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May 23, 2005
HATTERAS NETWORKS INTEGRATES WITH MICROMUSE'S NETCOOL
SUITE TO DELIVER COMPLETE SOLUTION FOR SERVICE PROVIDER NETWORK
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Research Triangle Park, NC– May 23, 2005
– Hatteras Networks, the leader in high-bandwidth, symmetrical,
last-mile Ethernet over copper access and service platforms,
announced today its integration with Micromuse's Netcool®
solutions to provide carriers with a robust service support
infrastructure for large-scale standards-based Ethernet over
copper service network deployments. As a member of the Micromuse
Alliance Program™ Hatteras Networks' award-winning Ethernet
over Copper platforms have been certified as Netcool Ready™
and are proven to interoperate with Micromuse's Netcool product
family. This certification enables a carrier to perform cross-domain
fault management across different platforms. Hatteras Networks'
platforms can now be easily integrated into any Netcool-managed
network, enabling real-time, end-to-end management.
The combined solution is already deployed and in use to manage
a service-rich portfolio of Ethernet-based business services
by Expedient. Expedient currently provides voice, video and
data services in three North American markets and has plans
to expand to 20 markets and 46 central offices by the end
of 2005.
“Our relationship with Micromuse is enabling our mutual customers
to quickly move through deployment to delivering business-grade
Ethernet services over copper infrastructure,” said Kevin
Sheehan, president and CEO of Hatteras Networks. “Innovative
service providers like Expedient are leveraging the advanced
service activation, monitoring and management capabilities
enabled by this partnership to rapidly roll out its Ethernet
Anywhere service into new markets.”
Through Micromuse's Alliance Program, Hatteras Networks and
Micromuse will cooperatively pursue business, technical and
marketing opportunities. The goals of the program are to provide
flexibility, choice, and quick time-to-market for our customers
through the development of integrated, viable solutions. Since
its launch in 2000, the Micromuse Alliance Program has welcomed
over 100 software and hardware vendors who offer best-of-breed
solutions that are complementary to the Netcool suite of applications.
“As a Micromuse Alliance Program member, Hatteras Networks
brings a unique ability to our mutual customers, enabling
them to tap into the growing need for higher-performance services
over the copper network,” said John Sien, Vice President of
OEMs and Alliances at Micromuse. “We look forward to working
with Hatteras to create business opportunities and leverage
both company's best-of-breed technologies to win new business.”
With Hatteras Networks' Ethernet over bonded-copper broadband
delivery platforms, carriers can deliver up to 45 Mbps of
symmetrical Ethernet service over existing last-mile dry copper
loops. This bandwidth flexibility gives carriers the ability
to create a rich service portfolio that includes Ethernet
private line, Transparent LAN services, Voice-over-IP, Internet
Access from 1-45 Mbps, and virtual private networks (VPNs).
These services are delivered seamlessly over the existing
last-mile copper infrastructure, effectively bridging the
existing T1 – T3 service gap and economic disparity.
About the Netcool ® Suite
Micromuse's Netcool® software suite provides businesses
with the assurance that their networks, services and applications
are working. By allowing our customers to see what's happening
throughout the infrastructure in real-time, Netcool applications
enable them to respond to problems before network-based business
services are affected.
Netcool suite applications install out-of-the-box, deploy
rapidly and scale as networks grow. Micromuse's flagship,
Netcool/OMNIbus™ application, includes a library of off-the-shelf
software modules that allow our customers to collect and consolidate
fault information from more than 1,000 environments spanning
voice and IP, cable/broadband, switches and routers, and enterprise
management systems.
About Micromuse®
Micromuse Inc. (Nasdaq: MUSE) is the leading provider of
ultra-scalable, realtime business and service assurance software
solutions. The Netcool ® software suite provides organizations
with the assurance that their IT systems are supporting and
driving profits 24 hours a day. Unlike traditional infrastructure
management systems, Netcool solutions provide realtime end-to-end
visibility and accurate troubleshooting from a business perspective.
Such business intelligence allows organizations to respond
to problems quickly, streamline workflow processes and improve
business uptime. Micromuse customers include BT, Cable &
Wireless, Deutsche Telekom, EarthLink, ITC^DeltaCom, J.P.
Morgan Chase, MCI, T-Mobile, and Verizon. Headquarters are
located at 139 Townsend Street, San Francisco, Calif. 94107;
(415) 538-9090. The Web site is at www.micromuse.com.
About Hatteras Networks
Hatteras Networks, a privately held company headquartered
in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, offers carrier
solutions to deliver high-bandwidth business services to locations
that are not served with fiber. Hatteras Networks Metro Ethernet
Copper Access™ (MECA™) enables carriers to fully deliver the
requisite high-bandwidth, access infrastructure to support
converged voice, video and data network services to business
customers. Carriers can use Hatteras Networks' standards-based
solutions to extend fiber-based Ethernet services over copper,
or upgrade private line customers to higher-performance services.
Hatteras Networks' platform is built to operate in central
offices (COs), controlled environmental vaults (CEVs), remote
terminals (RTs) and on poles, allowing carriers to deliver
Ethernet to nearly all business buildings on their copper
and fiber infrastructure. For more information, visit www.hatterasnetworks.com .
Note to Editors: Hatteras Networks and Metro
Ethernet Copper Access are trademarks of Hatteras Networks.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners. Micromuse and Netcool are registered trademarks of
Micromuse Ltd. All other trademarks and registered trademarks
in this document are the properties of their respective owners..
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