Press Release

ALTERPOINT AND ENTUITY JOIN FORCES TO DELIVER UNRIVALED END-TO-END PROBLEM RESOLUTION

Combined technologies increase network visibility and automate network operations for improved IT ROI

AUSTIN, Texas and NEW YORK – December 12, 2005 - AlterPoint™, Inc., the leading provider of intelligent network change and configuration management (NCCM) solutions, and Entuity™, Inc., the global developer of the Eye of the Storm® (EYE) integrated network management suite today announced a partnership that will give customers integrated, real-time and historical insight into a network's configuration and performance. The integrated solution helps enterprises quickly solve problems at the cause rather than manually sifting through the symptoms provided by traditional fault and performance management systems. By combining AlterPoint's DeviceAuthority and Entuity's EYE, companies and service providers can proactively monitor, manage, and enforce compliance, security, change, and inventory to maximize IT performance while reducing cost and risk.

"Our customers depend on IT to satisfy corporate goals, and demand innovative solutions to the complex challenge of network management," said Michael Jannery, president and CEO of Entuity. "But they want proven, easy-to-use solutions with rapid ROI. With this partnership and using Entuity's recently announced Open Modeling Framework and federated CMDB architecture, our two companies have created a seamless configuration and network management solution for organizations to realize business and service level requirements and help companies achieve their ITIL CMDB deployment goals."

Entuity's EYE is a leading network management suite that provides network specialists, planners, application owners and business managers the actionable information needed to manage complex networks and routed environments. AlterPoint's DeviceAuthority provides a comprehensive solution for automating and managing the configurations of routers, switches, firewalls, VPNs, wireless access points, and other network devices. The integrated AlterPoint/Entuity solution will provide:

• Automated problem resolution - As an intelligent NCCM solution, DeviceAuthority notifies EYE when a configuration change or a policy violation occurs. This includes the "who, what, when, and where" of the configuration change. Once identified, problems can be resolved quickly by launching DeviceAuthority and implementing the appropriate configuration change.
• Inventory synchronization - This benefit reduces the effort required to manage multiple inventory sources by automatically seeding DeviceAuthority's inventory with EYE's device list.
• Dynamic topology resolution - EYE's automated, continual discovery of network topology and devices and their attributes provides a real-time, accurate, and detailed network inventory configuration management database (CMDB). When resolved against DeviceAuthority's master documentation of approved devices and configurations, it allows compliance visibility and proactive capacity planning for required configuration changes.

"Effective network configuration and change management within the enterprise is becoming a critical focal point for managing the complexities of a network's infrastructure," said Dave Barry, AlterPoint vice president for business development. "By partnering with Entuity, we can together deliver to our customers deeper, more meaningful device configuration and state information that enhances network availability while decreasing costs."

AlterPoint, DeviceAuthority, and their respective logos are trademarks of AlterPoint, Inc. in the United States and other jurisdictions.

About Entuity
Entuity is a leading provider of network management and service delivery solutions.  The Company’s Eye of the Storm (EYE) software suite automatically discovers and captures unrivalled network data and analytics, and provides integrated fault, device and flow-based performance management capabilities that help businesses reduce network downtime, commit to, deliver and prove service level commitments, and ensure network configuration compliance.

Winner of numerous industry and business awards in the last year, EYE has been praised for its fast deployment, ease of use, and low cost of ownership. Entuity customers include enterprises, SIs, and MSPs such as ABB, Amtrak, Astra Zeneca, BMC Software, Deutsche Bank, IBM Global Services, The Royal Bank of Scotland, Sony, Visteon, and the Williams Companies. For more information on Entuity, please visit www.entuity.com or call +1.718.261.3440 (North America) or +44 (0) 20 7444 4800 (Europe).

Entuity and Eye of the Storm are registered trademarks of Entuity, Ltd. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.