Calence Selects Netcordia to Deliver Comprehensive Network Assessment; NetMRI Accelerates Strategic Network Recommendations With Auto Discovery and Analysis.

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Calence, LLC, a leader in building, managing and optimizing customized, client-centric networks, today announced that it is adding Netcordia's NetMRI network analysis tools to its Network Assessment offering. NetMRI enables Calence to quickly analyze and report on the health and configuration of a client's network in an objective and useful way, as well as implement the solution.

Calence chose NetMRI as one of the platforms for its Network Assessment offering in order to provide immediate counsel on infrastructure changes or enhancements, and authoritatively show clients specific areas of concern to better direct the initiatives of the IT staff. Calence engineers will use NetMRI to handle up to 50,000 interfaces, providing them with visibility into the largest client networks extremely efficiently.

"This alliance with Netcordia allows us to offer more to our enterprise and education clients seeking ways to improve their network performance, ensuring it is working at peak efficiency," states Brett Rushton, vice president, Network Strategy and Infrastructure practice, Calence. "The network has really become the platform for most organizations."

"We are very pleased to be a part of Calence's Network Assessment offering," said Don Pyle, CEO of Netcordia. "NetMRI will help Calence to better service its customers and insure that their networks are well-managed and optimized."

Calence's Network Assessment service helps clients ensure their network is ready to support the business. Based on industry best practices, three key phases are performed: Network Architecture Assessment, Configuration and Stability Assessment, and Network Performance and Traffic Baseline. The outcome will show a comparative report of the network, detailing its ability to support today's more complex needs. The formal launch of this service is scheduled for release in late fall of 2006.

NetMRI is a comprehensive, automated network diagnostic tool for enterprise networks. Through detailed reports, NetMRI offers a comprehensive view of a network, revealing issues contributing to less than optimal performance or incorrect configuration. NetMRI's proactive and intuitive systems-level approach provides control and significant savings in troubleshooting time and expense across an enterprise's network infrastructure.

About Netcordia

Netcordia develops NetMRI, a network analysis appliance. NetMRI is the most comprehensive automated network diagnostic tool for enterprise and government networks. This "network expert in a box" allows a network engineer to easily and quickly identify issues with respect to VoIP, wireless, VPN, VLAN, and IP within the network. Netcordia has been recognized as one of the top companies to watch in network management by Network Computing and one of the Fierce15 top emerging companies in IP Telephony by FierceVoIP. (www.netcordia.com)

About Calence, LLC

As the largest pure-play network solutions provider in the U.S., Calence, LLC (www.calence.com) helps organizations plan, build, provision and operate their network, security and unified communications infrastructures. Calence works with many of the world's most prominent organizations to leverage network technologies to reduce costs, improve operations and increase productivity. Serving the Enterprise, Commercial, Education (K-12 and Higher Ed) and the Public Sector markets, Calence's areas of specialty include Unified Communications, Network Security, Network Strategy and Infrastructure, and Management Services/Outsourcing. Headquartered in Tempe, Ariz., Calence operates in more than 20 markets throughout the United States. Calence recently received the prestigious Cisco Global Channel Partner of the Year - US/Canada award.

NetMRI and Netcordia are trademarks of Netcordia, Inc. All other trademarks belong to their respective companies.