Clustra Partners with Siemens to Enhance Wireless Services; Unique Database Technology Enables Siemens to Deliver Unprecedented Service Levels.Business Editors and High Tech Writers OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 24, 2001 Clustra Systems, Inc., the leading provider of always on technology for the 24x7 world, today announced that the Siemens group Information and Communication Mobile (IC Mobile) has signed an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and partnership agreement to license the Clustra Database(TM). Siemens IC Mobile will use the high-availability Clustra Database to meet the mission-critical data management requirements in its next-generation Home Location Register (HLR (Home Location Register) A database in a cellular system that contains all the subscribers within the provider's home service area. When a subscriber reaches a new service area, the data in the HLR is requested and transferred via SS7 to the VLR (Visitor Location ) product, an off-switch subscriber database that will improve carriers' ability to provide roaming and a variety of enhanced services to mobile phone and wireless device users wherever they are without interruption. Designed to be continuously available through planned maintenance, hardware and software failures, database and OS upgrades, natural disasters, and human mistakes, the Clustra Database gives Siemens IC Mobile a competitive advantage by enabling it to cost-effectively deliver unprecedented service levels. And Clustra enables Siemens IC Mobile to achieve these service level requirements using off-the-shelf hardware, eliminating the need for costly, complex configurations of expensive hardware and the specialized high-availability software required to support traditional packaged database system. "The Clustra Database provides us with a combination of industrial strength performance, scalability and availability that we could not achieve with other database systems. Clustra Database delivers the functionality and reliability required by a core wireless infrastructure component like our HLR product and enables us to deliver unprecedented service levels," said Manfred Grenzhaeuser, Director Mobile Core at Siemens IC Mobile. "In telecommunications, you can't afford to go down, and the Clustra Database's continuous availability gives us a unique advantage in the marketplace." The Siemens Home Location Register stores both permanent information (such as credit status, authorization period and enhanced services) and temporary information (such as current location) for all of a carrier's subscribers, and is accessed each time a subscriber places or receives a call in their home system. When a subscriber roams to a different mobile switching center A switching center is a node in a telecommunications Circuit switching network which is connected to either another switching center and/or to end user devices. Switching centers are aware of other centers and possible routes between them such that on demand a center can establish (MSC (1) (MSC.Software Corporation, Santa Ana, CA, www.mscsoftware.com) Founded in 1963 by Richard H. MacNeal and Robert G. Schwendler, MSC is the world's largest provider of mechanical computer aided engineering (MCAE) strategies, simulation software and services. ) and registers for service, the servicing MSC also accesses the same home location register for this information to build a visitor location register Visitor Location Register (VLR) is a database - part of the GSM mobile phone system - which stores information about all the mobiles that are currently under the jurisdiction of the MSC (Mobile Switching Center) which it serves. to ensure continuity of service for the subscriber. "We are excited that Siemens IC Mobile has selected Clustra Database to support its HLR product. After an extensive competitive evaluation process, the Clustra Database proved its value as a unique offering that will give Siemens a competitive advantage in this dynamic market," said Gary Ebersole, president and chief executive officer for Clustra Systems. "We've set the standard for continuous availability, and are please to have leading companies like Siemens IC Mobile recognize what we have achieved." The Clustra Database, Always-on The Clustra Database is the only commercial database that meets the continuous availability and rapid scalability requirements of the next generation of high-volume, always on applications. A standards-based SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. relational database relational database Database in which all data are represented in tabular form. The description of a particular entity is provided by the set of its attribute values, stored as one row or record of the table, called a tuple. , the Clustra Database easily achieves 99.999 percent availability (an average of less than five minutes downtime per year), including time for system repairs and upgrades to software and hardware. The Clustra Database architecture is designed for to deliver continuous availability using off-the-shelf commodity hardware, and eliminates the need for additional specialized clustering and high-availability software products. About Siemens IC Mobile The Siemens Information and Communication Mobile Group (IC Mobile) offers the complete range of mobile solutions including mobile devices, infrastructure and applications. Devices include mobile phones, wireless modules, mobile organizers and cordless phones as well as products for wireless home networks. The infrastructure portfolio includes the complete range of GSM, GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) The first high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers that used the GSM technology. GPRS added a packet-switched channel to GSM, which uses dedicated, circuit-switched channels for voice conversations. and UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) The GSM implementation of the 3G wireless phone system. Part of IMT-2000, UMTS provides service in the 2 GHz band and offers global roaming and personalized features. mobile network technologies from base stations and switching systems Switching systems (communications) The assemblies of switching and control devices provided so that any station in a communications system may be connected as desired with any other station. to intelligent networks, e.g. for prepaid services. Applications cover mobile services for Unified Messaging Having access to e-mail, voice mail and faxes via a common computer application or by telephone. For example, unified messaging may send faxes and digitized voice mail to a mail server that turns them into e-mail attachments. , Location Based Services, and Mobile Payment. For the fiscal year 2000 (which ended September 30, 2000), IC Mobile recorded sales of EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 9 billion and EBIT EBIT See: Earnings Before Interest and Taxes EBIT See earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT). of EUR 758 million. The group employs 29,840 employees worldwide. (March 31, 2001). You can access further information about Siemens IC Mobile on the Internet at http://www.siemens-mobile.de/mobile About Clustra Systems Clustra Systems delivers proven always-on technology. Clustra began with a vision of a practical, cost effective database to address the stringent service level requirements of emerging 24x7 online applications, along with a firm belief that downtime is a design flaw. Based on years of advanced research, the Clustra Database was initially deployed to support Advanced Intelligent Network service for telecommunications carriers. Today, Clustra is designing the next-generation platform for always-on applications, and the Clustra Database is used worldwide for a variety of mission-critical applications. Clustra is backed by a world-class investment team, led by VantagePoint Venture Partners and including Clarity Capital, Mustang mustang [Sp. mesteño=a stray], small feral horse of the W United States. Mustangs are descended from escaped Native American horses, which in turn were descended from horses of North African blood, brought to the New World by the Spanish c.1500. Ventures, Telesystem - Argo Global Capital, and private investors. For additional information on Clustra Systems, call 1-510-267-2200, or visit the company's Web site at www.clustra.com. Clustra Database is a trademark of Clustra Systems, Inc. All other products and services mentioned are trademarks of their respective companies. Any statements in this document that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties; actual results may differ from the forward-looking statements. Siemens AG Siemens AG German electrical-equipment manufacturer. The first Siemens company, Siemens & Halske, was founded in Berlin in 1847 to build telegraph installations. undertakes no obligation to publicly release the results of any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. |
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