Networking Just Got Better: Intelliden Launches Award-Winning R-Series v4.1; R-Series Sets the Standard for Mission-Critical Role of Network Automation.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Intelliden Corporation, the intelligent networking company, today announced the immediate availability of its Intelliden R-Series(R) v4.1 software suite. Intelliden's team of top network automation experts has delivered a unified control plane consisting of network activation, compliance, configuration and security engines integrated within a real-time service management framework. Intelliden's solution can be quickly deployed as a stand-alone application or via its open and extensible APIs -- the industry's first.

Intelliden has also extended the flexibility of its APIs to the customer desktop by creating the industry's first customizable, network-oriented application. For the first time, users can associate their profile of network responsibilities with business priorities while having the flexibility to portray the network in a manner that is most comfortable and most efficient to perform their job.

For example, network security engineers can view the network in the context of their corporate security needs (e.g., firewalls, access control lists, network policy), while service activation engineers can view the same network in the context unique to their particular responsibilities (e.g., inventory, service logic, quality-of-service requirements).

"Enterprises will continue to benefit from Intelliden's network automation efforts," said Dennis Drogseth, vice president, Enterprise Management Associates. "Intelliden's latest software release provides a well-integrated compliance, configuration and security solution. The Intelliden R-Series v4.1 can help enterprises better manage the availability, confidentiality and integrity of their networked resources. Intelliden also offers significant support for service activation for those enterprises interested in provisioning VPN or VoIP services."

"Automating service activation and network configuration is critical to the success of service providers," said Sanjay Mewada, vice president, Telecom Software Strategies, the Yankee Group. "These days, service providers are still spending too many hours manually configuring auto-discoverable elements and manually resubmitting rejected orders while they lose revenue from unbilled services. The Intelliden R-Series is targeted at the urgent market need for an automated solution that helps ensure that network changes can be automated while policy and service obligations are met without disrupting the network."

This flexible combination of open APIs and customizable desktop applications allows organizations to automate their strategic networks by embedding the Intelliden R-Series directly into their existing network management platforms. With the Intelliden R-Series, enterprises, government organizations and service providers can automatically provide seamless identification, analysis and resolution of networking issues that can threaten the configuration, provisioning, security and compliance of their networks.

Core to the success of the Intelliden R-Series v4.1 is the industry's first XML-driven Service Framework. The Intelliden Service Framework includes the industry's first rules engine that executes XML logic to provision services like VPN or VoIP for enterprises, government organization and service providers.

"The challenge of flexible network automation has now become the leading strategic imperative for every forward-thinking enterprise, government organization and service provider in the marketplace," said Glen Tindal, Intelliden chief technology officer. "Intelliden's ability to provide these industry leaders with a comprehensive list of shrink-wrapped features, plus unlimited extensibility via the industry's first open and extensible APIs, is the reason we're the leading provider of intelligent networking solutions across multiple sectors."

Key v4.1 enhancements to the award-winning Intelliden R-Series software suite include:

--Automated Device Discovery for reliable installs on any IP network

--Compliance Reporting and Management for a single device, multiple devices or an entire network

--Flexible Service Definitions for extensive service activation

--Enhanced Flow-Through Provisioning via the APIs for service management and OSS/BSS integration

--Task Wizards for a step-by-step process for creating reusable configurations

--Standards-based Resource Management for administration of physical and logical network resources

With this release, Intelliden continues to extend its lead as the industry's first fully XML-driven device management application with the industry's most comprehensive list of network configuration and service activation framework and features.

About Intelliden Corporation

Intelliden is the leading provider of automated, model-driven networking solutions. With the Intelliden R-Series(R) software suite, networks become more intelligent and efficient by dynamically responding to strategic priorities, which allows businesses and organizations to automate network configuration, reduce costs, increase network security and accelerate service activation. Intelliden is a global corporation headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colo. For more information, visit www.intelliden.com.

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