Apogee Networks Joins the Oracle Partner Program to Deliver Next Generation Content And IP Billing Solutions.Business Editors SADDLE BROOK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 16, 2001 Apogee Networks, the leading global provider of advanced Content and IP Rating, Billing and Settlement platforms, today announced it has joined the Oracle(R) Partner Program (OPP OPP Opposite OPP Opportunity/Opportunities OPP Office of Pesticide Programs OPP Ontario Provincial Police (Ontario, Canada) OPP Office of Polar Programs (National Science Foundation) ). OPP is designed to assist technology partners in their development efforts with Oracle as well increase their proficiency with Oracle's products and services. The solution created by combining the two companies' products provides extensive network management capabilities previously unavailable in the Internet marketplace See vertical portal and Web hub. . By solving the technological hurdles of scalability, real time rating, content usage-based billing and rapid service introduction, Apogee Networks' NetCountant(R) product line enables customers to rapidly develop and deploy new Business and Revenue models on a global scale. Apogee Networks' President and COO Tom Goldman said, "Our membership in OPP reaffirms Apogee Networks' commitment to providing the best and most flexible solutions and products to its customers and the industry. It also enhances our leadership role in the IP and content usage-based billing arena," Goldman commented. "We believe that content and IP usage-based billing represents a major opportunity for the industry. Apogee Networks' partnership with Oracle will help push forward new industry capabilities," noted Apogee Networks' Vice President of Business Development Ted Haller. About the Oracle Partner Program The Oracle Partner Program is a global business network of more than 12,000 companies who deliver innovative e-business solutions based on Oracle software. Through access to Oracle's premier products, education, technical services, marketing and sales support, the Oracle Partner Program provides partners with the resources they need to be successful in today's Internet economy The Internet Economy refers to conducting business through markets whose infrastructure is based on the Internet and World-Wide Web. An Internet economy differs from a traditional economy in a number of ways, including: communication, market segmentation, distribution costs, and price. . Oracle partners are able to offer customers leading-edge solutions backed by Oracle's position as the world's leading supplier of e-business solutions. Additional information is available at http://alliance.oracle.com. Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation. About Apogee Networks Headquartered in Saddle Brook, New Jersey Saddle Brook is a township in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 13,155. Saddle Brook adopted its current name on November 8, 1955, replacing Saddle River Township. , Apogee Networks, Inc. is the recognized leader in developing and deploying advanced Content and IP Rating, Billing and Settlement solutions for IP Content Distributors, ASPs, ISPs, Carriers, Wireless Internet Providers and Enterprise customers. Apogee Networks' NetCountant(R) product line provides full end-to-end content, revenue settlement and IP billing capabilities. Uniquely, NetCountant Billing provides real-time billing, flexible service creation and high scalability to meet the challenges of rapid customer growth. Apogee Networks' NetCountant Content Collection and NetCountant Settlement platforms provide advanced IP Content aggregation, processing, and revenue settlement capabilities for Content Distributors. NetCountant Accountability provides Global 2000 Enterprise and IP Network customers with the capability to better manage and allocate IP usage thereby realizing significant bandwidth cost savings. NetCountant Performance provides Global IP Networks with advanced measurement and diagnostic capabilities that increase overall network performance. The company's product was a winner of the 2000 Internet Telephony Another term for IP telephony and VoIP. In the late 1990s, some people made a distinction between Internet Telephony and VoIP: Internet telephony referred to voice over the public Internet, while VoIP referred to voice over private IP networks. Product of the Year Award and recently received Networld+Interop's Best-of-Show Award. Apogee Networks is a Charter member of the Internet Protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. Detail Record (IPDR IPDR Internet Protocol Detail Record Organization IPDR Internet Protocol Detail Record IPDR International Project Development Roadmap (Canada) IPDR Internal Preliminary Design Review IPDR Individual Program Data Records ) Association. Apogee Networks investors include Fidelity Ventures Fidelity Ventures is the venture capital arm of Fidelity Investments. Based in Boston and London, Fidelity Ventures invests in emerging technology companies in North America and Europe. Limited, Granite Ventures, Oak Partners Investment Partners, INTEL, BBVA BBVA Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (First Bank of Spain) , Net One Systems Co., Ltd., CTC CTC - Cornell Theory Center , and several private investors. For additional information about Apogee Networks, please call 1-888-APOGEE3 (276-4333), 1-201-368-8800,or email info@apogeenetworks.com or visit us at http://www.apogeenetworks.com. |
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