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Voyence Ensures Business Continuity For Network Operations

New High Availability Solution Synchronizes Production and Standby Systems in Real-Time

Richardson, Texas, December 14, 2006 – Voyence, a pioneer in automated network change and configuration management (NCCM) solutions, today simplified disaster recovery procedures with the introduction of its new Geo-Diverse High Availability solution for VoyenceControl NG. The new Geo-Diverse High Availability solution extends VoyenceControl NG’s existing disaster recovery capabilities to allow fail-over and fail-back of VoyenceControl NG application and device servers in geographically diverse data centers.

The automation and quick execution of disaster recovery procedures is a vital component for the preservation of business and customer services. Bill McDonald, VeriCenter’s director of enterprise network engineering elaborates, “VeriCenter is a leading managed service provider operating seven data centers throughout the U.S. In the context of our distributed environment, it is imperative that we verify the most recent patches are in place within VeriCenter’s infrastructure. With the addition of the Geo-Diverse High Availability solution, we will now be able to automate the process of instantly transferring verified network hardware configurations to backup equipment and continue business-as-usual.“

Provided through a partnership with TDB Networks, the Geo-Diverse High Availability solution provides an intuitive user interface that enables IT organizations to assign fail-over pairs and to initiate fail-over and fail-back system recovery in the event a primary location experiences catastrophic failure. The new offering transfers critical network configuration and compliance data – in real-time – through an automated, asynchronous replication sequence between production and standby systems.

“Understanding, tracking and monitoring device configurations is an important component to preserving business services - when implementing disaster policies, it becomes a vital procedure,“ said Dennis Drogseth, vice president, Enterprise Management Associates. “Voyence’s new Geo-Diverse High Availability solution offers organizations added assurance to support more stringent compliance and IT governance policies by automating the process of transmitting device configurations to help sustain the network for superior service continuity.“

Geo-Diverse High Availability Solution Features:

• Intuitive User Interface (UI) provides easy-to-follow menus for quick configuration and simplified management of the High Availability environment.

• Fail-over process can be configured for each type of VoyenceControl NG server and can be centrally administered from the application or combination servers via the UI or command line interface.

• Full system data replication ensures immediate system synchronization.

Availability High Availability for VoyenceControl NG is now available. For more information please contact Voyence toll free in the U.S. 1-866-233-7569 or 1-972-759-4000 EMEA: +44 1276 855 082 or email: sales@voyence.com

About TDB Networks Ltd
TDB Networks, specialists in OSS integration, are leaders in the provision, configuration and support of fault, performance management, IP management and configuration management solutions, engaging optimal tools to:

• Reduce operational costs through efficiency and maximize system ROI

• Improve and optimize end-to-end system performance and availability

• Centralize, control and automate IP address, DNS and DHCP management

• Provide auditable, controlled, network and configuration management, addressing regulatory compliance requirements.

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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