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Voyence To Demonstrate Closed Loop Network Change and Configuration Management At IBM Tivoli Netcool User Symposium 2006

Attendees to Learn About Powerful Integration With IBM Netcool and Commitment to Support IBM’s CCMDB Initiatives

Tucson, AZ, October 23, 2006 – Voyence, a pioneer in automated network change and configuration management (NCCM) solutions, will demonstrate its new VoyenceControl NG 3.6 release here at the IBM Tivoli Netcool User Symposium, booth #9, October 24th - October 26th. VoyenceControl NG 3.6 further eases the costly and time-consuming task of configuring a complex network infrastructure, and closes the loop on configuration management by tightly integrating compliance and remediation tasks into a single, automated process.

In addition, Voyence will highlight its integration with IBM Netcool and also underscore its commitment to IBM’s CCMDB initiative. Voyence’s new release tightly integrates with fault management systems, providing the ability to quickly correlate root cause failures with device configuration status, while providing network configuration state for CMDB initiatives.

“Change and configuration management is at the core of next-generation management strategies,“ said Darren Orzechowski, Voyence’s VP of Marketing. “VoyenceControl NG 3.6 was engineered to help customers realize the benefits of data center automation strategies, through tight integrations with fault management, service desk, and CMDB frameworks, and an open and flexible API that provides the facilities necessary to drive change through the entire IT management lifecycle.“

VoyenceControl NG 3.6 augments IBM’s Netcool by enabling users to automate the manual and expensive task of managing configurations across increasingly complex IT infrastructures. The integration reveals to IT professionals – from within their recognizable Tivoli Netcool management console – exactly how to reconcile faulty devices and quickly restore business services by rolling back offline devices to their last known working configuration.

VoyenceControl NG 3.6 Benefits:

• “CMDB Ready“ Functionality – Voyence is the only company to offer deep integrations with today’s leading CMDB initiatives.

• Improved Return on Investment – VoyenceControl NG 3.6 leverages existing fault management investments and infuses it with closed-loop compliance management capabilities and enhanced scheduling options that allow customers to not only create compliance tests, but also automatically remediate faulty devices – resulting in the industry’s best ROI.

• Industry’s Broadest Integration – Voyence continues to drive in-depth integration into industry-leading management platforms including: HP OpenView Network Node Manager, BMC Remedy/CMDB/Service Impact Manager, CA Unicenter NSM r11, CiscoWorks RME, EMC Smarts, IBM Tivoli/Netcool. Additionally, VoyenceControl NG continually scans for deviation from defined corporate standards, policies and regulatory standards such as SOX, SAS-70, PCI, HIPAA and others.

• New Device Support – Voyence has the industry’s largest breadth of supported devices. Support covers over 1,250 devices and thirty-six plus classes including DSL routers, firewalls, load balancers, storage directors, traffic shapers, VoIP switches, VPN concentrators and others. VoyenceControl NG is currently managing over 500,000 devices worldwide.

• Increased Automation – Voyence has extended its closed-loop compliance management capabilities, with enhanced scheduling options that allow customers to not only create compliance tests, but also automatically remediate faulty devices – resulting in the industry’s best ROI.

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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