Excel and InterCall Communications Consulting enter strategic partnership.HYANNIS, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 17, 1996-- Excel, Inc. and InterCall Communications and Consulting, Inc. (ICC ICC See: International Chamber of Commerce ) announced today the establishment of a strategic partnership that will allow the two companies to focus on both product and marketing programs. The agreement establishes ICC as an authorized member of Excel's Partner Program, through which qualified consultants, OEM's, systems integrators and application developers create an alliance intended to support the sale of systems utilizing Excel's programmable switches. As the largest programmable switch provider with over 1 million ports deployed worldwide, Excel credits the Partner Program as a vital key to the company's success. Laurie Campisi, manager of Excel's Partner Program states, "InterCall's ISOS ISOS IP (Internet Protocol) Service Operating System ISOS In Search of Sunrise (Dj Tiesto song) ISOS Isosceles ISOS In Search Of Space ISOS Inspection Service Operation Support product gives developers a middleware platform that allows them to easily and quickly deploy new services, enhancing Excel's cost and time-to- market benefits. InterCall's product is very appealing to developers who need a cost-effective way to get their services up and running quickly." By extending Excel's switch API and developing a robust "operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. " on top of it, the InterCall Switch Operating System (ISOS) provides a foundation upon which applications can be quickly developed and deployed. The ISOS can simply be loaded on a UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). host, and plugged into an LNX LNX Linux (operating system) LNX Links , CSN CSN Crosby, Stills, and Nash (band) CSN Centrala studiestödsnämnden (Swedish: state education grant and loan program) CSN Confédération des Syndicats Nationaux (French) or PCX (1) A bitmapped graphics file format that handles monochrome, 2-bit, 4-bit, 8-bit and 24-bit color and uses RLE to achieve compression ratios of approximately 1.1:1 to 1.5:1. Images with large blocks of solid colors compress best under the RLE method. See PC Paintbrush. to offer basic tandem switching capabilities including routing, call detail, and a user interface. The Extensible Call Processing In telecommunication, the term call processing has the following meanings:
"We're very excited about our Partnership with Excel," said Nathan Franzmeier, President of ICC. "The open programmability and compact design of the Excel product make it the natural choice for developers looking to create new applications quickly. The Excel product family enables us to offer a high performance system that is not only feature-rich, but very cost effective." Excel's product line addresses the switching needs of the telecommunications industry as well as private industry with a family of advanced programmable switches: the 512-port PCX switch operating in a PC chassis where the host, switch and voice resources can be co-located; the new 1,024 port CSN product line offering intelligent high-performance switching for mid-range environments; and the high-performance 2,048 port LNX programmable switch offering fault-tolerant operations. The EXS EXS Expandable Switching System (Lucent) EXS Executed Schedule product line offers a distributed switching architecture enabling multiple CSN or LNX switches, and other telecom and voice resources, to be distributed over a fiber-optic network, supporting up to 64,000 non-blocking ports. About Excel, Inc. Excel, Inc. designs, manufactures, markets and supports a family of open architecture, programmable switches used in a wide variety of telecommunications applications, including Advanced Intelligent Networks (AIN), Personal Communications Services See PCS. and Networks (PCS/PCN), wireless and wireline service provisioning, a wide variety of enhanced services, and service bureau operations. Founded in 1988, Excel is based in Hyannis, MA. About InterCall Communications Consulting, Inc. InterCall Communications Consulting, Inc. was founded to create a cost effective, open, robust and scaleable development environment on which to build Excel-based software solutions, and to provide pre-built solutions built on this foundation. The company is based in Allen, Texas. CONTACT: Karen Steele Nathan Franzmeier Excel, Inc. InterCall, Inc. (508) 862-3145 (972) 727-1640 e-mail: ksteele@xl.com e-mail: nathan@intercallco.com www.xl.com www.intercallco.com/icc |
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