Atreus Systems Named to the 2004 “pulver 100”

Ranking on “pulver 100” is a Tribute to Atreus’ Leadership in Helping Service Providers
Profitably Create and Deploy VoIP and Advanced IP Offerings

Melville, New York, September 27, 2004 – Atreus Systems™, the service fulfillment experts, today announced that it has been named to the 2004 “pulver 100”, the VoIP industry’s premiere listing of privately held growth companies that represent the future of the communications ecosystem. Atreus Systems has been named to the list for its proven leadership in helping service providers win new business and reduce churn by cost-effectively creating and delivering advanced Voice Over IP (VoIP) and IP service offerings for business, residential and enterprise customers.

Atreus’ service fulfillment solution enables service providers to drive top line revenue growth and maintain their bottom line by delivering a comprehensive set of off-the-shelf creation, provisioning and activation capabilities for VoIP and advanced IP applications. Atreus’ solution empowers providers to rapidly launch value-added services by removing the complexity and risk typically associated with deploying new offerings like Residential VoIP, IP Centrex and Hosted PBX. Atreus’ extensive market-ready service library is a proven turn-key solution that enables providers to respond quickly and economically to customer demand with a ready-to-go array of voice, messaging, access and desktop applications.

“We’re proud to name Atreus Systems to this year’s pulver 100. This recognition is a strong endorsement of Atreus’ service fulfillment solution and their track record of helping service providers grow top line revenue through the creation and automated delivery of advanced IP services,” said Jeff Pulver, CEO of pulver.com. “Innovative companies like Atreus provide significant contributions to the growth and development of the industry. 2004 has been the year of VoIP – due in large part to companies like Atreus that have helped transform phone companies into innovative communications providers.”

"Being named a 'pulver 100' company represents a tremendous success and is a source of great pride for the entire Atreus team," said Andrea Baptiste, CEO, Atreus Systems. "Jeff Pulver is a true leader and pioneer of the Internet telephony industry and this tribute is a validation of Atreus' ongoing leadership in helping service providers succeed with VoIP and advanced IP service offerings. Our customers consider our service fulfillment software solutions to be a "leap innovation", empowering them to create and deliver advanced applications quickly and profitably."

Visit Atreus at booth 1329 of the Fall 2004 VON Conference & Expo in Boston, MA from October 18 to 21, 2004 and learn how Atreus is helping communications providers to win new business, lower costs and reduce churn with Atreus’ market-ready library of services – Residential VoIP, IP Centrex, Hosted PBX, Messaging, IP VPN, PC Back Up, Managed Firewall, Antivirus, Email, Instant Messaging, and more.

About the pulver 100
Originally introduced in 2002, the pulver 100 features private companies in the communications sector that have substantial real-world deployments and enjoy significant growth rates. The value chain characterized by pulver 100 differs from the vertically integrated telecom model of the last century, focusing more on a networking-industry model that espouses open interfaces, connectivity decoupled from services, and software decoupled from hardware. For additional details on the 2004 pulver 100, please visit: http://pulver.com/pulver100/

About pulver.com
Founded in 1994 by Jeff Pulver, pulver.com produces the highly successful VON conferences, and is engaged in many activities that promote the growth of communication technology. The pulver.com website (http://www.pulver.com) is a key source of information for those in the IP Communications industry and The Pulver Report (http://pulver.com/reports) has more than 50,000 subscribers - for whom it is a primary source of news and information on the latest developments in emerging net technologies. Jeff Pulver is also the founder of The VON Coalition, pulverRadio, RevUp Records and co-founder of: Vonage and WHP Wireless.

About Atreus Systems
Atreus Systems™ is a leading provider of software solutions for the rapid creation and delivery of new communications services. The company’s flagship product, Atreus xAuthority™, is a service fulfillment OSS solution that enables global communications providers to extend their existing systems to profitably deliver new services like Voice Over IP, Virtual Private Networks, Managed Security and Managed Applications. Global leaders like SAIC, Telcordia and Ericsson (Nasdaq: ERICY) sell Atreus’ software to their customers. Atreus Systems is a privately held Delaware company financed by leading telecom venture capital firms Aliant, Inc, BDC Venture Capital, Blueprint Ventures, Meritage Private Equity, Mobius Venture Capital, SAIC Venture Capital Corporation, Skypoint Capital Corporation, and TELUS Ventures. For more information, visit the company's web site at https://atreus-systems.com or call (North America).