Auspice Demonstrates End-to-End Voice Service Manager (VSM) Application at CableLabs Summer Conference: Provides Real-Time Operations Automation for VoIP Service Delivery.

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Auspice VSM is Deployed by Leading MSOs to Meet VoIP Service Delivery Challenges by Monitoring Entire Cable VoIP Infrastructure; Real-Time MTA and HFC Plant Performance and Fault Monitoring, Infrastructure-wide Event Correlation and Ticketing

Auspice Corporation has been selected to demonstrate its TLX(R)-based Opslogic(TM) Voice Service Manager(TM) (VSM) for Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) services to attendees of the CableLabs Summer Conference being held at the Keystone Resort in Keystone, CO, August 14-17. Deployed by leading MSOs nationwide, VSM's proven solution is based on the Auspice(R) TLX(R) Real-Time Systems Integration and Operations Automation Platform, and is enabling reliable and cost-effective delivery of VoIP services to subscribers by proactively monitoring the health of the entire cable multiservice infrastructure, including VoIP. VSM supports the PacketCable(R) industry standard for VoIP, as well as the DOCSIS standards for cable devices. VSM joins the wide range of TLX platform-based OpsLogic products used by leading cable providers to automate network operations centers, customer care and field service processes.

To find true real-time status and root cause analysis, VSM monitors, filters and correlates conditions across the entire PacketCable VoIP infrastructure. VSM monitoring rates, filters and correlations can be configured to adhere to any provider's unique procedures. VSM also includes built-in extensions to third-party applications and systems, such as CMS/softswitches, CMTSs, modems, MTSs and ticketing systems.

For example, VSM can determine if the root cause of phone outage is due to a regional power outage, an unplugged modem or MTA, a missing MTA battery, a misconfigured softswitch, or a DHCP server, CMTS or node outage. VSM can also determine if the quality of service degradation is due to a high-speed data or video problem on the same node, out-of-spec signal-to-noise ratio on a modem, or a switch or router that is dropping packets.

Key Functions of Auspice Voice Service Manager

VSM's key functions encompass:

--  Correlated outage, alarm condition, performance and quality of
    service (QoS) monitoring of:
    --  cable modems
    --  media terminal adapters (MTAs)
    --  embedded MTAs (eMTAs)
    --  hybrid-fiber coax (HFC) plants/transponders/nodes

--  Correlation of monitored data with status of:
    --  call management servers (CMSs), switches and DHCP servers
    --  customer databases, billing and provisioning systems

--  Intelligent trouble ticket creation and update

--  Customer service visibility for:
    --  a consolidated, real-time view of all VoIP infrastructure
        components per subscriber
    --  subscriber account information and billing status
    --  real-time service diagnostic tools.

"VSM is already helping cable companies overcome the complexity and cost of reliably delivering VoIP services," said William Yan, Auspice Executive VP of Sales and Business Development. "By monitoring all elements of the PacketCable VoIP infrastructure in real-time -- and by correlating their status, alarms and outages in real time -- VSM gives a true, proactive picture of the service and the root cause of current or impending problems. VSM not only assures VoIP delivery, it also enables providers to avoid hiring scores of additional NOC, customer care and field technicians to support this highly complex service."

About Auspice

Founded in 1997, Auspice, The Enterprise Control Software Company, is the first commercial developer of an enterprise control software platform that enables the extended enterprise to manage disparate technology infrastructure in an orchestrated manner to dramatically improve ROI. With its roots in the modern-day manned space program, Auspice's TLX platform was originally developed for mission-critical and complex operational environments, such as the International Space Station (for NASA), which are characterized by heterogeneous systems that demand absolute reliability. Auspice is also the developer of the TLX-based OpsLogic Broadband Solution Suite -- a set of integrated operations automation applications for broadband service providers. OpsLogic was developed on and can be extended with the Auspice TLX platform to meet the specific needs of individual service providers. Auspice TLX and Auspice OpsLogic applications are currently deployed at leading North American MSOs. Visit www.auspicecorp.com.

Auspice and TLX are registered trademarks and OpsLogic and Voice Service Manager are trademarks of Auspice Corporation.