Cable & Wireless Omnes Selects Micromuse's Netcool/Firewall-1 for Security Management.

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 7, 1998--

Service Provider Selects Netcool Suite for Management Foundation;

Netcool/FireWall-1 Application Will Enhance Internet Security 

with Detection and Automation Features

Micromuse, Inc. (Nasdaq: MUSE), the leading provider of service-level management software, today announced that Netcool(TM)/FireWall-1, a recent addition to the Netcool product suite, has been chosen by Cable & Wireless Omnes to support the security management portion of its diversified service offerings. Cable & Wireless Omnes, a global IT and network solutions provider, will use Micromuse's Netcool suite of applications as the foundation for its entire management infrastructure.

"Scalability was an important issue for us," said Jim Sullivan, Business Manager of Network and Intranet Solutions at Omnes. "We are monitoring over 35 firewalls using three FireWall-1 consoles. Previously, sifting through log entries to identify suspicious behavior was an extremely time consuming process. Netcool/FireWall-1 lets one operator monitor all our firewalls effectively in real time, automatically detecting events such as over-usage of TCP and port scans."

The Netcool/FireWall-1 monitoring application collects security information from Check Point Software's FireWall-1(R) enterprise security solution and integrates it with information collected by Netcool, providing operators in security operations centers with an end-to-end view of events that might indicate security breaches or cause service outages. Netcool/FireWall-1 streamlines operations by correlating security events across firewalls and by adding the element of security to the organization's enterprise-wide service-level management solution.

The Netcool suite is based on an in-memory database optimized to collect events from more than 75 environments off the shelf and allow operators to build views of services in realtime. Because it is scalable and deploys rapidly, the Netcool business model allows service providers to expand their networks as their markets grow.

About Cable & Wireless Omnes

Cable & Wireless Omnes is a 50/50 joint venture between Schlumberger and Cable & Wireless is a world leading systems integrator, focused on business networking and Intranet solutions. With over 600 people worldwide and operations in the Americas, Europe, Africa, Central Asia, the Middle and Far East, Cable & Wireless Omnes is able to provide local support and reduce network and communication costs for companies, regardless of geographic location.

About Micromuse

Micromuse, Inc. (NASDAQ: MUSE) is the leading provider of service-level management software. The company's Netcool suite is used by managed network service providers, Internet service providers, telecommunications firms, and corporations worldwide. Customers include AirTouch, America Online, AT&T Wireless, Big Planet, BT, Cellular One, Deutsche Telekom, GEIS, GTE Internetworking, ICG Netcom, MCI/Worldcom, MindSpring Enterprises, Pacific Bell, UUNET Technologies, and a number of financial investment concerns. Headquarters are located at 139 Townsend Street, San Francisco, Calif. 94107; [phone]. The Web site is at located www.micromuse.com.

FireWall-1 is a registered trademark of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. All other trademarks and registered trademarks in this document are the properties of their respective owners.