Atreus Systems and Natural Convergence Empower Carriers to Offer Self-Serve Business Communication Bundles.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 17, 2003 Strategic Partnership Enables Enterprise Users to Activate and Manage Next-Generation Voice Services Atreus Systems, a service fulfillment leader for IP services and applications, and Natural Convergence, a pioneer of broadband communications software (communications, software) communications software - Application programs, operating system components, and probably firmware, forming part of a communication system. These different software components might be classified according to the functions within the Open Systems for telecom carriers, today announced the signing of a joint sales and marketing agreement. This partnership enables the companies to offer a seamless self-serve solution for telecom carriers to create and deliver comprehensive business communication bundles. The carriers' enterprise customers are now able to activate and manage all their services - including voice services, voicemail, email, remote access, etc. - through one single interface. "Through our teaming with visionary partners like Atreus Systems, we are capitalizing on the growing trend towards service convergence, a concept that allows the carrier to provide and manage all of the communication lifelines LifeLines is a free genealogy software tool to assist family history research. Lifelines was originally written by Tom Wetmore circa 1991-1994. Its primary strengths are its powerful scripting language and the ability to easily import and export information in the GEDCOM - voice, data, and web - for its customers," said Natural Convergence CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. David Cork David Cork (born October 28, 1962 in Doncaster) was a former professional footballer who played for many English sides in the 1980s. Having played for Yorkshire Schoolboys, Cork was signed by Arsenal in 1978 on schoolboy forms, turning professional in 1980. . "With this unique self-serve solution we are drastically reducing the complexity and the operating expense Operating Expense The essential things that a company must purchase in order to maintain business. Notes: For example, the payment of employees wages are an operating expense. Also known as OPEX. of managing communication services - a clear advantage for the carrier and the business owner alike." The enhanced product offering combines the Natural Convergence virtual key system (VKS VKS Virtual Knowledge Studio VKS Virtual Key System ) solution, a robust offering of small business voice services, with the Atreus xAuthority(TM) Solution, a service fulfillment platform that enables carriers to simplify the creation and activation of IP-based network, application and content services. The combined solution enables carriers to cost-effectively evolve into one-stop communications shops, offering voice services, customized data, video services, hosted business applications, localized content, billing services and other managed IP offerings. Atreus xAuthority(TM) is a carrier-grade, service creation and activation software platform that enables carriers and service providers to automate the provisioning and delivery of advanced IP services and applications. Designed to scale to millions of subscribers, Atreus xAuthority offers a compelling solution capable of unifying front-end, customer-facing service portals with the back-end OSSs that execute service authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. , activation and billing across the network. At the front end, a carrier's customer dynamically selects from a menu of services. At the back end, service definition, activation, billing and management are automated across multiple systems, equipment and computing technologies. With the integration of Natural Convergence's virtual key system into the solution, carriers can now also offer mission critical, self-serve voice services with all the essential features of a modern phone system, delivered over a carrier's broadband data network. "Natural Convergence offers carriers an innovative approach for delivering voice services to their small, medium business customers," said Ken Workun, Director, Business Development at Atreus Systems. "Our customers are demanding total solutions that will allow them to deliver high-margin, value-added services A value-added service (VAS) is a telecommunications industry term for non-core services or, in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions. quickly, reliably and profitably. This partnership allows us to address the stated need of our customers to deliver cost-effective, comprehensive communications bundles. About Natural Convergence Natural Convergence is an Ottawa based software company that develops and markets Broadband communications software to Telecom carriers, enabling them to better serve their business customers. The company was founded in April 2001 and is financed by leading venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] including Venture Investment Management Company, BDC (Backup Domain Controller) In a Windows NT server, a copy of the Primary Domain Controller (PDC). The BDC is periodically synchronized with the PDC. See PDC. BDC - Backup Domain Controller , Primaxis, Jefferson Partners, Desjardins Venture Capital Group, and Purple Angel. For more information, visit www.naturalconvergence.com or call 613-725-2030. About Atreus Systems Atreus Systems(TM) is the service fulfillment leader for IP services and applications. Atreus' flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , the xAuthority(TM) Service Fulfillment Solution, is a service creation and activation software platform that helps carriers, service providers, enterprise customers, and wireless and cable operators to provision and deliver advanced IP services while reducing operational expenses and leveraging existing network CAPEX investments. Atreus Systems, headquartered in Cupertino, California, is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. financed by leading telecom venture capital firms Mobius Venture Capital, Blueprint Ventures, Skypoint Capital Corporation, BDC Venture Capital and Aliant, Inc. For more information, visit the company's web site at www.atreus-systems.com or call (800) 764-5514 (North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. ). Atreus Systems, the Atreus Systems logo, fill YOUR pipes, Atreus xAuthority and all Atreus Systems products are trademarks of Atreus Systems, Inc. or its subsidiaries and are used under license. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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