OpenCon Systems, Inc. Partners With ObjectSwitch Corp. to Provide Next-Generation Service Solutions to Telcos and Network Carriers.PISCATAWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 1999-- OpenCon Systems, Inc. (OCS OCS - Object Compatibility Standard ), a leading Communication Software and Hardware company specializing in Transmission and Access, Network Management and Communication System Solutions, announced today they have partnered with ObjectSwitch Corp. to develop a Billing Mediation and Customer Care System Solution for the telecommunications and networking industries, and to jointly service customers with complex multi-network service solution requirements. Characterized by requirements for scalability to millions of end consumers, integration of multiple network technologies and software fault tolerance, OCS' Billing Mediation Platform A billing mediation platform is a system used to convert datatypes of a certain type to other datatypes, usually for billing purposes. They are used mostly by telephone companies, who typically need to process UDRs (Usage Detail Records). (BMP (1) (BitMaP) Also known as a "bump" file, it is the native, bitmapped graphics format in Windows. A BMP can be saved in several color options: 1-, 4-, 8- and 24-bit color provide 2, 16, 256 and 16,000,000 colors respectively. BMP files use the .BMP or . ) meets the demand for carrier and network offerings that migrate the business model from "data carrying" to "data services." These service solutions will be based upon the recently announced ObjectSwitch 3 server software platform, which provides OCS with key technology in the total solution framework. By deploying OCS' BMP, carrier and network customers will be able to rapidly evolve service offerings and integrate in previously isolated "islands" of customer data into total network service offerings. "We have been working closely with ObjectSwitch to develop the Billing Mediation Platform product offering," said Jim McClosky, OCS' VP for Marketing, Business Development and Planning for the Communication Software Business Unit. "ObjectSwitch 3 gives us the transactional reliability and long term change tolerance required by our customers in telecommunications. Our relationship starts on solid ground by focusing on the Billing Mediation Platform; however, we anticipate a long-term partnership, which encompasses many customers and product lines." "OpenCon has a long history of technology leadership. They were the first company to port OSI protocols to SONET, the first to develop a TL1 to CMIP (Common Management Information Protocol) Pronounced "c-mip." A network monitoring and control standard from ISO. CMOT (CMIP over TCP) is a version that runs on TCP/IP networks, and CMOL (CMIP over LLC) runs on IEEE 802 LANs (Ethernet, Token Ring, etc.). translation and the creators of TARP - a key SONET standard. Now they are again leading the way by developing the next-generation of integrated network service offerings using ObjectSwitch 3 server technology. The winners here are the carriers and network providers - and most important to us in the industry, the end consumers who will benefit from new value added services delivered via their telephones and personal computers," said John Donnelly III, vice president of North America for ObjectSwitch Corporation. About OpenCon Systems (OCS) Inc. OpenCon Systems (OCS) Inc., located in Piscataway, is a turnkey provider specializing in Transmission and Access, Network Management and Communication Software Solutions to the communications marketplace. OCS' solutions reside on products such as SONET, NGDLC NGDLC Next Generation Digital Loop Carrier and AIES AIES Alberta Interconnected Electric System (Canada) AIES Australian Institute of Emergency Services AIES Applied Information Engineering Solutions, Inc . The company's equipment vendor clients include Fujitsu and ADC (1) See A/D converter. (2) (Apple Display Connector) A peripheral connector from Apple that combines digital video display, USB and power in one cable. , as well as service providers, such as GTE GTE General Telephone & Electronics GTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) . Inc. Magazine selected OCS as the 90th fastest growing company. For more information about OCS' products and services, visit the company's web site at http://www.opencon.com. OpenCon's Technical Expertise includes: Total Access Communication Software Solutions: GR-303, V5, PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) The worldwide voice telephone network. Once only an analog system, the heart of most telephone networks today is all digital. In the U.S. Gateway SONET/SDH: DCC (1) (Direct Cable Connection) A Windows 95/98 feature that allows PCs to be cabled together for data transfer. DCC actually sets up a network connection between the two machines. Management Solutions for Network Elements and Networks Broadband Access Hardware and Software Solutions About ObjectSwitch Corp. ObjectSwitch Corp. is headquartered near San Francisco in telecommunications-industry rich Northern California. ObjectSwitch is a privately held, venture capital backed software company. ObjectSwitch is the provider of the ObjectSwitch Telecommunications Integration Server and the ObjectSwitch Transaction Application Server software products. These next-generation Software Fault Tolerant server products are used by the Telecommunications industry and others requiring Change Tolerant, High Capacity, Transaction Oriented, Network Resident applications that run on industry standard hardware such as Sun SPARC (Scalable Performance ARChitecture) A family of RISC CPUs from Sun that runs mostly under Sun's Solaris, but also under Linux and BSD operating systems. After development began in the mid-1980s by David Patterson of the University of California at Berkeley and Bill , HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. and Microsoft Windows NT servers. Noted for "running like a bat out of hell," ObjectSwitch server software incorporates the most advanced Network-Resident architecture to be found in commercial software -- the products are designed by some of the best engineers on the planet. Using either UML (Unified Modeling Language) An object-oriented analysis and design language from the Object Management Group (OMG). Many design methodologies for describing object-oriented systems were developed in the late 1980s. based modeling tools, or standard programming language interfaces, customers are able to produce running server engines directly from Object Models, hot-switch software components on-line, change and adapt live networks and benefit from the dramatic cost savings of a streamlined development process. The resulting Software Fault Tolerant servers integrate applications and data from telephony networks, legacy systems, Oracle, Sybase and Informix, and enable next-generation transaction services for provisioning and operating companies. ObjectSwitch servers have been deployed world wide in Telecommunications and related industries requiring the highest standard of reliability, functionality and throughput. ObjectSwitch Corp., Phone 415/925-3460 http://www.objectswitch.com Note to Editors: ObjectSwitch and the ObjectSwitch logo are trademarks of ObjectSwitch Corp. Sun and SPARC are registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems Corp. HP-UX is a trademark of Hewlett-Packard Co. Windows NT is a trademark of Microsoft Corp. 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). is a registered trademark of the Open Group. "Bat out of Hell," is a literary metaphor meaning our servers are very, very fast. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their owners. |
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