Strategic Partners Showcase XACCT at Billing Systems 1999 Show - London.

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 1999--

Compaq, Cap Gemini, Geneva Technology, and SMARTEN Italia

Will Exhibit IP Billing Solutions Based on XACCTusage

XACCT Technologies, the market leader in metering and mediation solutions for IP networks, announced today that several of its strategic partners will feature its XACCTusage system in their stands at the Billing Systems 1999 show, being held in London from April 26-28.

At Compaq Stand No. 16, Compaq and Cap Gemini, one of the world's largest management consulting and IT services groups, will demonstrate a hardware/software billing solution that incorporates XACCTusage. Geneva Technology will feature XACCTusage at Stand No. 49 and SMARTEN Italia will be at Stand No. 19. XACCTusage product demonstrations can also be seen at XACCT's Stand No. 56.

"We are extremely excited by the enthusiasm that XACCTusage is generating at Billing Systems '99, not only among billing solution vendors and IT consulting companies but also at companies like Compaq," said Eric Gries, President and CEO of XACCT. "Because their businesses and their customers' businesses are increasingly tied to the Internet, vendors such as Compaq are looking closely at the opportunities afforded by usage-based IP billing systems in developing new service models and charging for them appropriately."

Compaq/Cap Gemini

Compaq and Cap Gemini, one of the world's largest management consulting and IT services groups, will demonstrate a hardware/software billing solution that incorporates XACCTusage at Stand No.16.

"We're delighted to have XACCT participating at our stand because Compaq believes that the Internet is the future of computing," said Derek Arnold, director of the EMEA business support systems segment for Compaq Computer Corporation. "Combining Compaq's world-class servers and our partners' billing solutions with XACCT IP mediation products will help make it easier and faster for telecommunications and ISP customers to take advantage of the exciting Internet market."

"XACCTusage is a comprehensive and promising mediation tool for the Internet," said Jean David Chamboredon, Vice President at Cap Gemini Telecom in France. "Properly interfaced and integrated with other IT components such as billing software, it brings the kind of flexibility that Internet/IP and convergent networks increasingly need. Such flexibility will help service providers provision and bill, based on usage, ever-more-sophisticated and customer-dedicated services such as electronic commerce."

Geneva Technology

Based in Cambridge, UK, Geneva Technology Limited offers full convergent billing, which permits charges from many different types of services to be consolidated on to a single bill. Its customer-centered approach distinguishes it from legacy IT systems that focus on the service provided. Operators can offer their customers innovative multiple service packages involving cross-product discounts and loyalty bonuses.

"XACCT lends us a tremendous time-to-market advantage," said Stephen Newton, GTL's vice president of marketing. "As new services such as IP telephony are deployed, we are confident that our two companies will be well able to quickly meet whatever challenges the market may present."

SMARTEN Italia

SMARTEN Italia is a start-up company incorporated at the beginning of 1999 as a spin-off of CPG's activities to develop, market, and support SMARTEN.

SMARTEN Italia has bundled the XACCTusage system with SMARTEN, an integrated, end-to-end billing, customer care, and service management solution. Specifically designed to support the general Telemanagement Forum business model and processes for service providers, SMARTEN is the first solution conceived and developed according to Object Oriented Technologies, Java, CORBA, and OODBMS.

"Our partnership with XACCT offers the market an advanced, usage-based IP billing solution," said Claudio Vaccarella, managing director at Consultancy & Projects Group. "Furthermore, it will help accelerate acceptance of the Internet as a viable and profitable platform for offering mission-critical business solutions." The integrated solution will be demonstrated at Stand No.19.

About XACCTusage

XACCTusage is a flexible, scalable solution that lets service providers precisely define the IP session information they wish to capture. XACCT's multi-source, multi-layered approach to data collection is ideally suited for multi-service, multi-vendor, heterogeneous networks. XACCTusage collects network usage data from multiple network elements, including routers, switches, firewalls, and a variety of application servers, spanning all layers of the network -- from the physical layer to the application layer.

Real-time, policy-based filtering, aggregation, and enhancement of the transaction data produces accurate, detailed records for customer bills. XACCTusage provides a two-way mediation interface between the CCB application and the IP infrastructure, allowing automated user account provisioning for service activation, authentication, and authorization.

XACCTusage scales to meet the demands of the largest Network Service Providers (NSPs), including telecommunications carriers, Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs), cable operators, and enterprises. The system empowers service providers to 'right price' current and future value-added services, generate IP 'phone bills' for customers as well as reduce the time it takes to bring new differentiated services to market. Please visit XACCT's Stand No.56 for a demonstration of XACCTusage.

About XACCT Technologies

XACCT Technologies, Inc., was founded in May 1997 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. The company has established itself as the market leader in the emerging IP mediation market. XACCT develops a new class of intelligent software solutions that enable service providers and enterprises to accurately account and bill for metered services and applications.

Data Communications magazine recognized XACCT as one of the "Top 25 Hot Startups of 1998" and named XACCTusage as one of the "Hot Products of 1999." XACCT markets its software directly and through network systems integrators to Service Providers and Fortune 1000 companies.

In addition, the company has entered into partnerships with leaders in the network infrastructure and customer care and billing markets, including Amdocs (NYSE: DOX, www.amdocs.com); CableData, Inc. (Nasdaq: USCS, www.cabledata.com); Cap Gemini (www.capgemini.com); Cisco Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO, www.cisco.com); Daleen Technologies, Inc. (www.daleen.com); DMR Consulting Group (www.dmr.com); Geneva Technology Ltd. (www.gtl.com); Kenan Systems Corp. (www.kenan.com); Portal Software, Inc. (www.portal.com) and Solect Technology Group (www.solect.com).

A privately held corporation, XACCT is funded by venture capital investors. More information is available at http://www.xacct.com.

XACCTusage and XDR are trademarks of XACCT Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.