BROADSOFT CONNECTIONS, Phoenix, AZ

Atreus Systems Delivers Industry-Leading Provisioning Solution for Converged Services to the IBM BladeCenter HT

Atreus xAuthority Solution Running on Red Hat Linux Helps Telecommunications Service Providers Accelerate Service Delivery and Generate New Revenue Stream

BROADSOFT CONNECTIONS, Phoenix, AZ - October 12, 2007 - Atreus Systems™, the leading supplier of provisioning solutions for converged IP services, today announced that its xAuthority™ provisioning platform now supports the IBM BladeCenter. The solution delivers the full implementation of Atreus’ award-winning provisioning software running on the IBM BladeCenter HT chassis, a powerful combination designed to meet the stringent performance and scalability requirements of the world’s largest telecommunications service providers. The joint IBM-Atreus solution, available now and currently deployed in large service providers environments worldwide, provides critical provisioning and activation capabilities that enable the rapid operationalization of converged service offerings. Certified on Red Hat Linux Enterprise, Atreus enables service providers to readily launch user-centric, converged services, such as IP Centrex and Unified Messaging, with increased scalability and flexibility.

“Atreus extending its provisioning solution to the BladeCenter ecosystem will help our mutual customers accelerate their time to market and help grow their subscriber base,” said Scott Firth, Director, Next Generation Networks, IBM Systems and Technology Group. ”By leveraging the best of IT and telecom, telecom service providers can quickly deliver new NGN services, while helping reduce integration and operational costs.”

“IBM continues to be a leading provider of blade server solutions to the telecommunications industry. The availability of our activation software on IBM’s platforms will expand our business opportunities by leveraging IBM’s extensive ecosystem of partners and relationships with carrier customers worldwide,” said Ken Workun, Director of Product Management, Atreus Systems. “The combination of Atreus’ service provisioning expertise with IBM’s open system platforms, delivers a carrier-grade solution that will help our customers accelerate their deployment of next generation telecommunication services.”

Atreus’ xAuthority platform empowers service providers to streamline the complex processes required to provision any subscriber-based IP service—from Hosted PBX and Unified Messaging to fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) and collaborative business applications. Atreus also provides pre-integrated vendor-specific adaptors for VoIP and IMS application servers, and easy-to-use portals for CSRs, resellers as well as customer administrators and end users. The Atreus solution gives service providers a flexible and scalable environment to develop and deploy new services rapidly and cost-effectively. Service providers running the Atreus solution on the IBM BladeCenter will be able to:

Visit Atreus at BroadSoft Connections from October 14-17, 2007. Doug Bellinger, CTO, Atreus Systems has been enlisted by BroadSoft to address, “Scaling Operations to Support Millions” on Tuesday, October 16th at 2:45pm. Conference attendees at BroadSoft Connections will hear expert insight in scaling operations to deploy revenue-generating VoIP, mobile, and IMS applications.

About Atreus Systems
Atreus Systems™ is the leading supplier of provisioning software for converged services. As the vendor of choice for the world’s most successful providers, Atreus has provided advanced activation solutions for KPN, Telus, Centennial, Spirit Telecom, and Bell Aliant. Atreus has formed strategic partnerships with Alcatel-Lucent, BEA, BroadSoft, Ericsson, Level 3, Oracle and Sonus, delivering carrier-class service provisioning with customer self-management. For more information, visit atreus-systems.com.