Nice find. Thanks for posting.
Here's another XACCT release. Looks like they're lining up lots of partners.
Tuesday March 14, 8:41 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
XACCT Partners With Version to Provide Total IP Billing Solution to South African Carriers
Version Integrates XACCTusage to Provide Complete Billing System
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 2000--XACCT Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of intelligent business infrastructure solutions for IP networks, and Version, a South African software development company with innovative customer care and billing systems, today announced that the companies have entered into a strategic partnership. Under the agreement, the companies will integrate the XACCTusage(TM) platform with Version's comprehensive billing and customer care software product suite to provide comprehensive end-to-end billing services and solutions for multi-service carriers.
The alliance between the companies will create a flexible, accurate, usage-based billing solution for IP-based voice, video, and data services. As a result, Service Providers will be able to design and deploy innovative pricing models for a wider variety of IP services based on criteria such as quality of service, variable bandwidth, content, and level of service.
``Our strategic association with XACCT will enable us to provide a potent solution for multiple-service carrier networks and to position ourselves as a key player in South Africa's burgeoning Internet marketplace,' said Sagie Naidoo, CEO of Version.
``Version's knowledge of the South African Service Provider market, coupled with our technology platform, uniquely positions it to become the premier solution provider in the region. We look forward to a mutually rewarding relationship with Version,' said Eric Gries, president and CEO of XACCT Technologies.
A Complete Solution for Multi-Service Networks
XACCT's award-winning flagship product, XACCTusage(TM), provides a single point of interface between the Business/Operations Support Systems (BSS/OSS), such as customer care and billing and the physical network infrastructure, for usage data collection, automated user account provisioning, and pre-payment processing. Its multi-source, multi-layer architecture and business policy-based record synthesis capabilities enable XACCTusage(TM) to extract comprehensive usage information from a multitude of network devices from all layers of the network--from the physical layer to the application layer--in real-time. The information is then synthesized to produce meaningful billing records called eXtensible Detail Records (XDRs). XDRs are analogous to the Call Detail Records (CDRs) generated by the telephone switches. The XDRs are used by the billing applications to create service-specific, usage-based pricing models and bills for a wide variety of IP-based services and applications such as VoIP, video, and virtual private networks (VPNs).
By leveraging the end-to-end, automated user account provisioning capabilities of XACCTusage(TM) Service Providers can implement self-care or self-registration programs and thus lower call-center costs. Automated provisioning also lets Service Providers benefit from instant service activation and revenue capture.
About Version
Version is a South African software development company with core activities focusing sharply on developing, implementing, and supporting the innovative Version Billing and Customer Care System. Version provides unrivalled flexibility, reliability, and scalability with a world-class standard system that is ideally suited to a wide range of clients, from high-volume, tier-one operators to low-volume, start-up companies. Version offers its customers a wide array of services and support.
About XACCT Technologies
Headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., XACCT Technologies, Inc., develops intelligent business infrastructure software solutions that enable Service Providers to design and execute innovative, revenue-generating programs and services. As of January 31, 2000, the XACCTready Alliance (launched by XACCT in June 1999) has 52 members worldwide. Members include leading OSS/BSS software solutions providers, network systems vendors, and systems integration/value-added solutions providers.
XACCT Technologies, Inc., markets its software directly and through network systems integrators, on a worldwide scale, to Service Providers and Fortune 1000 companies. More information is available at www.xacct.com.
XACCTusage and XDR are trademarks of XACCT Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.
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Contact:
Gallagher PR
Yasu Maskay, 510/749-6800
yasu@gpr.com
or
XACCT Technologies
Dror Sofer, 877/255-7270
dror@xacct.com
or
Version Software (Pty) Ltd
Sagie Naidoo, 27-31-2094238
Sagie@version.co.za |
