Newbury Park, CA, October 26, 2006

New State-of-the-art Voice over IP Test Labs are Based on EdenTree Technologies™ Lab Manager Software

F1 Interop Solutions™ uses cutting edge automation methods, based on EdenTree’s software solutions, for its high performance interoperability testing

EDENTREE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., innovator of lab management and test automation solutions for network equipment manufacturers, service providers, and enterprises, today announced that leading VoIP/Packet Cable interoperability lab F1 Interop Solutions has built its state-of-the-art test labs around EdenTree’s suite of Lab Operating System™ solutions.

F1 Interop Solutions is an independent test and interoperability facility offering a complete suite of testing services for VoIP, packet cable and other next-generation advanced services. F1 Interop Solutions’ clients include MSOs, service providers, enterprise businesses, product manufacturers, and test equipment vendors. Its services include test consulting, automation outsourcing, Class 5/4 feature & feature interaction testing, protocol verification and stress testing. F1 uses EdenTree Lab Manager to streamline and optimize its testing which often involves connection of a wide array of SIP devices, IADs, and other customer premise equipment to legacy and next generation networks.

EdenTree provides the lab its off-the-shelf Lab Manager software that makes it easy to connect a variety of devices to the test bed, while reducing cabling errors, decreasing testing time and reducing the amount of test equipment needed. EdenTree software manages both physical layer infrastructure to which lab equipment is connected and storage area networking infrastructure that stores server images containing softswitches and other configurations used for various test scenarios. The result is a software-controlled lab environment with a simple, drag-and-drop user interface that allows F1’s engineers to easily create test topologies and server configurations appropriate for their diverse clients. F1’s flexible and automated test bed architecture allows them to quickly reproduce a broad range of customer environments.

Mark Scafidi, co-founder and CEO of F1 Interop Solutions, describes his company’s reliance on EdenTree software with conviction. “At F1 Interop Solutions we use EdenTree software to achieve a higher level of efficiency, unparalleled power and flexibility. In addition, it has allowed us to drive down our cost and then pass that on to our customer base.”

“Anyone building a VoIP product or setting up next generation services – service providers, network equipment vendors and enterprises alike – shares the same concerns as F1, and can benefit from Lab Manager’s ability to efficiently manage the performance and interoperability testing that is so critical to successful deployments,” said Jay Oyakawa, president and CEO of EdenTree Technologies. “F1 differs from these other companies in degree – they are set up to test the most complex of environments – which is why we’re pleased to work with them and have them showcase our solution.”

About EdenTree Technologies, Inc.
EdenTree Technologies provides lab management and automation solutions for network equipment manufacturers, service providers, and enterprises that have dynamic lab and network environments. EdenTree’s Lab Manager, the Lab Operating System™ and leading software platform for managing and scheduling lab resources, is used by companies such as Cisco Systems, Hitachi Data Systems, BellSouth, and AT&T, helping them reduce testing time and costs, increase leverage of equipment investments, and improve asset tracking. EdenTree brings an unprecedented level of speed, efficiency, and productivity to network labs, by eliminating manual reconfigurations, enabling remote access, automating repetitive processes, and storing test configurations and results.