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VOYENCE AND BMC SOFTWARE TEAM TO PROVIDE CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT FOR THE NETWORK

VoyenceControl Integrates with BMC Service Impact Manager to Extend the Value of Service Management Solutions.

Richardson, TX, July 19, 2004 - Voyence™ Inc., a leading provider of network configuration and service management solutions for enterprise and managed service providers, announced it has joined BMC Software®'s MarketZone Partner Products Program to deliver network configuration management solutions for increasing network efficiencies and reducing network design planning and downtime. Voyence has integrated VoyenceControl with BMC® Service Impact Manager to help IT organizations meet the demands of providing service impact information on a real-time basis. The integration of VoyenceControl with BMC Service Impact Manager gives customers expanded visibility into their IT infrastructure, enabling them to understand how network configuration changes affect the delivery of new services.

“To succeed in a competitive climate, organizations need a way to prioritize their IT operations according to the goals of the business,” said Mary Nugent, vice president and general manager, Service Management Solutions, BMC Software. “By working with Voyence, BMC is expanding its view into network configuration, offering customers a leading solution to control changes in network devices. The breadth and depth of the BMC and Voyence solutions help customers quickly and effectively automate network planning.”

“By integrating VoyenceControl with BMC Service Impact Manager, our joint customers are able to gain greater control over their networks and reduce network configuration errors, while increasing the efficiency of their network operations,” said Susan Nash, President and CEO, Voyence. “Our relationship with BMC successfully expands Voyence’s reach into a broader array of enterprises looking to harness the power of network configuration management to deploy advanced network services to their customers.”

The integration of VoyenceControl with BMC Service Impact Manager gives
enterprises expanded visibility into their IT infrastructure, enabling
them to understand how changes to the configuration of the network affect business services.

VoyenceControl automates network planning, design, deployment and change management processes to increase network availability and improve security by preventing errors from being introduced during the design or change process. Automation has become a necessity as IT organizations seek to align with business practices and only VoyenceControl can scale to manage tens of thousands of heterogeneous devices across hundreds of customer networks.

BMC Software Service Impact Management solutions link business services and IT infrastructure to help manage what matters to deliver Business Service Management. These solutions, including BMC Service Impact Manager, manage the impact of technology changes on business and business changes on technology in real-time and into the future. Service Impact Management solutions fully align IT with the priorities of the business.

About Voyence
Voyence is the leading provider of enterprise network configuration and change management solutions that automate critical change, compliance, and activation processes. The company’s solution, VoyenceControl helps organizations drive out operational costs, increase network availability, improve security, and demonstrate regulatory compliance. VoyenceControl is the only network configuration and change management solution, based on a multi-tiered architecture that can effectively manage tens of thousands of devices across heterogeneous networks. No other solution automates configuration management for more enterprise networks than VoyenceControl. For more information go to www.voyence.com.

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Michael Bunyard
Vice President
Voyence
972-759-4056
pressinfo@voyence.com

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