Atreus Systems Introduces the Service Definition Suite for
Rapid IP Service Introduction and Delivery

New Service Definition Software Gives Service Providers the Operational Efficiency to Cost-Effectively Introduce Market-Responsive IP Services

Cupertino, California, May 19, 2003 – Atreus Systems™, a service fulfillment leader for IP services and applications, today introduced the Service Definition Suite, a first-of-its-kind collection of innovative software that enables carriers and service providers to speed time-to-revenue by streamlining and automating the full scope of IP service introduction processes. Augmenting Atreus’ flagship product, the xAuthority™ Service Fulfillment OSS Solution, service providers now have an end-to-end, unified service introduction and delivery solution for rolling out customer-centric IP services with unprecedented speed and efficiency.

In a related announcement, Telcordia Technologies, Inc., an SAIC company and the world’s largest provider of network software, consulting and engineering services to the telecommunications industry, today announced a teaming agreement with Atreus Systems. Together the companies will deliver integrated solutions that radically accelerate and simplify service introduction and fulfillment, while improving service assurance for carriers offering IP VPNs and other advanced IP services.  The success of this partnership means unprecedented value for services providers by helping manage their IP networks, deliver services quickly, and cut operating expenses. This rapid service introduction environment will be an integral part of the Telcordiaä Managed IP Solutions.

"Wireline and wireless service providers worldwide share a need to significantly reduce the time and cost entailed by development, introduction and management of advanced IP services such as Virtual Private Networks, Voice over IP, and Video on Demand for businesses and consumers," said Michael Kennedy, founder and managing partner, Network Strategy Partners. "Service development and introduction has always involved such time-consuming labor investments that providers were slow to introduce new services and limited in their test marketing and service differentiation capabilities. Introduction and improvement of IP offerings demanded that trained personnel manage standalone, vendor-specific service processes and management systems. Atreus’ solution gives service providers the rapid service introduction and delivery capabilities that are needed for a market-responsive IP portfolio."

"Our customers recognize the Service Definition Suite as a ‘leap innovation’ for the industry, empowering them with an intuitive approach to quickly create and deliver customer-centric IP services," said Doug Bellinger, CTO and founder, Atreus Systems. "Typically, customer-centric IP service offerings require the service provider to navigate intricate market dynamics, introduce complex technologies, and manage the complexity of the existing OSS environment. Atreus’ Service Definition Suite converges these complexities into a common "service sandbox" with graphical tools that target the right bundle of services, to the right group of customers, with the right business and operational processes. The result is unprecedented flexibility in pursuing new revenue opportunities, driving down unit costs, and improving customer retention."

Rapidly Introduce Market-Responsive IP Services
With Atreus’ Service Definition Suite – a new element of the Atreus xAuthority™ Service Fulfillment OSS Solution – providers introduce and modify service offerings so expediently and cost-effectively that they can afford to test bundling, pricing and marketing strategies while broad market uptake is being secured. The Service Definition Suite includes intuitive software that service planners use to quickly define service parameters and business processes. When service planners develop or alter an existing service model, specifications or changes are automatically propagated across OSS, ensuring a speedy launch. By shortening and integrating the full scope of processes involved in service introduction – from design, to development, to commercial deployment – Atreus empowers providers to affordably launch, refine and re-launch demand-driven IP services to target audiences, and when ready, roll out services to wide-scale markets.

Profitably Deliver Customer-Centric IP Services
Designed to scale to millions of subscribers, Atreus xAuthority offers a compelling service fulfillment solution that unifies front-end, customer-facing self-service portals with the back-end OSS that execute flow-through provisioning, authentication, and activation across the network. At the back end, service delivery is automated across the service provider’s multi-vendor, multi-technology network. Atreus xAuthority leverages directories by converting customer service requirements into automated activation processes, thereby eliminating manual, device-by-device configuration commands. This approach speeds service delivery, reduces activation errors and simplifies configuration and maintenance, resulting in operational savings. Service providers gain automated control over customers, services and resources in their networks, as well as a scalable and repeatable way to rapidly create and deliver advanced IP services.

Atreus xAuthority Advantage
Atreus xAuthority empowers carriers and service providers with the following benefits:

• increased service revenue with rapid introduction and delivery of wireline and wireless IP services,
• improved time-to-market with simplified service introduction and readiness across the operational environment,
• decreased operational expenses with flow-through provisioning of demand-driven services,
• decreased capital expenses with an end-to-end, device-agnostic service environment, extensive re-use of service components, and improved visibility of service management processes, and
• lowered customer churn costs by empowering customers through self-service.
  

About Atreus Systems
Atreus Systems™ is a leader in software solutions for the creation and activation of IP network and application services. Atreus' flagship products, the xAuthority™ Service Fulfillment OSS Solution for wireline and wireless service providers, and the xAuthority™ Identity and Provisioning Solution for government and commercial enterprises, help to reduce operational expenses and improve ROI by automating the creation and delivery of customer-centric IP services and applications.

With an industry-leading product portfolio and established relationships with Tier 1 incumbent operations support system vendors, leading systems integrators, and global telecom equipment vendors, Atreus has a proven track record in meeting the challenges of commercial enterprises and large, complex carrier networks. Atreus Systems is a privately held company financed by leading telecom venture capital firms Mobius Venture Capital, Blueprint Ventures, Skypoint Capital Corporation, BDC Venture Capital and Aliant, Inc. For more information, visit the company's web site at atreus-systems.com or call (North America).

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