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VOYENCE LAUNCHES VOYENCE READY PARTNER PROGRAM

Networking Industry Leaders Work Together to Assure Certified Solutions for Joint Customers.

Richardson, TX, Oct 20, 2004 — Voyence™ Inc., the leading provider of configuration management solutions for networks, today launched the Voyence Ready Partner Program. Voyence Ready Partners have agreed to work together to facilitate the design and deployment of comprehensive networking solutions. The first Voyence Ready Partners to join the program include ADTRAN®, F5 Networks and Tasman Networks. The Voyence Ready Partner Program is designed to bring together industry leaders who support delivering interoperable networking technology to joint customers. As the leader in network configuration management, Voyence is committed to working with other industry leaders to assure customers seamless interoperability for successful networking implementations.

“ADTRAN NetVanta® products, including our routers, switches, and VPN solutions are standards-based, allowing for optimum interoperability in multi-vendor networks,” said Tim Saunders, vice president of product management, ADTRAN Enterprise Networks Division. “As part of the Voyence Ready Partner Program, we continue our commitment to partner with leading manufacturers of complementary technologies, like Voyence, and in turn assure our customers the highest level of interoperability resulting in seamless network implementations.”

“As a Voyence Ready Partner, F5 Networks is working with Voyence to help customers optimize and protect their IT investments,” said Jim Ritchings, vice president of business development for F5 Networks. “The combination of F5 Networks BIG-IP suite of products with Voyence’s market leading network configuration management solution jointly reduces the time, resources and costs associated with managing complex networks.”

Voyence Ready Partners have found that by combining their product offerings with VoyenceControl, customers can more easily deploy and grow their networks simply and non-disruptively. Through these partnerships, the customer receives the highest quality solutions that are guaranteed to work.

“Combining VoyenceControl with Tasman Networks’ intelligent WAN access routers and VPN applications gives customers a certified networking solution to address their growing network concerns,” said Steve Daheb, vice president of sales and marketing, Tasman Networks. “We look forward to closely working with Voyence to provide joint customers with best-of-class networking solutions without the fear of interoperability surprises.”

“In order to better serve our customers, Voyence recognizes the importance of partnerships with leading device manufacturers to provide certified solutions for the growing network configuration market place,” said Susan Nash, CEO of Voyence. “By closely working with our key partners, we are able to deliver the best network configuration management solution to quickly and effectively manage complex, heterogeneous networks.”

The Voyence Ready Partner Program is the official certification program in which selected hardware products are tested and certified for seamless integration with Voyence network configuration management solutions. By developing the Voyence Ready Partner Program, Voyence is able to validate a wide variety of network devices in the Voyence Solutions Lab prior to customer implementation.

The Voyence Ready Partner Program offers a powerful combination of tools, technical information, training and support, and co-marketing programs. For more information on this program, visit the Voyence Ready Partner Program website at http://www.voyence.com/partners/ready_partner.html or email partners@voyence.com.

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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