NetScreen Delivers Netcool Ready Solution; NetScreen-Global PRO Integrates with Micromuse's Netcool Suite, Enabling Realtime Views of Security Device Status

Business Wire, August 21, 2001

Business/Technology Editors

SAN FRANCISCO & SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 21, 2001

Micromuse Inc. (Nasdaq: MUSE), the leading provider of realtime fault management and service assurance software, and NetScreen Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of ASIC-based Internet security systems and appliances, today announced the certification and delivery of a Netcool(R) Ready(TM) Integration Module for NetScreen-Global PRO.

As a Netcool Ready Partner within the Micromuse Alliance Program(TM), Netscreen developed the integration module using the Netcool/Software Developers Kit(TM) (Netcool/SDK(TM)) application. The integration enables network operations teams using the Netcool suite to quickly identify and respond to network security problems.

With the implementation of the NetScreen-Global PRO(TM) Integration Module for Netcool, status information generated by the NetScreen-Global PRO security application flows into the Netcool application. The information includes firewall attacks, policy thresholds and changes, configuration changes, information and status events, and traffic to NetScreen devices. The integration allows operations teams to utilize Micromuse's flagship Netcool/OMNIbus(TM) application as a centralized monitoring platform for realtime network security status information.

"Today's service providers require tools that scale to meet the demands of new customers as well as new product offerings," said John Lawler, Directing Analyst for E-Business Infrastructure at Infonetics Research. "Integrating NetScreen's security management with the Netcool suite satisfies those requirements by making it possible to add a security service to today's most popular management platforms."

"Integrating with Micromuse's Netcool suite augments our ability to meet the needs of large-scale implementations," said David Flynn, NetScreen's Vice President, Marketing. "Tying our security management platform with the Netcool applications makes the use, maintenance, and management of NetScreen devices easier for service providers."

"Joining NetScreen-Global PRO with the Netcool software is an important step toward providing a common view of security information within the Netcool suite," said Andy Aiello, Micromuse's Senior Vice President, Marketing & Business Development. "This integration enables NetScreen to deliver a best-in-class security management solution, one that provides added service assurance to its industry leading security device offering."

Availability

The NetScreen-Global PRO Integration Module for Netcool is currently available through NetScreen Technologies. Please visit http://www.netscreen.com or call toll free at 1-800-638-8296.

About the Netcool(R) Suite

Micromuse's Netcool(R) software suite collects management data from more than 300 management environments and network devices, including voice, data and Internet. Fault data is rapidly processed and filtered by the Netcool ObjectServer(TM), an in-memory database. The Netcool suite helps operators to build views of service availability in realtime, helping them manage networks more efficiently. Because it is scalable and deploys rapidly, the Netcool suite helps service providers expand their networks as their markets grow.

About the Micromuse Alliance(TM) Program

The Micromuse Alliance(TM) program provides Micromuse and its alliance members with the resources to cooperatively pursue business, technical and marketing opportunities. Already a significant number of vendors have expressed interest in the Micromuse' Alliance program to develop and provide off-the-shelf integrated solutions for mutual customers. Toward that end, Micromuse actively enlists best-in-class solutions providers offering applications complementary to the Netcool(R) suite. Micromuse provides its approved Netcool Ready(TM) level program members with the Netcool/Software Developers Kit(TM) (Netcool/SDK(TM)) application. Provided in CD-ROM format, the Netcool/SDK application provides the tools necessary to develop integration modules for the Netcool suite.

About NetScreen Technologies

NetScreen Technologies develops ASIC-based Internet security appliances and systems that deliver high performance firewall, VPN and traffic management functions to enterprises and service providers. This approach offers customers award-winning performance, scalability, and manageability in one comprehensive security solution. NetScreen is located at 350 Oakmead Parkway, Sunnyvale, CA, 94085. More information on NetScreen's products can be found at http://www.netscreen.com or by calling toll free at 1-800-638-8296.

About Micromuse

Micromuse Inc. (Nasdaq: MUSE) is the leading provider of realtime fault management and service assurance software. Micromuse's recent list of awards include the TeleStrategies OSS Excellence Award for Best New Product for the Netcool(R)/Visionary(TM) application, and Web Hosting Magazine Editor's Choice Award. In addition, Micromuse has been recognized in the Forbes 500, Bloomberg's Top 100 Stocks, the Barron's 500, Deloitte & Touche's Technology Fast 500, San Francisco Chronicle 500, Individual Investor's Index of America's Fastest Growing Companies and Network World's NW200. Micromuse customers include AT&T, BT, Cable & Wireless, Cellular One, Charles Schwab, Deutsche Telekom, Digex, EarthLink, ITC DeltaCom, MCI Worldcom, One 2 One, Verizon, XO Communications, and a number of financial investment concerns. Headquarters are located at 139 Townsend Street, San Francisco, Calif. 94107; (415) 538-9090. The Web site is at www.micromuse.com.