Intertech Introduces Network Strategies 4.2 At Telestrategies' Billing 2000.Business Editors Telestrategies Billing 2000 Booth #823 ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 27, 2000 Billing Software Implements Real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. Rating Capability and Deploys Application on Microsoft's Windows 2000(R) Platform. Intertech Management Group, Inc., an industry-leading provider of billing solutions for next-generation voice and data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. services, today introduced Network Strategies(R) 4.2 at Telestrategies' Billing 2000 Conference and Exhibition. Building upon the strengths of Intertech's award-winning product line, Network Strategies(R) 4.2 implements leading-edge technology to support the complex billing requirements of high-speed data (xDSL, ATM, Frame Relay A high-speed packet switching protocol used in wide area networks (WANs). Providing a granular service of up to DS3 speed (45 Mbps), it has become popular for LAN to LAN connections across remote distances, and services are offered by most major carriers. , and Private Line) and integrated communications providers (Local Service, Long Distance, and Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the ) services. To ensure the Network Strategies(R) billing software line remains state-of-the-art, Intertech has deployed the application using Microsoft's Windows 2000(R) server platform. Based on this leading-edge technology, including Microsoft's SQL Server An earlier relational DBMS from Sybase and from Microsoft. Sybase introduced SQL Server in 1988 for various Unix versions. In that same year, with help from IBM, Sybase created an OS/2 version that Microsoft licensed and branded as Microsoft SQL Server. 7.0 database, Network Strategies(R) 4.2 provides a high level of flexibility and proven scalability. These features allow service providers to offer today's advanced communications services, as well as tomorrow's exciting new products, at a lower total cost of ownership than other systems currently available. Network Strategies(R) 4.2 offers enhanced functionality that makes it an ideal business solution for CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier) An organization offering local telephone service that is not one of the traditional telephone companies. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 allowed competition to the incumbent telcos (ILECs), enabling new companies (CLECs) , DLEC (Data Local Exchange Carrier) A CLEC that specializes in DSL services primarily by leasing lines from local phone companies and reselling them to ISPs. The DLEC industry got off to a big start in the late 1990s, but ended up in trouble just a couple years later. and ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. firms. Some of the new features offered in Network Strategies(R) 4.2 include:
-- Real-time Rating Engine to meet the emerging need for
usage-based data charges:
Network Strategies(R) 4.2 deploys a next-generation
real-time Event Processing Engine. The Event Processing
Engine empowers the service provider to create and manage
both simple and complex charging structures. The
flexibility includes: multi-charge calculation hierarchies
within a single tariff, rating based on any unit of measure
to support the ever-changing CLEC/IP-based services,
multi-currency rating, and enhanced performance
capabilities utilizing multi-threaded and multi-server
processing.
-- Product Builder(SM) to enable accelerated deployment:
Network Strategies(R) 4.2 equips service providers with
Product Builder(SM), a highly flexible tool for
configuring virtually any product and service, applying
user-defined business rules. Alternatively, a company can
choose to use pre-defined service templates. Together,
these capabilities sharply reduce the implementation time
required from installation to operations.
-- Expanded product bundling capability to facilitate
customer retention:
Network Strategies(R) 4.2 enables streamlined creation of
bundles of products and features for a single promotional
price, giving service providers the marketing flexibility
to capture and retain high-value customers.
-- Order management enhancement to improve operating
efficiencies:
Network Strategies(R) 4.2 streamlines the order management
process. The new Multi-Product Ordering feature allows
large quantities of products, services, and features to be
placed on a single order.
Appointments To learn more about Intertech's Network Strategies(R) 4.2 billing solution at Telestrategies' Billing 2000 Conference and Exhibition, please contact Keith Nelson at 636.237.2407 or KNelson@intertech-ns.com. Members of the press and analyst communities interested in scheduling a meeting with an Intertech executive at the show should contact Rolando Espinosa at 636.237.2313 or REspinosa@intertech-ns.com. About Intertech Intertech Management Group is a market-leading provider of billing solutions for the rapidly growing wholesale and retail high-speed data services and CLEC/ICP industries. Committed to enabling service provider success by accelerating their revenue, Intertech implements leading-edge technology to produce software that promotes rapid expansion into new markets, fast delivery of new services, quick implementation of flexible, innovative marketing programs, and the continual provision of exceptional, personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. customer care. Intertech's customers include Ameritech Communications Inc., Allegiance allegiance, in political terms, the tie that binds an individual to another individual or institution. The term usually refers to a person's legal obligation of obedience to a government in return for the protection of that government, although it may have reference Telecom, Swisscom-NA, Global Crossing and Primary Network. For more information on Intertech and its products, visit the company's web site at www.billingsoftware.com. Network Strategies is a registered trademark of Intertech Management Group, Inc. Microsoft, Windows 2000, and Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and/or other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
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