Exhibit 99.7


                   Avocent Announces Estimated First Quarter
                   Revenue and Strong Second Quarter Outlook


    HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 10, 2006--Avocent Corporation
(NASDAQ:AVCT) today announced that it expects to report revenue for
the first quarter of 2006 in the range of $94 to $95 million,
depending upon final royalty reports yet to be received. This includes
approximately $1.5 million from the sale of Cyclades products
following Avocent's completion of the Cyclades acquisition on March
30, 2006. Revenue for the first quarter of 2005 was $76.8 million.
    "I am pleased with Avocent's sales for the first quarter even
though they were slightly below our original expectations," said John
R. Cooper, Avocent's chairman and chief executive officer. "Our sales
were slightly dampened by the normal customer hesitation resulting
from a major acquisition and the time spent by both sales forces in
planning the Cyclades integration. Also, a large customer decided late
in the quarter to reschedule the delivery of more than $2 million in
orders from an expected one time shipment during the first quarter of
2006 to a phased roll out over a longer period."
    "Although the acquisition of Cyclades did not close until March
30, integration planning was very extensive during February and March,
and we have made excellent progress since the closing," continued Mr.
Cooper. "The best single piece of news is that we have already
introduced integrated support for and control of the Cyclades products
within our DSView software -- a full three months earlier than we
originally anticipated. We are implementing detailed integration plans
in each functional area of the combined business. Our combined branded
sales force received detailed product cross training last week in the
United States, Europe and Asia. We are also well underway in
instituting our plans to gain the operational synergies expected in
the second half of this year. We are enthusiastic about our enhanced
product roadmap and have started the process of communicating our
planned new products and features to our resellers and customers."
    "The outlook for our second quarter is bright, with revenue
expected to be in the range of $114 to $118 million compared to $89.5
million in the second quarter of 2005," said Edward H. Blankenship,
Avocent's senior vice president of finance and chief financial
officer. "We are excited about the progress made to date integrating
the Cyclades acquisition and about the expected customer response to
our combined product offerings."
    Avocent is scheduled to release its full results from operations
for the first quarter of 2006 on April 27, 2006, and hold a conference
call at 10:00 am CDT that day to discuss the first quarter results and
second quarter outlook. Avocent will provide an on-line, real-time
webcast and rebroadcast of this call on its website at
www.avocent.com.

    About Avocent Corporation

    Avocent Corporation is the leading supplier of connectivity
solutions for enterprise data centers, branch offices, and small to
medium size businesses. Branded and OEM products include remote and
local access solutions for switching, serial console, power,
extension, intelligent platform management interface (IPMI), mobile,
and video display management 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 final revenue
results for the first quarter of 2006, the projected range of revenue
for the second quarter of 2006, the integration of the Cyclades
acquisition, products, and technologies, customer acceptance of these
new products and technologies, operational synergies from the
acquisition, 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 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 6, 2006. 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.


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