Canoga Perkins Announces Acquisition of Ellipsys Technologies Inc.; Addition of Leader in Service Assurance and Test and Measurement Products Creates End-to-End Network Solution.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers CHATSWORTH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 4, 2000 Canoga Perkins announced today the acquisition of Ellipsys Technologies Inc. Following a year that saw the Chatsworth-based company grow 40 percent, the acquisition marks another major milestone for Canoga Perkins. The addition of Ellipsys further expands Canoga Perkins' multi-national capability to provision end-to-end network solutions to its customers. Ellipsys' experience in creating tools that analyze, troubleshoot and enhance the Quality of Service (QoS) in networks will allow Canoga Perkins to deliver products with even more comprehensive abilities. "Network and facility performance management continue to be an area of great concern for today's service providers, especially operations and network managers," said Paul Stennes, executive vice president for Canoga Perkins. "The addition of Ellipsys significantly enhances Canoga Perkins' capabilities within the operations, network management and service assurance arenas." Ellipsys Technologies is the leader in expert systems solutions that enable IXC (1) (IntereXchange Carrier) An organization that provides interstate (long distance) communications services within the U.S., which includes AT&T, MCI, Sprint and more than 700 others. See LATA. (2) (IXC Communications Inc., Austin, TX, www. , LEC (1) (LAN Emulation Client) A software driver that provides LAN emulation (LANE) in an ATM network. It resides in an ATM end station or in a computer system that provides the LAN to ATM conversion, often known as a LAN access device. See LANE. , CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier) An organization offering local telephone service that is not one of the traditional telephone companies. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 allowed competition to the incumbent telcos (ILECs), enabling new companies (CLECs) and private network service providers to be more competitive by proactively managing and improving the quality of today's enhanced telecommunications services. The Ellipsys product line provides detailed call analysis, indicating the source and root cause of problems, rather than just giving simple failure messages and indicators. Under the terms of the agreement, Ellipsys becomes Canoga Perkins' newest division and will continue to market its current line of service assurance and test and measurement products. Ellipsys will continue to operate from its Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, city, United States Santa Cruz (săn`tə kr  z), city (1990 pop. 49,040), seat of Santa Cruz co., W Calif., on the north shore of Monterey Bay; inc. 1866. , Calif.-based facilities
under the name Ellipsys Technologies, a division of Canoga Perkins.
With headquarters in Chatsworth, Canoga Perkins, a worldwide telecommunications supplier, designs, manufactures and markets fiber optic modems and multiplexers (WDM (1) (Wavelength Division Multiplexing) A technology that uses multiple lasers and transmits several wavelengths of light (lambdas) simultaneously over a single optical fiber. and TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) A technology that transmits multiple signals simultaneously over a single transmission path. Each lower-speed signal is time sliced into one high-speed transmission. ), LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. products, video conferencing products, and test and measurement equipment. In 1998, Canoga Perkins was recognized by Deloitte & Touche as one of the 50 fastest-growing technology companies. For further information, contact Canoga Perkins at tel: 818/718-6300; fax: 818/678-6312; or Internet: www.canoga.com. |
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