Penn State School of Information Sciences and Technology Deploys NetCracker for Network Design...

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WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 2002

NetCracker Technology, a leading provider of OSS and IT Infrastructure Management Solutions, today announced that Penn State's School of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) has selected

"After evaluating multiple solutions in the market, we determined that the NetCracker solution was a clear choice for us," said Brian Cameron, senior technology architect and instructor in IST. "We are pleased about our selection and the benefits that NetCracker brings to the school."

NetCracker solutions allow organizations to keep track of every telecommunications and IT asset, including laptops, desktops, network hardware, bandwidth, software and many others. NetCracker offers a comprehensive product suite that manages every detail related to an organization's IT and communications infrastructure throughout the lifecycle of the asset, from acquisition to retirement. Additionally, NetCracker provides easy access to key metrics that enable users to better measure asset value, minimize risks, proactively address performance and availability issues, manage contracts and leases and ensure higher user productivity.

"We are very excited to be working with The Pennsylvania State University," stated Andrew Feinberg, president and CEO of NetCracker. "Penn State University's selection of NetCracker further validates the powerful advantage of our full featured solutions."

About NetCracker Technology

NetCracker Technology is a leading provider of inventory-based OSS and IT Infrastructure Management solutions for telecommunications service providers and IT intensive enterprises. Built on an architecturally open, 100% Web-based J2EE platform, NetCracker's pre-integrated modular solutions manage IT assets and telecom service delivery from start to finish. NetCracker provides customers with an intuitive GUI and the flexibility to implement out of the box or custom tailored solutions. Some of NetCracker's end-to-end OSS modules include Network Inventory Management, Order Management and Resource Provisioning. Asset Management, Asset Purchasing and Lifecycle Financials are just three of the modules included in NetCracker's IT Infrastructure Management Solutions. Founded in 1993, NetCracker Technology is headquartered in Waltham and can be reached at 781/736-0860 or www.netcracker.com.

NetCracker is a registered trademark of NetCracker Technology Corp. All other company or product names mentioned in this press release may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective companies of which they are associated.

About Penn State's School of Information Sciences and Technology

The School of Information Sciences and Technology is the newest academic unit at Penn State, one of the nation's leading research universities. IST was founded in 1999 to develop leaders for the digital, global economy. The school already has made great strides toward that goal and has been recognized for its innovative programs by the Smithsonian Institution, the U.S. Congress, and the Pennsylvania Legislature. By fall 2002, the school approached a total enrollment of 3,000 students in its associate, bachelor's, and doctoral degree programs at nineteen locations across the Commonwealth. The school also offers seven joint minors and nine certificate programs. The IST Solutions Institute was created in 2000 to develop and deliver an array of online courses, as well as a portal for linking students and faculty members, and an online expert exchange allowing access by students to information technology authorities around the world. Through summer 2002, Online IST courses had a total enrollment of 3,300. The Solutions Institute also is home to the Pennsylvania Governor's School for IT, the IST Internship Program, and other outreach initiatives. IST's statewide faculty complement numbered more than 100 by fall 2002. Research and teaching interests among these scholars ranged from information agents to network security, gender issues in IT to remote sensing, human-computer interaction to strategic management of information technology, and much more.

More information about the school can be found at http://ist.psu.edu.