Voyence Expands Presence in Germany with Compliance, Change and Configuration Management Offering; Partnership With OpenAdvice Addresses Compliance Issues Facing Telcos and Finance Organizations.RICHARDSON, Texas Richardson is a suburb in Dallas County and Collin County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 91,803, while according to a 2006 estimate, the population had grown to 99,200. -- Voyence, the leading provider of automated compliance, change and configuration management solutions, today announced it has signed an agreement with OpenAdvice Systems, a leading German-based provider of Operational Support Systems (OSS Oss (ôs), city (1994 pop. 62,141), North Brabant prov., S Netherlands; chartered 1399. It is a significant industrial center. Manufactures include meat products, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electrical equipment, and metalware. ) and IT Security offerings. The new partnership integrates VoyenceControl's ability to collect data from heterogeneous networks (networking) heterogeneous network - A network running multiple network layer protocols such as DECnet, IP, IPX, XNS. and map results to compliance policies, with OpenAdvice's security and network management offerings. Markus Fuerst, managing director of OpenAdvice, views VoyenceControl as the only product that could meet customers' requirements for security, management and compliance. "Today, customers are looking to address Basel II Basel II is the second of the Basel Accords, which are recommendations on banking laws and regulations issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. The purpose of Basel II is to create an international standard that banking regulators can use when creating regulations (banking and finance) and ETOM eTOM Enhanced Telecom Operations Map ETOM Electron Trapping Optical Memory eTOM Electronic Telecom Operations Map (TMF) (telecommunications) compliance issues, driving us to seek a new solution that seamlessly integrates into our existing offerings. VoyenceControl allows us to ensure that security devices are rapidly configured con·fig·ure tr.v. con·fig·ured, con·fig·ur·ing, con·fig·ures To design, arrange, set up, or shape with a view to specific applications or uses: and that network configuration changes are only made by those authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: to do so." Voyence Partnership - A Competitive Advantage for OpenAdvice Security In the event of a security breach, VoyenceControl allows IT administrators to rapidly rotate passwords in minutes -- a process that previously had taken days to achieve. Regarding worm attacks, VoyenceControl empowers customers to quickly update Access Control Lists (ACLs) on devices, independent of the device vendor. Open Architecture VoyenceControl's API (Application Programming Interface) A language and message format used by an application program to communicate with the operating system or some other control program such as a database management system (DBMS) or communications protocol. and capability to tie configuration change information into Micromuse's Netcool(R) management system while at the same time, scale to manage thousands of network devices at dispersed dis·perse v. dis·persed, dis·pers·ing, dis·pers·es v.tr. 1. a. To drive off or scatter in different directions: The police dispersed the crowd. b. customer locations, enable a quick return on investment. "The power and scalability of the Voyence solution made it a clear choice. The functionality of VoyenceControl combined with our focused consultancy and service offerings, not only address customers' compliance requirements Compliance requirements are a series of directives established by United States Federal government agencies that summarize hundreds of Federal laws and regulations applicable to Federal assistance (also known as Federal aid or Federal funds). , but also the wider issue of how compliance software integrates into security and management policies," Fuerst added. "We view the OpenAdvice partnership as a key component of Voyence's strategy to address the compliance requirements within the German market," said Steve Vaile, regional sales director, Voyence. "The partnership with OpenAdvice means that our joint customers' compliance requirements are met while having a strong impact to their security, change and network management policies and procedures Policies and Procedures are a set of documents that describe an organization's policies for operation and the procedures necessary to fulfill the policies. They are often initiated because of some external requirement, such as environmental compliance or other governmental ." About OpenAdvice OpenAdvice is a highly specialized, innovative and flexible IT service provider focusing on Business and Service Assurance and IT Security. Founded in 2000, the company now looks after customers all over Europe, primarily in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. In addition to projects in service provision and product integration, training and support have also become established fields in their own right. As a "Micromuse authorized training provider" OpenAdvice offers training on all the latest products with plenty of hands-on learning in a modern Frankfurt training centre. The Customer Care Centre assists customers under support and maintenance contracts. In recent years OpenAdvice's work has won the recognition of customers and business partners alike, something to which the references and awards bear witness: for example, in 2004 Micromuse named OpenAdvice "Channel Partner of the Year - Rapid Growth". Among OpenAdvice's current customers are numerous well-known companies from the fields of telecommunication, banking, insurance and aviation. About Voyence Voyence is the leading provider of automated compliance, change and configuration management solutions for Enterprise and Service Provider infrastructure.. The company's solution, VoyenceControl, helps organizations drive down operational costs, increase network availability, improve security, and demonstrate regulatory compliance using ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library, www.itil.co.uk) One of the more comprehensive as well as non-proprietary and publicly available sets of guidelines for "best practice" IT services management, owned by the British Office of Government Commerce (OGC). best practices. VoyenceControl is the only automated compliance, change and configuration management solution, based on a multi-tiered architecture that can effectively manage tens or hundreds of thousands of devices across heterogeneous networks. No other solution automates configuration management for more enterprise and service provider networks than VoyenceControl. For more information, please visit: www.voyence.com. Netcool is a registered trademark of Micromuse. 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