Belgium's Broadnet Implements Micromuse's Netcool Suite.Business/Technology Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 27, 2001 Netcool(R) Applications Helping to Provide Realtime Status of Wireless and Wireline Voice/Internet Service Delivery Infrastructure Micromuse Inc. (Nasdaq: MUSE), the leading provider of realtime fault management and service assurance software, today announced that Broadnet has selected the Netcool(R) suite as its core network operations management Operations management is an area of business that is concerned with the production of goods and services, and involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient and effective. software component. The Netcool suite will help maintain the uptime of Broadnet's telecommunications, wireless and Internet services. Broadnet, which is majority-owned by Comcast Corporation and headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, offers IP services, high-speed Internet See broadband. access and tailored eBusiness services in the major cities of Europe. "Broadnet is a next-generation telecommunications solution provider, focused on delivering flexible connectivity to businesses across Europe," said Surendra Saboo, Executive Vice President, Customer Operations, Products & Marketing at Broadnet. "As a start-up, we wanted a best-of-breed fault management solution that could help maintain the uptime of our business-critical networks yet could roll out quickly. It was also important that our infrastructure investments could expand to support future network requirements as our business grows. Micromuse's Netcool(R) technology demonstrated a rapid return on investment and is scaling with us as we expand our service offerings." After a competitive analysis of available technologies, Broadnet implemented Micromuse's flagship Netcool/OMNIbus(TM) application, along with the Netcool/Internet Service Monitors(TM) (Netcool/ISMs) suite and the Netcool/Impact(TM) application. The Netcool/OMNIbus application is collecting and consolidating status information from various networking devices and network management environments throughout Broadnet's service delivery infrastructure, including voice/data switches and routers, wireless equipment, and UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). and NT servers. The Netcool/ISMs suite is helping to monitor the availability and response times of Broadnet's Internet-based services. The Netcool/Impact application is determining how specific network faults may impact business processes, services and customers. The combined solution helps maintain the uptime of all aspects of Broadnet's pan-European telecommunications and wireless local loop network. "Broadnet is playing an important role in the deployment of high-speed connectivity and next-generation business services across Europe," said Katrinka McCallum, Micromuse's Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . "We are pleased to be working with Broadnet to offer a carrier-class solution that can deploy rapidly and respond to the challenges of a growing business." 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 Broadnet Broadnet is a next-generation, IP-centric, pan-European communications solutions provider. Broadnet offers innovative high-speed Internet access and tailored e-business services to entrepreneurs in Europe's major cities. Broadnet (www.broadnet.net), headquartered in Brussels, holds wireless local loop (LMDS (Local Multipoint Distribution Service) A digital wireless transmission system that works in the 28 GHz range in the U.S. and 24-40 GHz overseas. It requires line of sight between transmitter and receiving antenna, which can be from one to four miles apart ) licences in ten European countries (Austria, France, Germany, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, The Czech Republic Czech Republic, Czech Česká Republika (2005 est. pop. 10,241,000), republic, 29,677 sq mi (78,864 sq km), central Europe. It is bordered by Slovakia on the east, Austria on the south, Germany on the west, and Poland on the north. and the UK). Majority owned and controlled by Comcast Corporation, the third largest cable company in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Broadnet develops and operates broadband fixed access networks to bring high bandwidth, on-demand connectivity to European businesses. 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 and the 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. 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, San Francisco, 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. Any statements contained in this press release that do not describe historical facts may constitute 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. Any forward-looking statements contained herein are based on current expectations, but are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. 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. Form 10-K See 10-K. on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on the Company's Web site. |
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