Defense Logistics Agency to Deploy Provision Management Framework for Telework / COOP

Award Received Through Blanket Purchase Agreement of Emergent OnLine

August 18, 2005 – Provision Networks, the global provider of server-based access infrastructure solutions for the Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows Terminal Services platform, today announced that the Defense Logistics Agency will deploy the Provision Management Framework throughout the enterprise in support of the agency’s server-based computing telework and continuance of operations initiatives.

Provision Networks produces and markets the Provision Management Framework®. The Provision Management Framework, Enterprise Edition is a full-featured access infrastructure solution that leverages the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 platform, and delivers anywhere, anytime access to applications and network resources. Enterprise features such as Seamless Windows, Application Publishing, Load Balancing, Access Control, a Web Portal and an SSL Gateway embrace the RDP protocol and enhance the deployment, manageability, performance, and security of Terminal Services environments of all sizes.

Mike Moore, Vice President of Sales with Provision Networks commented: “We are quite pleased with this award and deployment of approximately 2300 concurrent licenses of PMF. Market adoption has been swift and partner mindshare even greater.” Moore continued to say: “Some of the world’s most accomplished and experienced server-based computing consultancies, such as Emergent OnLine, who designed, architected, drove and closed this project, are finding that our solutions resonate extremely well with their clients.”


About Provision Networks

Provision Networks is a global provider of server-based access infrastructure provisioning, management, optimization and security. Provision Networks solutions embrace and extend the Citrix MetaFrame and Microsoft Terminal Services platforms, delivering resilient and scalable on-demand access for enterprises worldwide.

The Enterprise Edition of the Provision Management Framework® is designed to extend the native (RDP) functionality of Windows Terminal Services with important features such as Seamless Windows, Session-Sharing, Intelligent Load Balancing, Application Publishing, a Web-based interface, and an integrated SSL Gateway (RDP over SSL).
The Provision Management Framework, Standard Edition is a comprehensive access management solution designed to improve and enhance the provisioning, performance, manageability, and security of your Citrix access infrastructure.
In a single package, you get:

• Provide printing support for any client or network printer with a single universal print driver; Print-IT®
• Allow users to compute in their own time zones, regardless of the server's time zone; TimeZones-IT®
• Automate several time-consuming session configuration and lockdown tasks; Manage-IT®
• Enforce granular firewall access rules and exercise schedule-aware application execution control, all on a session-by-session basis, and without disrupting corporate security policies; Block-IT®
• Enhance application compatibility by enabling single-user applications to execute reliably in multi-user mode in a Terminal Server environment; Redirect-IT®
• Enhance the mobility of an access infrastructure by allowing users to fully synchronize their USB-based BlackBerry and Palm devices over RDP and ICA connections; USB-IT®
• Achieve unprecedented logon speeds and stability levels of user profiles by implementing new profile management techniques; MetaProfiles-IT®
• Improve application response times and expand overall server capacity by streamlining and optimizing the use of CPU and virtual memory resources; Max-IT®

With a world-class client list, comprised of some of the world’s largest commercial enterprises, and government organizations, Provision Networks is the most trusted name in access infrastructure management, security, and optimization.

To learn more about Provision Networks and our enterprise access solutions, please visit us at www.ProvisionNetworks.com.