Somix Partnered with AKCP to enhance their Web based IT/IS Management Systems

Sanford, ME -- November 15, 2002 Somix Technologies, INC. a developer of 100% web based IT/IS management systems, today formed a relationship with AKCP the world leader in low cost, SNMP monitoring environmental probes. For a limited time, Somix will be issuing a free sensorProbe 2A from AKCP to all customers who purchase 2 or more Somix utilities with maintenance. The utilities include: Logalot, OStivity and Denika Performance Trender.

About sensorProbe
The sensorProbe is a low cost environmental monitoring device that enables users to monitor the environments for critical changes. It can measure the humidity, temperature, airflow, water detection, dry contacts, voltage etc, using its intelligent sensors family and it supports SNMP.

The sensorProbe 2A costs $245.00 with a 1 foot free temperature sensor. A 1 humidity sensor and a 1 temperature sensor with sensorProbe costs $ 345.00 . sensorProbe 2A also interfaces with all intelligent Sensor manufactured by AKCP, such as Water detector, Voltage monitor etc.

A new 4-10mA sensor is the new in AKCP intelligent sensor series.

About Somix solution

Denika is a low cost performance trender of any SNMP counter. Graphics are powered with MRTG and RRDTool and create daily, weekly, monthly and year graphics.

The Denika software costs $795.00 or $1090.00 with 1 year of maintenance and support.
About the Integration
Somix has added auto-discovery to WebNM and Denika Performance Trender enabling these tools to create performance graphs of Temperature and Humidity being sensed by the sensorProbe manufactured by AKCP. The graphs show an environmental trend over a day, week, month and a full year.

Live Demonstration: http://www.denika.com/.

Denika and WebNM both integrate with WhatsUp Gold from IPSWITCH.

Area of application
AKCP's environment monitoring products have been widely accepted to monitor computer data centers, distributed network equipment, computer rack mount devices, Warehouses, labs etc.

AKCP extends its market segment for the sensorProbe by adding custom analog sensors. Now analog sensors such as pressure transducers can be web enabled with full SNMP.

About AKCP
AKCP was established in early 1980's. Their focus on SNMP based network management has led to a family of computerized environmental monitoring devices. Now the world leader in the SNMP based remote monitoring, AKCP was the first in the industry to offer low cost SNMP based environment monitoring. AKCP, a global company with R&D offices in Bangkok, Thailand and Bangalore, India, continues to lead through its extensive research efforts.

AKCP, sensorArray and sensorProbe are trademarks of AKCP Co. Ltd.

For product and sales information, contact AKCP. at AKCP Co. Ltd, 67/285 Muangake Village #8, Moo 3 Vipawadee Road, Tambol Lughook, Amphur Muang, Pathumtanee, Thailand -- 12000, via Telephone : 011-66-2-997-8622 Fax : 011-66-2-997-8622, or via e-mail at info@akcpinc.com; or visit the AKCP Web site at http://www.akcpinc.com/

About Somix Technologies, INC.
Somix develops Web-based software products for application, desktop and network management. The Somix product family includes WebNM, OStivity and Denika Performance Trender. Denika, strengthens the ability of WhatsUp Gold, Ipswitch Inc.s leading network mapping and monitoring tool, to provide valuable reports on application and network capacity; OStivity is a full-featured desktop and server hardware and software inventory tool; WebNM includes Denika and OStivity and scales to the enterprise allowing for tens of thousands of reports with a high degree of automation and improved integration with WhatsUp Gold. All Somix products are designed for todays mission-critical business communications. Somix sets new standards for value, flexibility, and interoperability. Its products are available directly from Somix and through distributors and resellers.

Somix, Denika, OStivity, WebNM, the Denika logo, the OStivity logo, and the WebNM logo, are trademarks of Somix Technologies, Inc. WhatsUp, the WhatsUp logo, IPSWITCH, and the IPSWITCH logo are trademarks of IPSWITCH, Inc.

For product and sales information, contact Somix Technologies, Inc. at 1293 Main Street, Sanford, Maine, via telephone (207) 324-8805, fax (207) 324-8683, or e-mail at info@somix.com; or visit the Somix Web site at http://www.somix.com/.