Belgacom France Deploys Network Management Solution Based On Micromuse's Netcool Suite.Busness & High Tech Editors BRUSSELS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 2001 End-to-End Solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. Helping to Enable Uptime of Wireless and Wireline Voice/Internet Services European Netcool Users Conference - Micromuse Inc. (Nasdaq: MUSE), the leading provider of realtime fault management and service assurance software, today announced that Belgacom France has deployed a network management solution based on Micromuse's flagship Netcool(R)/OMNIbus(tm) application. The software is helping to provide a realtime end-to-end service uptime solution for Belgacom France's Wireless local-loop services, Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), Web hosting services, and Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (communications, standard) Synchronous Digital Hierarchy - (SDH) An international digital telecommunications network hierarchy which standardises transmission around the bit rate of 51.84 megabits per second, which is also called STS-1. (SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy) The European counterpart to SONET. See SONET. SDH - Synchronous Digital Hierarchy ) networks. Belgacom is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium and provides telecommunications services for businesses across Europe. Belgacom France, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Belgacom, offers a variety of specialized voice and Internet services, including Web Hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith. , Virtual Private Networks and Wireless Local Loop services. "We are experiencing rapid growth in our wireless provisioning and Internet hosting services," said Patrick Bouffel, Technical Director at Belgacom France. "The Netcool-based solution we have chosen collects network status data from throughout our cross-platform infrastructure, helping our operations team deal with problems before service outages occur. In addition, the software scales quickly to help us meet the demands of managing these carrier-class services, without sacrificing quality of service." After a thorough analysis, Belgacom France licensed the comprehensive end-to-end network management solution based on Micromuse's Netcool suite. By collecting and consolidating alarms from across Belgacom France's network infrastructure, the solution helps network operators to better manage network availability by delivering realtime status data on virtually every underlying component of the wireless and wireline infrastructure. The software provides Belgacom France's network operators with a single-screen "digital dashboard (software) digital dashboard - A personalised desktop portal that focuses on business intelligence and knowledge management. Microsoft's version has a launch screen including stock quotes, voice mail and e-mail messages, a calendar, a weather forecast, traffic information, " view of network status - in realtime. This allows them to effectively and efficiently resolve problems before they can lead to service outages of any kind. "The Netcool(R)-based software solution Belgacom France has chosen permits their operators to view pertinent events from other network layers outside their domain," said Mike LeBeau, Micromuse's Director, Wireless Strategies. "This is particularly important for them as the company continues to build-out their infrastructure and roll out new services. Because it is designed for carriers from the ground up, the software solution will support the most demanding network management requirements." About the Netcool(R) Suite Micromuse's Netcool(R) software suite collects management data from more than 300 management environments and network devices, including voice, data and Internet. Fault data is rapidly processed and filtered by the Netcool ObjectServer(tm), an in-memory database A database that keeps all active records in main memory rather than on disk. Accessing in-memory records is considerably faster than retrieving them from the disk. . The Netcool suite helps operators to build views of service availability in realtime, helping them manage networks more efficiently. Because it is scalable and deploys rapidly, the Netcool suite helps service providers expand their networks as their markets grow. About Belgacom Belgacom SA, headquartered in Brussels, is the leading supplier of global telecommunications solutions on the Belgian market. Belgacom is the leading supplier of global telecommunications solutions on the Belgian market. The Belgacom group mainly offers local, intercity and international voice and data services, cellular telephone services, satellite services, carrier services and all Internet-related services. Since 1996, Belgacom has been offering Belgacom World Solutions, which cover more than 220 countries and territories and through which customers can connect their various business centers based on a single telecom standard. Belgacom is active in the Netherlands (Ben), in France (Belgacom France) and in the Euregio encompassing Maastricht, Heerlen, Aachen, Hasselt and Liege liege In European feudal society, an unconditional bond between a man and his overlord. Thus, if a tenant held estates from various overlords, his obligations to his liege lord, to whom he had paid “liege homage,” were greater than his obligations to the other (Tritone tri·tone n. Music An interval composed of three whole tones. [Medieval Latin tritonus, from Greek tritonos, having three tones : tri-, three; see Telecom). To strengthen its position, Belgacom has set up Belgacom UK Limited, Belgacom Deutschland GmbH and Belgacom Nederland BV. In these countries and in the USA, Belgacom has numerous Local Points of Presence (POPs). About Belgacom France Belgacom France, alternative telecommunications operator specialised in the business to business sector has been present on the French market for four years. With 11 agencies covering the French territory, Belgacom France serves 5000 clients by providing them with telephone service, data and telecommunications transmission. Encouraged by Belgacom SA., the French subsidiary has entered into a new market this year with much success, that being a result of the attribution of several wireless local loop licences in 9 French regions to Belgacom France in 2000: Nord-Pas de Calais Nord-Pas de Calais is one of the 26 regions of France. It consists of the departments of Nord and Pas-de-Calais, in the north and has a border with Belgium. Until the end of the 20th century both the region and the department were called Nord. , Picardie, Haute et Basse- Normandie, Bretagne, Pays de Loire, Champagne-Ardenne, Auvergne and Franche-Comte. Belgacom France press contact: Alethia LYRIOTAKIS Communication Director Tel: 33 (1) 70 60 64 26 About Micromuse Micromuse Inc. (Nasdaq: MUSE) is the leading provider of realtime fault management and service assurance software. Micromuse's recent list of awards include the TeleStrategies 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. Excellence Award for Best New Product for the Netcool(r)/Visionary(tm) application, and Web Hosting Magazine Web Hosting Magazine was a web hosting industry print magazine that published from 2000 to 2002. It spawned a companion tradeshow, Web Hosting Expo. Its founders and editors were Dmitri Eroshenko and Isabel Wang, and it was published by Infotonics Media. Editor's Choice Award. In addition, Micromuse has been recognized in the Forbes 500, Bloomberg's Top 100 Stocks, the Barron's 500, Deloitte & Touche's Technology Fast 500, San Francisco Chronicle The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H. de Young.[2] The paper grew along with San Francisco to become the largest circulation newspaper on the West Coast of the 500, Individual Investor's Index of America's Fastest Growing Companies and Network World's NW200. Micromuse customers include AT&T, BT, Cable & Wireless, Cellular One, Charles Schwab, Deutsche Telekom, Digex, EarthLink, ITC ITC (Brit) n abbr (= Independent Television Commission) → Fernseh-Aufsichtsgremium ITC n abbr (BRIT) (= Independent Television Commission) → ^DeltaCom, MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. Worldcom, One2One, Verizon, XO Communications and a number of financial investment concerns. Headquarters are located at 139 Townsend Street, SanFrancisco, Calif. 94107; (415) 538-9090. The Web site is at www.micromuse.com. Netcool and Micromuse are registered trademarks of Micromuse Ltd. All other trademarks and registered trademarks in this document are the properties of their respective owners. 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The factors that could cause actual future results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements include the following: fluctuations in customer demand, the Company's ability to manage its growth (including the ability to hire sufficient sales and technical personnel), the risks associated with the expansion of the Company's distribution channels, the risk of new product introductions and customer acceptance of new products; the rapid technological change which characterizes the Company's markets, the risks associated with competition, the risks associated with international sales as the Company expands its markets, and the ability of the Company to compete successfully in the future, as well as other risks identified in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission Filings, including but not limited to those appearing under the caption "Risk Factors" in the Company's most recent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. and on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. 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