Bellcore Announces Enterprise Network Consulting Group; Consultant-developer to the world's telecommunications companies creates professional services unit for business.

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 30, 1996--Bellcore, the telecommunications software and consulting company, today announced the recent formation of its Enterprise Networks Professional Services business unit.

The announcement was made at ComNet `96, where Bellcore rolled out its services and software solutions for network design, protection and profit for large businesses.

Enterprise Networks Professional Services is attracting major customers with its practices for network security and fraud protection, disaster planning and management, Internet and World Wide Web commerce, and business-process reengineering, said Carol Patterson, Bellcore vice president of Enterprise Markets.

"Business customers are looking for the highest level of security and reliability," Patterson said. "They also need business plans with technology solutions that are practical for today and flexible for tomorrow. That's Bellcore."

As a security and fraud consultant, Bellcore can stress-test a company's voice, data and interactive networks to find holes that make those networks vulnerable to intrusion from the outside and misuse from within. Bellcore experts then can work with business customers to keep their networks friendly, as well as safe.

"There aren't many companies that can say they have monitored and busted fraud for all seven regional Bell operating companies," Patterson said.

Private networks are exposed to natural and human-made disasters, just like public networks. For example, the Bellcore team that measured the effect of last year's bomb blast in Oklahoma City on nearby mainframe computers and telephone switches is now available to businesses.

"The processes are similar," Patterson said. "Examine the networks. Find the vulnerabilities, plan for contingencies, and make it all as efficient and economical as possible."

Patterson said the World Wide Web is a tool made to order for Bellcore's network technology expertise and business-case experience. "The Web can be just another advertising medium, or it can be a serious channel for transaction-and-delivery communications," she pointed out. "We create the business cases, assess the available technology, integrate the process into the client's business plan, stress-test it, then measure the success."

Bellcore provides telecommunications software and consulting services based on world-class research. Bellcore makes information technology work for telecommunications carriers, business and governments worldwide. More information about Bellcore is available on the World Wide Web: http://www.bellcore.com.

CONTACT: Bellcore

Annie Lindstrom, 201/829-4062

At ComNet: Bellcore Booth No. 670

Pager 1-800-823-7053

or

Barbara Kaufman, 201/829-2178

At ComNet: Bellcore Booth No. 670

Pager 1-800-823-7017

or

Ken Branson, 201/829-2165