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Ken Klapproth Entuity Tel: +1.508.357.6347 kenneth.klapproth@entuity.com

Entuity’s Eye of the Storm Manages World’s Largest 802.11n Wireless Deployment at University of Minnesota

Centralized Management Crucial to Campus Upgrade

MARLBOROUGH, MA – February 11, 2009

New Facts

• Entuity®, a leading provider of network management solutions and the global developer of its award-winning Eye of the Storm® (EYE) software suite, today announced that the University of Minnesota (U of M) has unified monitoring and management of their extensive 802.11n wireless network using EYE, achieving their original project objective of deploying state-of-the-art technology to create a new, centrally managed network.
• U of M’s initiative marks the world’s largest 802.11n deployment to date.
• One of the Big Ten schools, U of M has the fourth largest student body in the United States, serving more than 80,000 people across the 1,204 acres of the U of M Twin Cities campus (in Minneapolis and Saint Paul).
• EYE helped the Office of Information Technology (OIT) meet a primary goal of implementing a manageable, expandable, and scalable wireless to accommodate campus wide coverage addressing approximately 9500 access points spread across more than 300 buildings upon full deployment.
• The U of M wireless network is a centrally managed OIT service that supports the contemporary mobility needs of campus affiliates and guests to wireless Internet access using devices such as laptops, PDAs, cellular phones, and other specialized wireless devices.
• EYE provides a unified, current generation network management view to address both wired and wireless equipment ensuring ease of use, proactive management, reducing the need for additional staff training and simplifying NOC procedures.
• User configurable thresholds of wireless-specific operational parameters in EYE enable proactive network management by providing early alerting and analysis to trends on network stability, accessibility and wireless access quality.
• Included in the U of M central network management strategy is the implementation of a viable green IT program identify and detail infrastructure power and cost reduction opportunities. Using EYE’s Green IT Perspective to track nightly workstation shut-down of more than 50,000 devices, U of M can realize more than $2 million in total annual utility costs at 100 percent compliance – a significant savings both monetarily and in the reduction of CO2 output.

Supporting Quotes

Quote, attributed to Louis Hammond, Director of Design and Operations Networking and Telecommunications Services, University of Minnesota Office of Information Technology
“Although the primary objective of the wireless upgrade project was to provide fast, flexible, and secure wireless access to our user community, it needed to be done in a way that was complementary to our existing infrastructure and would not introduce new maintenance headaches. Managing the new wireless environment in our existing network management solution, Eye of the Storm, allows us to leverage existing processes and expertise giving us economies of acquisition, deployment, operation, and ongoing maintenance.”

Quote, attributed to Steve Cawley, Vice President and CIO, University of Minnesota Office of Information Technology
“A tightening economy and escalating energy costs have a secondary impact on public universities – affordability. Along with our long-standing commitment to sustainable, environmentally friendly initiatives, the University of Minnesota also is dedicated to providing affordable higher education to our students. Entuity’s EYE has assisted us in both our wireless upgrade project, but has also enabled us to reduce our operational costs, allowing us to continue delivering high-quality education that is accessible to a broader range of people in our community.”

Quote, attributed to Michael Jannery, President and CEO, Entuity
“Wireless connectivity and Green IT are just two of the innovative IT initiatives U of M is using to address their most pressing business challenges. Eye of the Storm provides unified management of wired and wireless networks to not only help deliver optimal availability for today’s mobility needs, but in a cost-effective and efficient manner demanded by the current economic climate. EYE’s Green IT Perspective™ is an industry first in quantifying the power consumption and hard-dollar savings IT organizations can achieve from their network infrastructure through sustainability initiatives.”

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About Entuity
Entuity is the leader in next-generation, value-focused network management and service delivery solutions at price points to match a range of business models. The Company’s line of Eye of the Storm (EYE) software automatically discovers, captures, correlates, and alerts on unrivalled network data and analytics. EYE’s unique InSight Center™ Perspectives explicitly relate business value to help reduce operational and capital costs, reduce network downtime, achieve sustainability goals, commit to, deliver and prove service level commitments, ensure network configuration compliance, and optimize performance of private cloud environments.

Winner of numerous industry and business awards including the Network Products Guide 2010 Product Innovation Award for Network Management, 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, Aptina, Astra Zeneca, BMC Software, CLS Services, DIRECTV, IBM Global Services, Perot Systems, Phones 4U, The Royal Bank of Scotland, SASSA, Sony, Visteon, and WorldPay. For more information on Entuity, please visit www.entuity.com or call +1.508.357.6346 (North America) or +44 (0) 20 7444 4800 (Europe).

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