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Voyence Partners With Dubai — Based Equinox International

Richardson, Texas, September 12, 2006 – Voyence, a pioneer in automated change and configuration management solutions, today announced it has partnered with a leading systems integration company in the EMEA region, Equinox International. The partnership agreement enables Equinox to augment its systems integration services and advanced network management offerings to large enterprise and telecommunications companies with automated change and configuration management processes – proven to reduce deployment and operational costs while aligning the infrastructure with IT compliance mandates.

Enterprises and service providers in the Middle East and North Africa often expend thousands of man-hours to identify and resolve network faults that should take minutes to address – if the proper software tools were available. Osama Qadan, General Manager of Equinox International, elaborates on how his company is rolling out a new software service to address this unmet need.

“Over the last year, we have noticed a significant trend regarding customers asking us for a solution to automate the time-consuming task of aligning the IT infrastructure with government mandates while helping to quickly resolve network faults that traditional root-cause management platforms do not have the ability to address. Our partnership with Voyence will allow Equinox to address these needs by automating the change and configuration management processes for network devices while discovering, reporting and remediating non-compliant infrastructure components.“

Bringing customer networks back on–line quickly is an obvious advantage for any service provider. But offering a proven software solution that preserves the customer’s initial network management investment while enhancing its capability from only identifying network faults to actually resolving them, is a significant selling point. Qadan continues, “Our customers have made large investments in traditional network management platforms such as BMC, EMC Smarts, HP OpenView and IBM Tivoli Micromuse – they are not about to discard them and learn something new. Voyence has extensive relationships with all of these leading network management companies, and has tightly integrated its VoyenceControl NG solution with them to enhance their value rather than displace their services.“

“Voyence remains committed to partnering with North Africa and the Middle East’s most prestigious system integrators – Equinox meets our high standards. We will continue working with them to resolve network faults among the region’s top enterprises and telecommunication service providers,“ said Steve Vaile, vice president of EMEA, Voyence.

About Equinox
Equinox International is a technology leader with a complete portfolio of solutions to meet the mission critical objectives of enterprises and service providers. Equinox solutions allow clients to manage their networks smarter, decrease the total cost of ownership (TCO), and increase the availability and robustness of the infrastructure. Equinox International offers its clients and partners a wide (but selective) range of technology products. Equinox International is the master reseller for several network management vendors in the Middle East, including: OPNET Technologies and NetScout Systems. Equinox International also offers high-end network services to clients, including: network auditing, business continuity, and capacity planning. For more information about Equinox please visit www.EquinoxME.com

About Voyence
Voyence is the leading provider of configuration and change management solutions that automate critical change, compliance and activation processes. The company’s solution, VoyenceControl NG, helps organizations drive out operational costs, increase availability, improve security, and demonstrate regulatory compliance. VoyenceControl NG is the only configuration and change management solution based on a multi-tiered architecture that can effectively manage tens of thousands of devices across heterogeneous infrastructure. For more information please visit www.voyence.com

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