XACCT Technologies Provides Enabling Technology for Convergys' Geneva Active Revenue Management Initiative.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 20, 2001 Partnership Will Speed Integration and Improve Time-to-Market for Next Generation IP Services XACCT Technologies, the leading provider of business infrastructure software solutions for IP networks, today announced its participation in Convergys' Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. Carrier Grade Real-Time (CGRT CGRT Carbon Glass Resistance Thermometer CGRT compensated gross registered tons ) partner program, part of Convergys' new Geneva Active Revenue Management (ARM) initiative. Under the program, XACCT and Convergys will develop and test integrations of XACCT's real-time N2B N2B Not Too Bad (internet chat) platform with Convergys' new Carrier Grade Real-Time interface to its Geneva's active rating engine. XACCT's business infrastructure platform serves as a single, bi-directional point of interface between a network service provider's back-office and the physical network. XACCT's real-time N2B platform and the CGRT functionality from the Geneva ARM software provide a secure foundation for new content and commerce-based business models. Geneva's active rating engine provides real-time features including: fail-over management, load balancing and rejected handling, with XACCT providing mediation and connections to the network. Together, the two products support revenue generation and assurance all the way from the physical network through to billing. "Our on-going partnership with Convergys provides the market with a proven solution to help service providers deploy new, value-based services quickly and cost effectively and maximize revenue streams," said Anil Uberoi, senior vice president of marketing and business development at XACCT. "Active participation in Convergys' Geneva CGRT program further demonstrates our continued commitment to bringing together best-of-breed products that leverage XACCT's core technology platform to create complete solutions for communications carriers worldwide." "Close collaboration with our key partners allows us to ensure that our technologies integrate seamlessly, and that we are able to help operators speed the deployment of new services," said Stephen Thomas, managing director of Convergys EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. . "Geneva version 5.0 provides the market with a step change in real-time capability. We are pleased that industry-leading partners like XACCT share our vision." XACCT Technologies has been working with Convergys since April 1999. XACCT's involvement with Convergys and the Carrier Grade Real-Time Program is an example of the continuing global relationship between the organizations. About XACCT Technologies XACCT Technologies is the market and technology leader in intelligent business infrastructure software for Internet carriers and network service providers. XACCT's award-winning, carrier-class Network-to-Business (N2B(TM)) platform makes networks profitable by speeding time to market and time to revenue for new Internet services while lowering service provider costs. XACCT offers the industry's first and only platform that enables real-time data capture and enhancement; seamless integration with any upstream business or operations application; and instantaneous, flow-through service provisioning. XACCT was recently named by Red Herring magazine as one of the "Top 50 private companies most likely to change the world." XACCT investors include Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq:SUNW SUNW Sun Microsystems, Inc (former stock symbol; now JAVA) SUNW Stanford University Network Workstation (Sun Microsystems, Inc) ), Dell Computer (Nasdaq:DELL), Deutsche Bank (DTBKY:OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). US), Technology Crossover Ventures, Trident Capital, Ampal (Nasdaq:AMPL (language) AMPL - Along with mpl, the intrinsic parallel languages for MasPar's computers. AMPL and mpl are parallel variants of C. Ampl is actually now a gcc port. ["AMPL: Design, Implementation and Evaluation of a Multiprocessing Language", R. Dannenberg, CMU 1981]. ), Eucalyptus Ventures, and Israel Seed Partners. With offices around the globe, XACCT has more than 70 customers, including Bell Canada (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BCE BCE abbr. 1. Bachelor of Chemical Engineering 2. Bachelor of Civil Engineering BCE Abbreviation for before the Common Era. ), Boeing (NYSE:BA); British Telecom (NYSE:BT), Broadwing (NYSE:BRW), Cable & Wireless (NYSE:CWP CWP Coal workers' pneumoconiosis, see there ), COLT (Nasdaq:COLT), Global One, Genuity (Nasdaq:GENU), Motorola (NYSE:MOT); Siemens (NYSE:SIE), Teleglobe (NYSE:BCE), TV Cabo, Verio (NYSE:NTT), and WorldCom (Nasdaq:WCOM WCOM MCI/Worldcom (stock symbol) WCOM Windows Component Object Model WCOM Wireless Communication ). Note to Editors: XACCTusage, N2B and XDR (1) (EXternal Data Representation) A data format developed by Sun that is part of its networking standards. It deals with integer size, byte ordering, data representation, etc. and is used as an interchange format. are trademarks of XACCT Technologies, Inc. Convergys, the Convergys logo and Geneva are trademarks of Convergys Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. Americas Headquarters: EMEA/APAC Headquarters: XACCT Technologies XACCT Technologies 2900 Lakeside Drive 12 Hachilazon Street Santa Clara, CA 95054 Ramat Gan 52522, Israel Tel: 408/330-5700 Tel: +972 3 5764 111 |
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