Avici Teams with IBM for Service and Support; Global Support Capabilities Enhance Deployment, Performance And Growth of IP-based, Optical Networks.Business/Technology Editors N. BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 18, 2000 Avici Systems Inc., (Nasdaq: AVCI) today announced an agreement with IBM Global Services IBM Global Services is the world's largest business and technology services provider. It is the fastest growing part of IBM, with over 190,000 professionals serving customers in more than 160 countries. , the world's largest services provider, under which IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) will offer comprehensive service and support for Avici's Terabit Switch Router See layer 3 switch. (TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident) Refers to a program that remains in memory when the user exits it in order that it be immediately available at the press of a hotkey. (R)). The agreement enhances Avici's ability to accommodate carriers in all aspects of product support. Avici, using IBM Global Services, will provide product installation and maintenance, integration support and network deployment and management for Avici routers. IBM will support Avici's sales and services offices, including those in Boston, Dallas, Denver, Reston, Va., and San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. "IBM is known for its outstanding service and support capabilities, and is ideal in helping Avici offer world-class, mission-critical support to customers building next-generation optical networks," said James Graham James Graham may refer to: British noblemen
"Effective IT infrastructure and networking capabilities are at the core of today's information based economy," said Sam Khanna, vice president, network alliances, IBM Global Services. "The combination of IBM's breadth and depth of services with Avici's scalable core routing solution will enable service provider customers to quickly install and maintain their Avici-based network infrastructure to support new 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. ." IBM Global Services' business consulting practices offer industry-specific consulting in all areas of e-business, including strategy and design, customer management, supply chain management, e-procurement, e-markets, organizational change management, security and privacy. About Avici Systems Avici Systems Inc., headquartered in North Billerica, Mass., is a developer of next-generation Internet backbone (communications, networking) Internet backbone - High-speed networks that carry Internet traffic. These communications networks are provided by companies such as AT&T, GTE, IBM, MCI, Netcom, Sprint, UUNET and consist of high-speed links in the T1, T3, OC1 and OC3 ranges. platforms that optimize and drive creation of all-optical "speed-of-light" networks. Designed to bring packet intelligence to the core of optical networks, Avici's patented technologies offer superior scalability, resiliency and port density enabling just-in-time bandwidth provisioning, high reliability and the quality of service needed for carriers and ISPs to support mission-critical applications of the future. Visit Avici's Worldwide Website at http://www.avici.com. TSR is a registered trademark of Avici Systems. This press release contains forward looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. When used in this press release, the word "will" and other similar expressions are intended to identify such forward looking statements. Such forward looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, market acceptance of Avici's products, services, enhancements, customer purchasing patterns and commitments, development of the marketplace, product development and enhancement, intensity of competition of other vendors, technological changes and other risks set forth in Avici's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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