Corrected MNS Alliance Product Announcement, BW1128, (MANAGED-NETWORK-SOLUTIONS), issued June 2, 1998.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 9, 1998-- Alliance Continues to Respond to the Rapid Change in Business' Technology and Business Needs The MNS MNS Minutes MNS Maharashtra Navnirman Sena MNS Malaysian Nature Society MNS Mass Notification System MNS Mirror Neuron System MNS Metis Nation of Saskatchewan MNS mission needs statement (US DoD) MNS Maître Nageur Sauveteur (Managed Network Solutions) Alliance today announced the release of three packaged solutions designed to help mid-sized companies manage their information technology infrastructure. These solutions -- Managed Router Services, 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. (local area network) Monitoring Services and Applications Help Desk - contain a set of pre-defined features and options designed especially for mid-sized businesses, freeing them to concentrate on their core business while reducing network operations complexity. In February of this year, BellSouth joined forces with EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. to form the MNS Alliance - a team created to deliver managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality to meet the information technology management and networking needs that extend beyond large businesses to mid-sized companies in the BellSouth region. At that time, the MNS Alliance also announced the advent of a robust family of managed solutions, the first of which includes managed WAN (wide area network) services, managed LAN services and managed network applications. "We are pleased to deliver these solutions to mid-sized companies and other customers who will benefit from these capabilities," said Bob Chaney, vice president, marketing of the MNS Alliance at BellSouth. "Customers can focus resources on key initiatives and their customers. From an increase in productivity to a reduction in the need for major capital investment and the risk required to take advantage of new networking capabilities, mid-sized companies can now rely on someone else to handle the headaches and hassles of managing the information technology infrastructure." Managed Router Services allow companies to benefit from innovative network technology without expanding personnel. The services offer managed end-to-end WAN solutions that include fault monitoring, performance management, configuration and security management, help desk and reporting. Managed Router Services are able to deliver needs at any required level - from basic monitoring to turnkey management. LAN Monitoring Services provide monitoring and support for a business' LAN environment. Downtime of a company's network is a manager's worst nightmare. The MNS Alliance's LAN Monitoring Services will help to ensure maximum network operating efficiency - 24 hours a day. The service includes LAN and Systems monitoring, reporting, monitoring agent installation, system back-up and restore. Applications Help Desk provides end-user support of the most frequently used software packages available today. This includes Web browsers The following is a list of web browsers. Historical Historically important browsers In order of release:
The Applications Help Desk includes a single toll-free number for all calls, incident tracking and operating hours from 8:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. (EDT EDT abbr. Eastern Daylight Time EDT Eastern Daylight Time EDT n abbr (US) (= Eastern Daylight Time) → hora de verano de Nueva York EDT ), Monday through Friday. The Help Desk service is offered on a per-incident basis and may be purchased in bundles of ten. These packaged solutions are available immediately and are only the first examples of what the MNS Alliance delivers. The MNS Alliance will also soon provide Managed Network Applications (MNA MNA Monitored Natural Attenuation MNA Massachusetts Nurses Association MNA Michigan Nonprofit Association MNA Mini-Nutritional Assessment MNA Mission to North America (Presbyterian Church in America outreach) ), including Managed GroupWare and Electronic Sales solutions. The MNS family of services also includes a comprehensive set of professional services for companies that require design, implementation, operation and technology refresh assistance. These services are in addition to custom solutions announced in February that addresses the large, complex requirements of an individual business. The MNS Alliance (www.mns-alliance.com) is based in Atlanta with additional facilities made available through BellSouth and EDS, in Charlotte; Miami; Farmington Hills, Mich.; Plano, Tex.; and Dayton, Ohio, as well as multiple support centers around the world. BellSouth (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : BLS See Bureau of Labor Statistics. ) is a $21 billion communications services company. It provides telecommunications, wireless communications, directory advertising and publishing, and Internet and information services See Information Systems. to more than 30 million customers in 20 countries worldwide. BellSouth's telecommunications operations provide service over one of the most advanced networks in the world for approximately 23 million access lines in its nine-state region that includes Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. , South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. and Tennessee. BellSouth can be visited via the Internet at www.bellsouth.com EDS, the official information technology services provider for World Cup 1998, is a leader in the global information services industry. The company's approximately 110,000 employees specialize in applying a range of ideas and technologies to help business and government customers improve their economics, products, services and relationships. EDS, which serves customers in 45 countries, reported revenues of $15.2 billion in 1997. The company is independent and publicly owned, and its stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. and 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. . EDS can be visited via the Internet at http://www.eds.com
CONTACT: BellSouth
Frank Mantero, 404/927-7435
fmantero@bellsouth.net
or
EDS
Roger Still, 770/803-2413
roger.still@eds.com
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