Abatis And XACCT Partner to Deliver Flexible IP Billing and SLA Reporting Capabilities; Solution Targets Network Service Providers Deploying On-Demand Advanced IP Services.Business Editors, High-Tech Writers SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 2000 Abatis Systems Corporation today announced that XACCT Technologies, a provider of business infrastructure solutions for IP networks, is joining the Abatis Expedite ex·pe·dite tr.v. ex·pe·dit·ed, ex·pe·dit·ing, ex·pe·dites 1. To speed up the progress of; accelerate. 2. ! partnership initiative. The companies will focus on integrating the XACCTusage(TM) platform with the Abatis Network Services Contractor (NSC NSC abbr. National Security Council Noun 1. NSC - a committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security; supervises the Central Intelligence Agency ), an IP services activation system. The integrated application will enable service providers to deliver flexible, accurate, and effective IP billing and Service Level Agreement (SLA (1) (StereoLithography Apparatus) See 3D printing. (2) (Service Level Agreement) A contract between the provider and the user that specifies the level of service expected during its term. ) reporting. "Abatis and XACCT share a common vision" said Anil Uberoi, vice president of marketing at XACCT. "We believe that in order for the service providers to remain competitive, they must offer value-based pricing Value-Based Pricing A pricing strategy in which a product's price is actively dependant upon its demand. Notes: This method of pricing allows companies to take advantage of highly demanded products by charging more. models backed by measurable SLAs. The combined XACCT-Abatis solution equips service providers to not only 'right price' their services but also to deliver meaningful service level reporting." "XACCT brings to the table a carrier-class technology platform that is designed to make pay-as-you-go billing, as well as SLA monitoring and reporting for IP services, a reality," said John Seminerio, president of Abatis Systems. "Our joint endeavor will show that together we can deliver the on-demand services activation and flexible billing solution that we believe our carrier customers need to compete effectively in the IP services market." The XACCTusage platform will collect usage statistics generated by the Abatis Enterprise Service Point (ESP (1) (Enhanced Service Provider) An organization that adds value to basic telephone service by offering such features as call-forwarding, call-detailing and protocol conversion. ) 6000, a next-generation integrated access device An IAD is a customer premises device that provides access to wide area networks and the Internet. Specifically, it aggregates multiple channels of information including voice and data across a single shared access link to a carrier or service provider PoP (Point of Presence). . Then, using data provided by the Abatis NSC, XACCTusage will aggregate, correlate, and format the results into information required by SLA and billing systems. The XACCT Technologies solution already supports interfaces to a number of billing systems, ensuring broad market coverage. The XACCTusage platform will be implemented in the Expedite! Technology Lab, a network environment designed to test and showcase Consumable A material that is used up and needs continuous replenishment, such as paper and toner. "The low-tech end of the high-tech field!" IP, Abatis Systems' vision for on-demand, pay-as-you-go, advanced IP services for business users. Abatis and its Expedite! partners have already successfully demonstrated that advanced IP services, such as application hosting, software rental, and on-demand video conferencing See videoconferencing. (communications) video conferencing - A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications. , can be designed, marketed, and deployed, in a matter of days, instead of months. About the XACCTusage platform XACCTusage is a multi-source, multi-layer network usage metering and mediation solution that gives NSPs, including enterprise network (Intranet) operators, the capability to right-price IP services. XACCTusage is designed to allow service providers to generate accurate usage-based billing and to implement utilization-based charge-back models for network services and applications. XACCTusage transforms raw transaction data from a multitude of network devices into useful billing records through business-policy-based filtering, aggregation, and merging. The result is a set of eXtensible Detail Records (XDRs(TM)), similar in concept to the telephony industry's Call Detail Records (CDRs). About XACCT Technologies Headquartered in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. , XACCT Technologies develops intelligent business infrastructure solutions that enable Service Providers and enterprises to design and execute innovative revenue-generating programs and services. XACCT markets its software directly and through network systems integrators to service providers and Fortune 1000 companies. A privately held corporation Noun 1. privately held corporation - a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market close corporation, closed corporation, private corporation , XACCT is funded by venture capital investors. More information is available at www.xacct.com. About Abatis Abatis Systems Corporation is a leading supplier of Consumable IP solutions. Abatis develops and manufactures IP networking solutions that enable service providers to market and distribute advanced services with performance, quality, and security guarantees on demand and in a pay-as-you-go manner. These solutions are based on the Business Services Architecture, designed to let carriers leverage their existing core networks and deploy high-value IP services. The Abatis solution eliminates cost, complexity, and time obstacles from the deployment and management of carrier-scale IP services. Abatis, founded in 1998, is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. Visit www.abatis-sys.com for more information. Abatis Systems, Abatis Network Services Contractor, Abatis Enterprise Service Point, Consumable IP, XML/Services, Abatis Expedite! and the Abatis logo are trademarks of Abatis Systems Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. XACCTusage and XDR (1) (EXternal Data Representation) A data format developed by Sun that is part of its networking standards. It deals with integer size, byte ordering, data representation, etc. and is used as an interchange format. are trademarks of XACCT Technologies, Inc. |
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