Quallaby Provides MPLS Performance Monitoring for Juniper Networks Carrier and Service Provider Customers.

Business/Technology Editors

LOWELL, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 16, 2001

Support for Juniper Networks Accounting Profiles brings

carrier-class scalability to service assurance and billing

Quallaby Corporation today announced PROVISO Application Pack(TM) support for performance monitoring of Juniper Networks (Nasdaq: JNPR) Internet backbone routers, including advanced capabilities found in the latest version of JUNOS(TM) software.

The Application Pack delivers service providers a highly scalable solution to monitor and report on the performance metrics delivered by Juniper Networks chassis Management Information Base (MIB), Destination Class Usage MIB, Firewall MIB, and MPLS MIB for use in capacity planning, guaranteeing service level agreements (SLAs), and accounting and billing by usage and service. Reinforcing its commitment to insure continued integration, Quallaby also announced its participation in the Juniper Networks IP OSS Alliance (IOA), a new program that pairs service provider and carrier customers with leading software vendors who are developing network management applications that work seamlessly with Juniper Networks Internet backbone routers.

PROVISO(R) support for Juniper Networks includes:

-- Monitor Chassis MIB for router operating environment parameters including temperature and utilization of CPU, buffer, and heap.

-- Monitor MPLS MIB for label switched path (LSP) performance including volume, throughput, availability, primary path availability, and path transitions and changes.

-- Monitor Destination Class Usage MIB for performance data such as throughput, volume, and utilization, all by destination class.

-- Monitor Firewall MIB for traffic filtered at the firewall.

-- PROVISO DataView(TM) reports on usage by MPLS LSP, destination class, and link speed to enable better utilization of IP networks by analysing and balancing traffic flows.

-- Support for Juniper Networks Accounting Profile Filters (bulk output of usage data) collected on flexible user-defined criteria such as by user or service enabling carrier-class scalability while reducing bandwidth consumption.

Mutual service provider customers already deployed, such as RELERA and MCI WorldCom win with PROVISO's support of Juniper Networks-specific formats for MPLS, accounting file export, and Firewall MIB. Traffic data is collected and aggregated in PROVISO's Oracle-based data mart and correlated with customer and service data where it can be leveraged by the OSS, enabling faster provisioning of tiered levels of service, more intelligent alarms, and enriched billing, including SLA credits if service guarantees cannot be met. These data correlation and on-demand reporting capabilities enable service providers to offer and manage enhanced service level agreements.

"Incorporating Juniper Networks devices into PROVISO Application Packs was a high priority for our customers," said Mike Combs, director of product marketing for Quallaby. "Juniper Networks MPLS implementation and Accounting Profile Filters coupled with PROVISO's Web-based on-demand report portal allow service providers to rapidly deliver and report on differentiated new services and to create billing opportunities aligned with those services. Both Juniper Networks and Quallaby want to help our service provider customers to deliver on the promise of customer-specific tiered service level guarantees for improved revenue generation and customer satisfaction."

About Quallaby

Quallaby Corporation provides telecommunications software that enables service providers to derive maximum revenue from their network infrastructure while improving customer satisfaction. PROVISO(R) from Quallaby(R) is performance monitoring and service assurance software that collects, imports, and integrates OSS data in an Oracle-based data mart for SLA business modeling, so that network performance is associated with the services and service levels deployed per subscriber. PROVISO was chosen a "Product of the Year 2000" by Communications Solutions magazine. Customers include France Telecom, GiantLoop Network, RELERA, and UUNET. Internationally headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts, Quallaby has offices in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, California, Colorado, Texas, and Virginia. Quallaby is a privately-held company. For more information, call toll-free 877/QUALLABY (782-5522) or visit Quallaby's Web site at www.quallaby.com.