productivity of IT
assets and personnel. Cyclades AlterPath System provides secure
alternate paths into the production IT infrastructure, enabling
administrators to remotely access, diagnose and restore disconnected
assets to normal operation. Cyclades AlterPath solutions include
console servers, KVM and KVM over IP switches, power control
appliances, service processor managers, blade managers and a manager
to control the entire out-of-band infrastructure. More than 8,000
organizations, including 85 percent of the Fortune 100, utilize
Cyclades products. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Fremont,
Calif., Cyclades is a global company with 19 offices worldwide.
Additional information is available at www.Cyclades.com.

    About Avocent Corporation

    Avocent Corporation is the leading supplier of connectivity
solutions for enterprise data centers, service providers and financial
institutions worldwide. Branded products include switching, extension,
intelligent platform management interface (IPMI), remote access and
video display solutions. Additional information is available at:
www.avocent.com.

    Forward-Looking Statements

    This press release contains statements that are forward-looking
statements as defined within the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. These include statements regarding the closing of the
acquisition, the development and introduction of new products and
technologies (including those for the Linux server market), the use of
serial and power management products by customers, the features and
benefits of product and technology integration, the size, growth, and
leadership of the potential markets for these products and
technologies in the future, the revenue and earnings from these new
products and technologies in the future, the market penetration and
opportunities for the combined businesses, operational synergies,
engineering and design activities, and the results of operations of
the combined businesses. These forward-looking statements are subject
to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from the statements made, including the risk that the
acquisition may not close, risks associated with the acquisition and
subsequent integration of businesses and technologies, risks
associated with general economic conditions, risks attributable to
future product demand, sales, and expenses, risks associated with
reliance on a limited number of customers, component suppliers, and
single source components, risks associated with product design efforts
and the introduction of new products and technologies, and risks
associated with obtaining and protecting intellectual property rights.
Other factors that could cause operating and financial results to
differ are described in Avocent's annual report on Form 10-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 14, 2005. Other
risks may be detailed from time to time in reports to be filed with
the SEC. Avocent does not undertake any obligation to publicly update
its forward-looking statements based on events or circumstances after
the date hereof.

    Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

    Operational income and the resulting calculation of earnings per
share on an operating basis as used in this press release are not
measures of financial performance under generally accepted accounting
principles (GAAP) and should not be considered a substitute for or
superior to GAAP. Avocent's management uses operational income as a
financial measure to evaluate performance and allocate resources
within the Company. Management believes this measure presents the
Company's results on a more comparable operational basis by excluding
non-cash amortization expenses, non-operational expenses associated
with acquisitions, and significant and unusual non-recurring gains and
losses on sales of investments made by Avocent. Avocent believes that
operational income is a measure of performance used by some investment
banks, analysts, investors and others to make informed investment
decisions. Other companies may calculate operational income in a
different manner so this measure may not be comparable to similar
measures presented by other companies.

    CONTACT: Avocent Corporation
             Edward H. Blankenship, 256-217-1301