CTM 3.1 Has Improved User Interface for Simplified Deployment and Policy Administration for the Channel BILLERICA, Mass., April 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Converged Access Inc., the leader in delivering guaranteed application performance control for converged VoIP, data and video applications, today announced Converged Traffic Manager (CTM) Release 3.1 software. The CTM Release 3.1 software has simplified policy implementation to make it easier than ever for network administrators to quickly and easily deploy the CTM in a busy wide area network. The CTM solution combines three critical components for effective performance management and control of converged applications and VoIP deployments: performance guarantees, total visibility into network resources, and management capabilities for optimal policies and application control. "I install the CTM at my customer sites that need guaranteed application performance for on-demand applications like Video and Voice over IP," said Tom Phoenix, President of Phoenix Solutions. "The user interface improvements and policy implementation enhancements will minimize training and save a significant amount of time during installation. Customers see immediate results with their critical application performance over the WAN." In related news this week, Converged Access announced three new channel partner relationships with IDeACOM, LLC, Vodavi Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: VTEK) and Technology Assurance Group (TAG) to bring its application performance control solutions to market. "This CTM upgrade is about simplicity and ease of deployment to give our channel partners and end users confidence that the CTM will instantly make a positive impact on application flow and performance," said Paul Laracy, VP Channel Development for Converged Access. "By making the CTM more plug-and-play, customers will now enjoy a quicker return on investment, as well as the total application performance guarantees that make business users happy." About CTM 3.1 The benefits of the new CTM 3.1 software are focused on ease of deployment and policy administration. The CTM 3.1 now ships with three policy templates to help enterprises get up and running much quicker. For example, pre-defined application classes provide a one-step process to set and enforce policies. Or, simply choose the Voice Template to protect VoIP traffic from all other data traffic. In addition, network managers can maintain and further enhance policies much more simply and with no risk to the network with new offline policy editing. About Converged Traffic Manager The Converged Traffic Manager (CTM) brings application performance visibility and control to the larger headquarters and branch locations of an existing IP WAN. With the CTM, application performance can be guaranteed for up to 500,000 flows with link speeds of up to 250 Mbps. The Converged Policy Manager (CPM) provides centralized CTM monitoring, control and enforcement. CTM Pricing and Availability The CTM Release 3.1 software is available immediately at no additional charge for customers with an existing maintenance contract. About Converged Access Converged Access is the leading innovator and provider of Intelligent Application Performance Control solutions. The Company was founded in May 2004 to enable enterprises to align application performance needs with IP network resources, assuring end user quality of experience with the greatest possible efficiency for converging network applications. Converged Access solutions have won numerous industry awards, including INTERNET TELEPHONY Magazine's 2005 Product of the Year. Converged Access solutions have been deployed by hundreds of enterprise and service provider customers around the globe. The Company is headquartered in Billerica, Massachusetts. For more information, visit http://www.convergedaccess.com/. Converged Access, Converged Access Point, Converged Traffic Manager, Converged Policy Manager and the Converged Access logo are trademarks of Converged Access, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective holders. DATASOURCE: Converged Access Inc. CONTACT: Jen Revis Snider of Red Javelin Communications, Inc., +1-617-795-0798, Web site: http://www.convergedaccess.com/

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