Cesky Telecom Deploys Micromuse's Netcool Suite; Czech Republic's Largest Service Provider Leveraging Netcool Suite For Network Uptime.Business Editors & High Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 5, 2002 Micromuse Inc. (Nasdaq: MUSE), the leading provider of service and business assurance software, today announced that Cesky Telecom, the leading telecommunications operator in 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. , has implemented the Netcool(R) software suite as the core network monitoring The term network monitoring describes the use of a system that constantly monitors a computer network for slow or failing systems and that notifies the network administrator in case of outages via email, pager or other alarms. and service assurance solution in its Prague-based operations center The facility or location on an installation, base, or facility used by the commander to command, control, and coordinate all crisis activities. See also base defense operations center; command center. . "Cesky Telecom has nearly 4 million telephone lines in operation," said Petr Slovacek, Chief Technology Officer, Cesky Telecom. "We have a commitment to provide quality service for our customers, so we needed a robust Service Level Management solution that would consolidate the management of the entire infrastructure. Micromuse's Netcool solution deployed rapidly, providing a tangible and almost immediate return on investment." After a competitive analysis of the available technologies, Cesky Telecom implemented Micromuse's flagship Netcool/OMNIbus(TM) application, the Netcool/Impact(TM) application, and the Netcool/Internet Service Monitors(TM) (Netcool/ISMs(TM)) suite. The overall Netcool solution helps ensure the uptime of Cesky Telecom's services by delivering a consolidated realtime view of service-affecting fault data from underlying IT components, including Hewlett-Packard's OpenView application, Newbridge devices, and infrastructure elements supporting SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy) The European counterpart to SONET. See SONET. SDH - Synchronous Digital Hierarchy , ATM and IP services. Cesky Telecom is utilizing the Netcool/OMNIbus application to collect and consolidate status information from various network devices and management environments. The Netcool/ISMs suite is helping to monitor the availability and response times of Cesky Telecom's Internet-based services. The Netcool/Impact application is helping determine how specific network faults may impact business processes, services and customers. The total solution enables Cesky Telecom to realize significant operational efficiencies through a reduction in network event data and a more proactive approach to service assurance. "With a large customer base and a solid reputation in the East and Central European market, Cesky Telecom needed a solution that would manage complexity and scale rapidly as customer requirements necessitate," said Richard Lowe, Micromuse's Vice President for Europe, Middle East & Africa. "We are looking forward to working with Cesky Telecom as its services expand and its management and service assurance needs evolve." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the research firm GfK, Cesky Telecom is regarded by IT managers as the best data service provider in the Czech Republic. Core Computing, a Netcool authorized reseller in East and Central Europe Central Europe is the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe. In addition, Northern, Southern and Southeastern Europe may variously delimit or overlap into Central Europe. , was responsible for designing and implementing Cesky Telecom's Netcool service assurance solution. About Cesky Telecom CESKY TELECOM is the leader on the Czech capital market in terms of capitalization and trading volumes. Its shares are also traded on the London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. in the form of GDRs. CESKY TELECOM's credit rating is the highest a Czech corporation can receive from top international rating agencies. CESKY TELECOM's main shareholder is the National Property Fund, which owns 51.1% of its shares. The company's main partner, the Dutch-Swiss consortium TelSource, owns 27%. TelSource N. V. is a company of Swisscom and KPN KPN Koninklijke PTT Nederland (Royal Dutch Telecom) KPN Konfederacja Polski Niepodleglej (Polish conservative party) Royal Dutch Telecom. KPN Royal Dutch Telecom also owns an additional 6.5% of the shares. About the Netcool Suite Micromuse's Netcool(R) software suite provides businesses with the assurance that their networks, services and applications are working. By allowing our customers to see what's happening throughout the infrastructure in realtime, Netcool applications enable them to respond to problems before they cause network-based business services to go down. Netcool suite applications install out-of-the-box, deploy rapidly and scale as networks grow. Micromuse's flagship, Netcool/OMNIbus(TM) application, includes a library of off-the-shelf software modules that allow our customers to collect and consolidate fault information from more than 300 popular environments spanning voice and IP, cable/broadband, switches and routers, and enterprise management systems. About Micromuse Micromuse Inc. (Nasdaq: MUSE) is the leading provider of service and business assurance software. Micromuse's recent list of awards include the Crossroads A-List Award for Best IP Network Diagnosis Product for the Netcool(R)/Visionary(TM) application. In addition, Micromuse was recently recognized in the Forbes 500, Bloomberg's Tech 100, the Barron's 500, the Business Week Info Tech 100, Deloitte & Touche's Technology Fast 500, 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 and Network World's NW200. Micromuse customers include AT&T, BT, Cable & Wireless, Cellular One, Charles Schwab Charles Schwab can refer to:
ITC n abbr (BRIT) (= Independent Television Commission) → DeltaCom, J.P. Morgan Chase, One 2 One and Verizon. Headquarters are located at 139 Townsend Street, San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Calif. 94107; (415) 538-9090. The Web site is at www.micromuse.com. Micromuse and Netcool 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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