JacobsRimell Joins Cisco Systems Technology Developer Partner Program.BOSTON -- Cisco Certified Softswitch Manager Solution Deployed at Managed Service Provider Cbeyond JacobsRimell, the leading provider of customer-centric IP service fulfillment solutions, today announced its official membership in Cisco's Technology Developer Partner Program. Following rigorous testing procedures, JacobsRimell's APS (TM) Softswitch Manager solution became Cisco certified and is fully functional and operates in Cisco Systems-based operators' VoIP environments including Cbeyond, a VoIP-based (Voice over IP) managed service provider, headquartered in Atlanta, GA. The integration of JacobsRimell's APS(TM) Softswitch Manager within Cisco's Broadband Local Services Solution helps to enable Cisco's service provider customers deploying the Cisco BTS BTS - Bug Tracking System 10200 to more easily develop, deliver and manage large scale VoIP implementations with all customer, service and infrastructure information centralized, managed and controlled from one application. The joint solution has already been implemented by Cbeyond to streamline its voice and data service fulfillment process for small and medium business (SMB (1) (Small to Medium-sized Business) Also called "SME" (small to medium-sized enterprise), it refers to companies that are larger than the small office/home office (SOHO), but not huge. ) customers. The tight integration of APS within the Cisco Broadband Local Services architecture helps to enable Cbeyond to better scale the deployment and management of its service offerings by speeding up and simplifying the provisioning process behind Cbeyond's self-service portal. "JacobsRimell's APS solution provides a single platform for voice service fulfillment and management. The joint development solution within Cisco's architecture allows us to take the complexity out of the deployment of automated provisioning and customer self-service systems such as our portal CbeyondOnline," said Chris Gatch, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. for Cbeyond. As a Cisco Technology Developer Partner, JacobsRimell continues to develop products that complement Cisco's Service Exchange Framework (SEF SEF Search Engine Friendly SEF Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (Portugal; Portuguese Immigration and Border Control Office) SEF Symantec Enterprise Firewall SEF Straits Exchange Foundation (China) ) Solution for IP Multimedia Subsystem An integrated network for telecommunications carriers that uses the IP protocol as its foundation for packetized voice, video and data. Supporting voice over IP (VoIP) in all its flavors (SIP, H.323, MGCP, etc. (IMS (1) See IP Multimedia Subsystem. (2) (Information Management System) An early IBM hierarchical DBMS for IBM mainframes. IMS was widely implemented throughout the 1970s under MVS and continues to be used under z/OS. ) which helps service providers deploy a complete array of real-time, personalized business and consumer multimedia services over any access network. JR's unique information aggregation and management model gives operators the fundamental information management architecture needed as the starting point towards an IMS-based, customer centric service delivery operation. David Scholnick, Vice President, North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Channels, said: "Our history with Cisco Systems combined with our proven track record and ability to deliver in Cisco service provider VoIP environments benefits our joint customers as they deploy and manage complex IP based customer-centric services." The Cisco Technology Developer Program sets criteria for interoperability testing by independent third parties and helps to enable leading product and services firms to deploy innovative business solutions. The program provides both service providers and enterprise customers with information regarding Cisco Technology Developer Partner products and services that an independent testing facility has tested and found to interoperate with Cisco networking technology. JR's APS(TM) has proved highly successful amongst the world's largest telecom service providers, and is operational in customers such as Comcast, NTL NTL Nevertheless NTL National Transportation Library NTL Norsk Tjenestemannslag NTL National Training Laboratories NTL Never Too Late NTL Nothing to Lose NTL National Training Laboratory NTL None the Less NTL Number Theory Library in the U.K, UCG UCG United Church of God UCG Underground Coal Gasification UCG University College Galway UCG Unified Communications Group (Microsoft) UCG Universal Command Guide for Operating Systems (Guy Lotgering book) Europe (Liberty Media) and Cable & Wireless, to provision over 11 million voice, video and data subscribers across 13 countries worldwide. About JacobsRimell JacobsRimell (JR) is a leading provider of service fulfillment and management solutions for broadband operators enabling them to support the continuous creation and delivery of residential and business products independently from underlying technologies. JR's solution (APS(TM)) is based on a unique, patented subscriber centric data model and allows operators to develop and manage multiple products and services simultaneously, (Voice, Video, Data and more) significantly increasing operational efficiencies. Operators with JR's solution can increase adoption rates by being able to create personalized and targeted offerings that can be subscribed to and turned on by customers themselves. With around 11 million customers in the world's largest Cable MSO's managed using JR's solution, operational performance and scalability are proven. Founded in 1997, JacobsRimell (www.jacobsrimell.com) is headquartered in London with offices in the US, and Europe. JacobsRimell is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. financed by leading telecom venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] Advent International, DN Capital, eTechnology VCT VCT Voluntary Counseling and Testing VCT Vinyl Composition Tile VCT Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (ISO Country code) VCT Venture Capital Trust (UK fiscal status) and Fidelity Ventures. Notes to editors: The Cisco Broadband Local Services Solution provides the network foundation and call control/application intelligence to deliver integrated data and voice, services over a single connection for small and medium-sized businesses and supports multiple broadband access networks, including cable, DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary , Metro Ethernet, and T1/E1. |
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