sentitO Networks Selects MKS for Enterprise Software Configuration Management

Waterloo, ON - November 11, 2002: MKS Inc. (MKS) (TSE:MKX), a leading provider of tools to automate, secure, manage and control the software development process today announced that sentitO Networks has chosen MKS Source Integrity® Enterprise and MKS Integrity Manager™ for its enterprise software configuration management (SCM) needs.

sentitO Networks addresses the needs of global service providers who are building profitable, new access and edge network infrastructures. sentitO is delivering the New End Office™ (NEO), a new converged switching and services platform, to global communications service providers.

sentitO sought an enterprise-wide SCM solution to replace its existing freeware SCM toolset and to gain real-time collaboration between its two development locations in Chelmsford, MA and Rockville, Maryland. It chose the MKS solution following an evaluation of a number of leading SCM vendors.

In particular, sentitO liked MKS's innovative new MKS Federated Server™ architecture, a real time development alternative to archive replication. This architecture will enable real-time collaboration for geographically distributed teams, while minimizing costly software conflict resolution activities. sentitO also selected MKS Source Integrity Enterprise and MKS Integrity Manager for their ease of configuration, intuitive user interface, enterprise-level security, and the MKS technology's ability to easily be adapted into sentitO's existing process and procedures.

"We evaluated the SCM toolsets of a number of vendors, including the other market leading providers that our developers had used in the past. However, MKS best enabled us to meet our goal of real-time, geographically distributed development. In our opinion, MKS has the most logical and technologically advanced solution, not to mention the best overall value," says Dan Coyne, Principal Scientist at sentitO Networks.

About sentitO Networks
sentitO Networks is a leading provider of convergence solutions delivering access, switching, and service creation to global communications service providers. sentitO is a privately held company with headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, with sales and development offices in Dallas, Texas, and Boston, Massachusetts. The company received a first round of funding from leading VC firms Mid-Atlantic Venture Funds, Technology Venture Partners, Kodiak Venture Partners, Core Capital Partners, and Inflection Point Ventures. 

About MKS
MKS Inc. ("MKS") (TSE:MKX) provides award-winning enterprise software configuration management (SCM) and interoperability software solutions enabling development teams at Fortune 1000 companies such as Park Place Entertainment, Continental Teves, Federated Insurance Companies and Northrop Grumman to analyze, build and deploy software systems quickly and reliably. The company's family of SCM products offer advanced technology with robust workflow, code management, and impact analysis capabilities. Under its widely known MKS Toolkit brand, MKS provides UNIX-Windows co-existence, and system administration that significantly cut development and administrative costs and reduce time to market while enabling enhanced performance. Founded in 1984 with over 10,000 customers worldwide, MKS has built its brand on the foundation of advanced technology, superior quality and extraordinary customer service. More information about MKS can be found at http://www.mks.com, or by calling 1-800-265-2797 (US & Canada), +49-711-351775-0 (Germany), and +44-1483-733900 (United Kingdom).

MKS, MKS Source Integrity, MKS Integrity Manager, MKS Integrity Solution, and MKS Toolkit are trademarks or registered trademarks of MKS Inc. All other trademarks mentioned in this release are the property of their respective owners.

US and Canada Media Contact:
Email pr@mks.com