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Vocera Communications' Software Release 4.0 Boosts Performance, Reliability and Administration Capabilities

New features enhance administration and user experience for wireless communication system

CUPERTINO, Calif. (December 5, 2006) — Designed to boost system performance and reliability for administrators and mobile workers, Vocera Communications today announced Release 4.0 of the Vocera System Software. With new administration tools, Vocera-designed high availability clustering architecture, and increased scalability, the software will strengthen the system’s ability to serve as the most innovative method of exchanging critical, real-time information between mobile personnel in wireless environments.

In addition to the performance boosts made to the Vocera System Software, release 4.0 enhances the ability to integrate Vocera with other third-party applications by adding a new Vocera Administration Interface, a complement to the existing Vocera Messaging Interface. This enhanced integration capability will increase the Vocera ecosystem of development partners and further incorporate Vocera into the workflow of mobile enterprises.

“Instant communication is mission critical to our customers whose mobile workers provide patient care and customer service in fast-paced environments,” said Julie Shimer, president and CEO, Vocera Communications. “Software Release 4.0 will optimize system uptime, increase administrative efficiency, enhance system management, and expand the integration capabilities for our customers.”

Vocera System Software Release 4.0 includes these new features:
• Increased Scalability
Vocera System Software 4.0 substantially increases the limit on the number of simultaneously logged in users. The previous version of the software was limited to a maximum of 1,800 users. Release 4.0 can support up to 4,200 simultaneous users, more than doubling the previous limits.
• Tiered Administration Access
Release 4.0 will streamline administrative tasks by permitting system administrators to delegate maintenance tasks to other users. This functionality will improve response time to necessary changes that may arise related to status monitoring, user modification, user and temporary user management, or address book management.
• Vocera Clustering Architecture
The new Vocera Clustering Technology speeds the failover process, reducing failover completion time from minutes to seconds by quickly re-establishing service using a backup server if the primary server becomes unavailable. The software offers high availability and simplifies cluster configuration and maintenance, eliminating the need for, and costs associated with, third-party clustering software.
• Enhanced Group and User Management
Release 4.0 includes a new automatic log out feature which automatically can remove users from temporary functional groups at the end of their shift and clear users from the system that have been off of the network for a specified amount of time. Coupled with significant improvements in system reporting and report-query response times using updated third-party reporting software components, administrators can track active Badges better, thereby increasing system efficiency.
• Touch-Tone Generation
Users can now send dual-tone multi-frequency (DTMF) touch-tones from the Badge by verbally reciting the desired digits. With voice DTMF dialing, Badge users may call into interactive voice response systems and navigate a call tree by simply saying numbers that the Vocera Software converts and relays as DTMF tones.
• Direct Inward Dialing
Release 4.0 allows telephone calls to be connected directly to the user’s Badge, eliminating the need to say the name of the person or department the caller is trying to reach.
• Database Validation Tools
New validation tools check Vocera’s database for integrity, duplication, and errors, making maintaining and using administering the Vocera Communications System more accurate and user-friendly than ever.

“The technology updates provided in this release improve system administration, increase scalability, and assist our end users in the critical services they deliver each day,” said Brent Lang, vice president of marketing, Vocera Communications.

Vocera Communications’ System Software Release 4.0 will be available for general release December 2006. More information about Vocera Communications, Inc. and the Vocera Communications System is available at www.vocera.com.

About Vocera Communications
Vocera Communications provides wireless communications systems enabling instant voice communication among mobile workers to leading institutions and companies requiring enhanced customer service, productivity, and teamwork. The company, with sales offices in the United Kingdom and Australia, serves its global customer base from its headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. For more information, please contact the company at 408-882-5100, or visit the Web site at www.vocera.com.

For more information contact:
Jon Gray
Fleishman-Hillard
816-512-2436
jon.gray@fleishman.com

Jan Rasmussen
Fleishman-Hillard
816-512-2238
rasmussj@fleishman.com

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