SaskTel chooses Accugraph Telecom platform for network services deployment.EL PASO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--December 7, 1995--Accugraph Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : ACCUF; TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). : ACU ACU See: Asian currency units .A) today announced Saskatchewan Telecommunications (SaskTel) will deploy its Provincial/Circuit Layout System (PCLS PCLS Prototype Closed Loop System PCLS Pass Christian Lighthouse Society (Pass Christian, Mississippi) ) using Accugraph's MountainTop network management platform. PCLS will provide automated tools to perform circuit design, facility and equipment assignments, and order tracking for SaskTel's voice and data network design and operation. The system is instrumental to manage SaskTel's provincial all-digital network, which provides the full range of telecommunications services demanded by its customers' current and future business needs. PCLS incorporates Hewlett-Packard (HP) 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). hardware, Oracle 7.1 relational database management system relational database management system - relational database and Accugraph's MountainTop software, which provides users with a graphical interface for designing and managing data networks. "SaskTel is committing significant resources to the PCLS project, which is key to the company's future growth," said Dennis McGinn, Accugraph's president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Their decision to standardize on MountainTop indicates a confidence in the software platform and its integration capabilities with database and network services products. We are very pleased to have been selected as an integral part of PCLS." "SaskTel provides telecommunication services to more than a half million business and residential customers in Saskatchewan," said Dennis Czinkota, Manager Network Systems at SaskTel. "We needed to replace an existing system whose proprietary nature and disparate databases could not provide the service our customers expect in today's competitive environment. "By moving to an open platform and integrating Accugraph's MountainTop, we're eliminating data redundancy and duplication, providing faster access to network information and improving productivity," Czinkota added. "With PCLS, SaskTel will be able to meet increasing customer demands for future services while improving existing data services with shortened repair and installation times." Accugraph's MountainTop platform includes modules for Equipment Bay Management (EBM EBM Evidence-Based Medicine EBM Electronic Body Music EBM ecosystem-based management EBM Evidence Based Medical (statistics) EBM Environmentally Benign Manufacturing EBM Expressed Breast Milk EBM Executive Board Meeting ) and Cross Connect Management (CCM). EBM supports the engineering and administration of network inventory. CCM, in conjunction with EBM, reduces engineering time in managing moves, adds and changes relating to the network. Accugraph's Network Information Software is a key productivity element in network and facility management, telecommunications and infrastructure design. The company's headquarters is in El Paso, Texas, and its registered office is in Ottawa, Canada. Research and development facilities are located in El Paso, Seattle and Huntsville, Alabama. CONTACT: Accugraph Corp. Ron Munden, 915/581-1171 or Canadian Manager Phillip Thrasher, 613/782-2301 |
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