Citizens Telecom selects Portal Infranet as platform for multi-service Internet offering.CUPERTINO, Calif., STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- March 31, 1997--The Portal Information Network, the leading software platform provider for businesses offering Internet access See how to access the Internet. and online services, today announced that Citizens Telecom, one of the nation's fastest growing communications companies Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. , will base its multi-service Internet offering on the extensible and scalable Portal Infranet(tm) platform. "We found Portal to be the most flexible platform for meeting our growing needs," said Dan Lazarek, Citizen's Vice President of Mass Markets. "Because of its design, Portal's Infranet will help us get to market quickly with a range of competitive services on the Internet." The agreement between Portal and Citizens is one of seven related announcements made jointly today by Portal and the world's largest ISP's, online services, and system integrators See systems integrator. who are standardizing on the Portal Infranet platform. "Citizens is a fast-growing communications company with big plans for Internet services in areas where it also provides local phone service," said John Little, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Portal. "Portal Infranet helps enable Citizens to quickly achieve the kind of multi- service Internet offering that will attract customers. We're pleased Citizens selected Portal as a technology partner to make that strategy happen." Infranet Platform Advantages for Citizens Portal's Infranet platform is a software system that lets Internet service businesses manage the entire online subscriber lifecycle for multiple business and home Internet services -- from enabling real-time online registration, to setting up policies that control authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. , access, customer event tracking, and the rating and billing of any Internet service event. Infranet's competitive advantages include: -- A real-time activity tracking environment that shows all of an online subscriber's activities and account information across multiple services in a single real-time view -- The industry's most powerful event-rating engine that allows providers to create custom billing rates for any type of service contemplated, even micro-transactions -- An extensible object model software design with published API's (Application Programming Interfaces) for rapid integration of new services -- A parallel processing parallel processing, the concurrent or simultaneous execution of two or more parts of a single computer program, at speeds far exceeding those of a conventional computer. architecture with proven massive scalability to millions of online subscribers -- A powerful three-layer security model to protect credit card numbers and other vital information -- Multiple paths to stored data for high reliability -- Ability to integrate easily with legacy billing systems Infranet delivers all of these advantages as a fast-to-market, off- the-shelf software platform solution designed to make Internet businesses more competitive. About Citizens Telecom Citizens Telecom is one of the nation's fastest growing communications companies providing local, long distance, paging, cellular, network sales and other telecommunication telecommunication Communication between parties at a distance from one another. Modern telecommunication systems—capable of transmitting telephone, fax, data, radio, or television signals—can transmit large volumes of information over long distances. products and services in 22 states. It is part of Citizens Utilities (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CZNA, CZNB), a growth company providing communications and public services Public services is a term usually used to mean services provided by government to its citizens, either directly (through the public sector) or by financing private provision of services. , including natural gas, electric, water and wastewater treatment services to 1.8 million customers in 26 states. About The Portal Information Network Headquartered in Cupertino, California, The Portal Information Network develops and markets Internet business software and system software to Internet Service Providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. and service developers. Their flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. is Infranet(tm), the industry's first software platform for Internet services. -0- Portal and the Portal logo are registered trademarks and Infranet, Information Architecture, and The Portal Information Network are trademarks of Portal Information Network, Inc. This press release relates to BW0076 from earlier today. CONTACT: Thomas Associates PR Ryan Donovan, 415/596-2700 email: ryan@thomaspr.com or The Portal Information Network John Whitinger, 408/343-4463 email: johnw@corp.portal.com or Citizens Telecom Martha J. Alcott, 916/686-3391 malcott@czn.com |
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