To: kathyh who wrote (74032 ) 11/19/1999 9:14:00 AM From: kfdkfd Respond to of 90042
CS news release Czech Republic's Largest Service Provider Helps Guarantee Quality of Service With SPECTRUM GiTy Deploys Industry's Only Intelligent, Multivendor Management Solution to Provide Optimum Voice and Data Services to Growing Business and Consumer Subscriber Base DURHAM, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 19, 1999-- SPECTRUM, the leader in scalable, multivendor network management, today announced that GiTy, the Czech Republic's leading data services provider, has selected SPECTRUM to manage the delivery of comprehensive multimedia, voice and data services for its growing business and consumer subscriber base. ``With SPECTRUM, we can easily examine any event taking place on a customer's network and assess the impact of the event on other devices and related business processes. Furthermore, everything can be expressed through simple, clear and easy-to-read screens,' said Ing. Ond ej Coufal, GiTy's chief technical officer. ``This is exactly what customers demand from us. I can't imagine faultless network operation without SPECTRUM.' SPECTRUM provides comprehensive management of GiTy's internal ATM and VLAN network, as well as their WAN links and Frame Relay infrastructure. The company is also using SPECTRUM to remotely manage customer networks via the WAN and satellite hubs. With SPECTRUM's multivendor management expertise, GiTy is able to offer its growing customer base a guaranteed Quality of Service (QoS) regardless of the technology they are using. GiTy's technical division evaluated several management platforms available on the market, but only SPECTRUM was able to fully meet GiTy's needs. GiTy was impressed by SPECTRUM's artificial intelligence technology, which allows it to take corrective measures at the first hint of trouble on the network. In addition, SPECTRUM's scalability will allow it to grow and evolve to meet GiTy's changing needs and expanding customer base. GiTy was also attracted to SPECTRUM's unified user interface, which greatly simplifies operator training. ``The success of GiTy's business is in direct correlation with the performance of its network,' said Michael Skubisz, president of SPECTRUM. ``SPECTRUM's service management solution leads the industry in enabling customers with the ability to view and manage the well being of all IT devices and services that combine to support an overall business process.'