InfoVista Helps Uecomm Set New Benchmark For Service Level Management
InfoVista will Provide Uecomm Customers with Powerful Visibility into the Broadband Carrier's Service Quality
Paris, France, and Herndon, VA, March 1, 2004 - InfoVista® (NASDAQ: IVTA - Nouveau Marché: FR0004031649), the leading global provider of Business Technology Intelligence® (BTI) software solutions today announced it has been selected as the service level management solution for Uecomm, Australia's specialist fibre broadband carrier.
The InfoVista Service Level Management Solution will enable Uecomm to set a benchmark in the telecommunications sector. Uecomm customers will be able to view the quality of service for its network, including predicted bandwidth utilization, in real-time. The solution will further enable customers to make more informed decisions regarding future service requirements.
"InfoVista's solution provides real-time visibility into the state of the network service, including predictions to avoid service violations," stated Brendan Park, Products and Marketing Director at Uecomm. "With InfoVista, the provision of service level assurance is systematic and will enable our customers to see downtime, utilization and latency."
"This solution is able to deliver timely, relevant and actionable information on an ad hoc basis and currently underpins the service level management needs for one of our largest customers. The InfoVista solution will appeal to our customer base of large corporations, because its adaptability enables personalized reports that meet the specific requirements of each customer," added Park. "The ability to deliver meaningful information about service level performance down to an individual site level was a primary reason Uecomm selected InfoVista."
The InfoVista solution has been implemented by Fastwire, a leading Australian systems integrator. "We leveraged InfoVista's inherent flexibility to deploy a highly differentiated service level management solution," said Jeff Campbell, Sales and Marketing Manager, Fastwire. "We were able to apply our extensive knowledge of the Service Provider market to customize InfoVista's highly extensible solution and create a strong point of differentiation for Uecomm."
"In today's competitive telecommunications market, customers expect Service Providers to offer real-time, personalized information that demonstrates how performance supports their unique business requirements," stated Julien Dahan, Managing Director for Asia Pacific at InfoVista. "Our solution will allow Uecomm to distinguish itself in today's competitive marketplace and make a mark with its customers."
About Uecomm Limited
Uecomm Limited is Australia's leading specialised provider of fibre broadband data services to government, large corporations and other carriers and telecommunications service providers. Uecomm's network is among the most advanced fibre optic networks in the world. The widespread CBD and greater metropolitan reach makes the data network one of the most extensive in Australia.
Products offered by the Company range from ATM, MetroFibre, MetroWave (DWDM), Internet and its flagship Ethernet product. Products are delivered at speeds of up to multiple gigabits per second.
Uecomm was established in 1997 and listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX: UEC) in September 2000. Details about Uecomm, its network and products, services to investors and a glossary of terms can be found on the Company's web site www.uecomm.com.au.
About Fastwire
Fastwire provides advanced technology services for Service Providers, specialising in IT consulting and professional services for voice, data and IP networks in Australia, Asia and the Pacific region. For more information about the company, please visit www.fastwire.com.au.
About InfoVista
InfoVista is the global leader in Business Technology Intelligence (BTI). BTI provides timely, relevant and actionable insights to maximize the value of business technology. Our approach to BTI incorporates context-sensitive, pre-packaged solutions that generate breakthrough improvements in business effectiveness and IT efficiency. An interactive Portal provides personalized dashboards and views that enable stakeholders at every level in an organization to align decisions and actions with business priorities. Eighty percent of the world's largest service providers as ranked by Fortune®, as well as leading Global 2000 enterprises, have selected InfoVista to maximize the value of their business technology assets. Representative customers include Cable & Wireless, Cingular, Deutsche Telekom, SingTel, British Telecom, France Télécom, Wachovia Bank, Banques Populaires, Banque de France, Shell and BASF. InfoVista stock is traded on the NASDAQ (IVTA) and the Nouveau Marché (FR0004031649). For more information about the company, please visit www.infovista.com.
Cautionary Statement for Purposes of the "Safe Harbor" Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Except for historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this news release are "forward looking statements." These statements involve risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements; including, without limitation, risks and uncertainties arising from the rapid evolution of our markets, competition, market acceptance of our products, our dependence upon spending by the telecommunications industry and our ability to develop and protect new technologies. For a description of other factors which might affect our actual results, please see the "Risk Factors" section and other disclosures in InfoVista's public filings with the US Securities & Exchange Commission and French Commission des Opérations de Bourse. Readers of this news release are cautioned not to put undue reliance on any forward-looking statement. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
InfoVista is a registered trademark of InfoVista, S.A.