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CUNA Mutual Group Selects VoyenceControl As Its Enterprise Standard for Network Configuration Management

Leading provider of financial services to credit unions, bolsters security and compliance while realizing efficiency gains with VoyenceControl.

Richardson, TX, November 22, 2004 — Voyence™ Inc., the leading provider of network configuration management solutions, today announced that CUNA Mutual Group has licensed and will deploy its flagship product, VoyenceControl as its enterprise standard for managing network configuration changes across its entire network.

“VoyenceControl will enable us to make significant gains in network management efficiency and security,” said David A. Meunier, CISSP – CUNA Mutual Group’s CISO. “We anticipate reducing the time required to configure critical network devices and gain compliance with corporate and government regulations. VoyenceControl will allow us to centralize and automate our entire network configuration management process.”

Meunier continued, “We chose Voyence because we were confident they had the optimal solution to help us manage network configuration changes and compliance throughout our organization.”

CUNA Mutual Group is a recipient of the CIO Magazine 2004 CIO 100 award, which recognizes organizations worldwide that exemplify the highest level of operational and strategic excellence in information technology. The award’s theme this year is the "Agile 100," which recognizes executives and organizations that respond quickly to changing business environments. Other companies named to the list include General Motors, Merrill Lynch, Hewlett Packard, NBC-TV, The New York Times and H&R Block.

Rick Roy, CUNA Mutual Group’s CTO, said the award reflects CUNA Mutual Group’s ability to be flexible and innovative – and he added that by deploying VoyenceControl the company will further enhance that capability by allowing staff to more easily manage the network and focus on more strategic issues.

“Aside from the efficiency gains in managing our network devices, we anticipate we’ll also have a more secure and standards-compliant network in place,” Roy said. “The ultimate beneficiaries will be our credit union customers.”

VoyenceControl provides multiple levels of access to get the right network information to the right people while facilitating communication between engineers, auditors, and operators. With VoyenceControl CUNA Mutual Group employees can quickly find real-time, accurate network information to identify vulnerabilities and activate services throughout the enterprise.

"The CIO 100 Award that CUNA Mutual Group has received is proof that they know how to leverage IT solutions that solve real business issues and not just deploy technology … for technology sake,” said Susan Nash, CEO of Voyence. “Having CUNA Mutual Group as a customer further validates the growing need organizations have for a proactive, scalable network configuration management solution.”

About CUNA Mutual Group
CUNA Mutual Group, based in Madison, Wisconsin, is the leading provider of financial services to credit unions and their members worldwide, offering lending, protection, financial, employee and member solutions through strategic partnerships, technological innovations and multiple service channels. No other company offers as many credit union-specific products -- more than 300 in all.

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

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