Integral Access Chooses Object Design's ObjectStore for Network Management Platform
CHELMSFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 1999--Integral Access, Inc., a leading developer of 21st century access networks, today announced that it has partnered with Object Design, Inc. (NASDAQ:ODIS - news), the leading provider of object-oriented data management solutions. As a result of this strategic relationship, Integral Access will incorporate Object Design's ObjectStore into its network management platform to help carriers manage end user connection information.
Integral Access, Inc. provides packet-based access network solution for new and emerging carriers which allows them to provision up to 10 Mbit/s of fully-flexible access bandwidth for integrated voice and data services to businesses and homes using existing copper loop and leased facilities.
The Integral Access packet access network will include Object Design's ObjectStore object database management system as the heart of its network management system, providing carriers with complete customer connection information. ObjectStore stores up-to-date images of all relevant information related to the end customer's circuits, service, and service-level agreements.
''As we enter the next century, competitive carriers must be able to deploy a broad array of voice and data services to a more demanding customer set. Achieving this goal requires cost-effective and scalable solutions that meet the needs of business and residential customers, and guarantee a high level of customer satisfaction,'' said David Gunning, Integral Access' vice president of marketing. ''It's not just about transporting bits. It's about exciting customers with levels of service unparalleled in this industry. In keeping with our commitment to provide the highest level of service and support for our customers building large, integrated voice and data networks, we chose the ObjectStore database management system for its superior performance and scalability, as well as the stability, market leadership and global service Object Design, Inc. provides.''
About Integral Access
Integral Access, Inc. integralaccess.com provides the carrier access network of the 21st Century - from customer premise to network core - that allows competitive carriers to economically enter new markets, provide broad-based services to end-user customers and maximize revenue opportunities. Integral Access provides new and emerging carriers with a packet-based, low-cost and flexible network from which to deliver up to 10 Mbit/s of fully-flexible bandwidth for integrated services to businesses or even homes using existing copper loop and leased facilities. This new approach to the access network enables service providers to offer premium profit data services as well as traditional voice.
Integral Access, Inc., headquartered in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, was founded in 1996 by a prestigious and experienced team of communications engineers and executives who believe that the existing infrastructure can be utilized in a cost-effective way to provide the foundation for the access network of the next century. |
