Astracon Signs Agreement for Automated Activation and Service Management Solution with HP; Service Providers to Benefit with Lower Operations Costs and Simplified Provisioning Tasks.Business Editors & Technology Writers DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 2002 Astracon Inc., the leading provider of high-performance service activation solutions for IP and broadband networks  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. , has signed an agreement with Hewlett-Packard Company with the goal of enhancing the HP Integrated Service Management (ISM See ISM band. ) software and services solution to solve the multi-technology service activation challenges faced by broadband providers. As part of the agreement, Astracon is working with HP to make an automated activation and service management Operations Support System (OSS Oss (ôs), city (1994 pop. 62,141), North Brabant prov., S Netherlands; chartered 1399. It is a significant industrial center. Manufactures include meat products, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electrical equipment, and metalware. ) solution available to the market. Preliminary customer trials of the solution are underway in Japan. In those trials, Astracon is providing the service activation capabilities for both the transport layer and the network layer technologies of the service provider's infrastructure (e.g., IP VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. ). The companies intend to enable service providers to deploy an integrated solution to automate the provisioning and activation of broadband services. The solution is designed to support multi-domain, multi-technology networks and greatly simplify the automation of the complex and repetitive provisioning tasks involved in ensuring superior Quality of Service (QoS) across diverse network topologies. With this capability, service providers with multiple technologies and vendor equipment in their networks could attain lower operations costs for activation, ensuring consistency and accuracy. "This relationship with HP signals ongoing market acknowledgement of Astracon's technology and experience in deploying robust OSS activation solutions in high-production environments," said Glen Hellman, Astracon president & COO. "We believe the combination of HP's OSS products and systems integration expertise with Astracon's high-performance service activation provides a break-through in accelerating data service deployments." "We recognized a strong market need for automated activation of data services in order to assist with a service provider's bottom line," said Marco Limena, worldwide marketing director, HP Service Provider and Mobile Solutions Organization. "We chose Astracon to help fulfill HP's ISM activation and provisioning component as Astracon provides remarkable breadth to technologies and vendor equipment." More information can be found on www.astracon.com. About Astracon Astracon is the leader in high-performance service activation OSS solutions for broadband and IP networks. Astracon WholesaleConnect(TM), RetailConnect(TM) and BusinessConnect(TM) solutions activate, automate and accelerate service orders by harnessing the software's ability to create and maintain diverse service connectivity across multi-vendor, multi-technology networks. Astracon is currently deployed in high-volume, high-production environments of the top tier of service providers -- surpassing tens of thousands of connections daily. Astracon-Activated customers include British Telecom The telephone and communications carrier that provides services in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It used to be a division of the British Post Office, but was privatized in 1984 under Margaret Thatcher's administration. , Genuity, Telstra and Verizon. Strategic and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and partners include Alcatel, Cisco, CGEY CGEY Cap Gemini Ernst and Young (IT consulting firm) , Granite, HP, Lucent, Metasolv, Micromuse, Orchestream and Telcordia. The company is backed by venture capitalists Venture Capitalist An investor who provides capital to either start-up ventures or support small companies who wish to expand but do not have access to public funding. Notes: Venture capitalists usually expect higher returns for the additional risks taken. and strategic leaders: Geocapital Partners, Australasian Media & Communications Fund, Bluestem bluestem see andropogon. Capital, Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. , Inc., Cross Atlantic Capital Partners, Edgewater Funds, and Telcordia. Astracon's worldwide headquarters are located in Denver, Colo., with regional offices in Europe and Asia Pacific. |
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