IBM Canada Taps NUVO to Provide Managed Network Monitoring Service for Superior Propane

Business Wire, July 27, 2005

OTTAWA -- NUVO Network Management Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NVO), a leading managed services provider for solutions that Maximize IT(R) availability and performance, today announced that it has been selected by IBM Canada to provide network monitoring as part of a five-year service agreement IBM has been awarded by Superior Propane to manage its IT infrastructure.

"IBM is targeting the mid-market with service offerings for as few as 20 servers and less than 1,000 desktops," says Phil Weaver, President and CEO. "NUVO helps them to achieve this goal with solutions that are very cost-effective, scalable, and effectively address the business values of their customers. NUVO has field-proven, industry-leading modular solutions that provide customers with the ability to choose the technology and services that best fit their business."

Superior Propane is Canada's largest supplier of propane, with 150 operating locations across the country and 700 desktops. NUVO's MAXmonitor service delivers long-term, sustainable benefits to the business, providing cost-effective, real-time tools to:

- Improve network availability
- Increase application performance
- Reduce or eliminate capital expenditure
- Deliver rapid report generation and analysis to the network manager

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.

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