NUVO Provides Managed Services for Leading Health Sciences Center, Helps Assure Health of Hospital System's IT infrastructure

Business Wire, Dec 6, 2005

OTTAWA -- NUVO Network Management Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NVO), a leading managed services provider for solutions that Maximize IT(R) availability and performance, has been contracted by its alliance partner, CCSI Technology Solutions Corp.- a subsidiary of CompuCom Systems, Inc. (CCSI CompuCom)-to provide managed services for one of Canada's largest teaching hospital centers.

The service will provide remote management and monitoring for the hospital system's wired and wireless networks in a five-year contract, extending and expanding services that have been provided by NUVO and CCSI CompuCom for this customer since 2002. NUVO monitors the health services center network, providing 24x7 remote management of the LAN, WAN and security infrastructure that supports the work of the organization's 10,000 health care employees. Services provided from NUVO's state-of-the-art operations center include port level management and reporting for the LAN, as well as performance reporting on the IT infrastructure. This contract has been expanded to include remote monitoring and performance management for the Cisco wireless network.

The health services organization comprises five hospitals and a cancer center for a 13,000-patient health care system. In a leading-edge initiative to improve the quality and effectiveness of its health care services, it is using wireless technology to provide more rapid access to comprehensive patient records, facilitate communication among health care providers, and simplify bookings of patient tests and hospital facilities.

"Over the past three years, this customer has relied on NUVO and CCSI CompuCom to manage the performance of its wired networks," says NUVO President and CEO, Phil Weaver. "Their decision to turn to us to provide managed services for their new wireless network is a testament to the effectiveness of our services. Where health care is concerned, we understand that network performance is absolutely critical, and are proud to have earned the trust to ensure more than 99.95 percent availability of their IT infrastructure."

"We're pleased to be a part of this exciting initiative to use new wireless technology to provide the best level of patient care possible. By relieving its internal IT staff of the day-to-day demands of monitoring and managing its network, the health services organization is free to focus on developing and implementing the applications and services that will maximize the benefits of this program."

"NUVO's proven track record, breadth of service delivery and 24x7 operations are integral to our solution for this client," said Karen Jenks, Vice President of CCSI CompuCom. "We're building on our successful alliance to enable this customer to meet its service objectives cost effectively and reliably."

About NUVO

NUVO (TSX Venture Exchange: NVO) provides remote management and protection of IT infrastructures for businesses worldwide to maximize the availability of their computing infrastructure. NUVO enables our customers to excel by delivering fully integrated, proactive management services and business data. This provides the critical information needed for effective analysis and decision-making to maximize performance and control costs. NUVO achieves this through certified experts, best-of-class technology, deep integration, highly automated processes, and best practices in a 24x7, resilient infrastructure. www.nuvo.com.

About CCSI CompuCom

CompuCom Systems is a leading IT managed services provider. As a vendor-independent, single-source supplier, CompuCom offers IT outsourcing, application development, systems integration, and consulting, as well as the procurement and management of hardware and software. Experts throughout our company hold a combined total of more than 33,000 industry certifications, and CompuCom employs more than 6,000 highly skilled associates. Together with our Canadian subsidiary, CCSI Technology Solutions Corp., CompuCom offers extensive technology and industry-specific expertise to help clients across North America move to the high-value, integrated infrastructures that help them achieve their business goals. CompuCom is a Platinum Equity company and was founded in 1987. We are on a run rate to generate more than $1.5 billion in revenue in 2005. For more information, visit www.CompuCom.com.

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