Cisco Selects TimesTen In-Memory Database for Telephony Controller Applications.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 1999--

TimesTen Performance Software today announced that Cisco Systems Inc. has selected the TimesTen in-memory database for its family of service provider telephony controllers.

Cisco selected the TimesTen database for its standards-based technology, superior performance, and reliability in telecom infrastructure environments.

"As voice is added to data networks, our number one goal is to provide our customers with access to advanced voice services using data infrastructures as quickly as possible. To meet this goal, Cisco needed a database management system that could be easily integrated and uses standards based technology such as ODBC," said Terry Prime, senior director of engineering at Cisco Systems, Inc. Using TimesTen's off-the-shelf technology, Cisco has been able to accelerate its product plans and focus its resources on features and applications.

Cisco plans to integrate TimesTen's in-memory database into its telephony controller family, which includes the Cisco SC2200 and VSC2700.

"Performance and scalability were also a major consideration in our decision to go with TimesTen," continued Prime. Capable of processing 26,000 transactions per second, TimesTen's database enables Cisco voice applications to manage time-critical subscriber and network information in real time.

With its unique in-memory optimization of data processing, TimesTen utilizes hardware efficiently -- consuming 1/10th of the CPU instructions of a conventional database. This efficiency doubles the overall throughput of many systems, translating into high responsiveness to a greater number of services and users -- without requiring larger hardware configurations.

"With the high-growth, high-performance demands of the packet telephony market, communications companies like Cisco need solutions that are easy to implement and that will scale as their business grows," said James R. Groff, CEO of TimesTen Performance Software. "TimesTen enables Cisco to handle today's performance demands with more flexibility, and to be well positioned to deliver products that manage the dramatically increasing volumes of subscribers and traffic expected in the coming months."

About TimesTen Performance Software

TimesTen produces software that brings real-time database performance to applications. The company is focused on enabling innovations at the forefront of Internet computing and at the foundations of today's voice and data networks. With TimesTen's in-memory database technology, throughput is measured in tens of thousands of operations per second, and response times are counted in microseconds.

Though internally unique, TimesTen's products are accessed through standards-based interfaces, and designed for easy integration into existing software infrastructures.

A proven innovator, TimesTen was the first to bring a commercial in-memory database to market, and the first to support 64-bit addressing and continuous availability features. With a heritage of technology that has been deployed for years in demanding telecommunications environments, TimesTen has a track record for meeting the reliability and availability standards of the most business-critical applications.

To complement the unique advantages of its products, TimesTen has dedicated itself to an uncommon level of responsive, 24x7 technical support and personalized professional services.

TimesTen is located in Mountain View, Calif. and its Web site is www.timesten.com.