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To: Stephen B. Temple who wrote (2522)	3/1/1999 5:55:00 AM
From: Gary R. Owens	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3178

Spring '99 Voice on the Net ("VON") takes place April 13-16 at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Speaking of miles, anyone going to 'Vegas for this? I plan to attend and would be interested in getting together with VON afficionados from the boards. 206.253.217.14 cheers, gary

To: Stephen B. Temple who wrote (2522)	3/2/1999 7:14:00 AM
From: Stephen B. Temple	Respond to of 3178

Fifteen Industry Leaders to Create Standard for Bringing Internet-Based Services to the Networked Home Open Service Gateway Specification Will Enable Vast New Business <> March 2, 1999 REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., March 1 /PRNewswire/ Fifteen leading technology companies today announced a new alliance to create and maintain the Open Service Gateway specification, the industry's first open interface for connecting consumer and small business appliances with Internet services. The Open Service Gateway specification will be designed to provide a common foundation for Internet service providers (ISPs), network operators and equipment manufacturers to deliver a wide range of Internet services to gateway servers running in the home or remote office. Alcatel, Cable & Wireless, Electricite de France, Enron Communications, Ericsson, IBM, Lucent Technologies, Motorola, Network Computer, Inc., Nortel Networks, Oracle Corporation, Philips Electronics, Sun Microsystems, Sybase, and Toshiba intend to jointly define the Open Service Gateway specification to allow the consolidation and management of voice, data and multimedia communications to and from the home. The specification will also be designed to provide secure wireless or wired links between high-value home services - such as security, energy management, emergency healthcare and electronic commerce services-and the computer systems of external computer networks and Internet service providers. With the Open Service Gateway specification, service providers and software vendors will be able to depend upon a standardized software environment for residential, small office/home office and remote environments. Through this effort, the alliance is creating standards for the delivery, installation, deinstallation and management of applications - opening vast new markets for Internet service and software developers. Now, even homes without traditional desktop computers can look forward to deriving benefit from Internet connectivity. As consumers see easy access to a much broader array of home and small office services -- from home alarm, medical alert, food service delivery, intercom, telephony services and others -- demand, just as on the Internet, for these value-added services will dramatically increase. By writing to the Open Service Gateway specification's Java(TM) technology-based environment, service providers and vendors traditionally faced with inflexible dedicated systems development will be able to leverage the infrastructure of the Internet while drawing from the resources of the millions of Java software and Internet developers worldwide. Condensed

To: Stephen B. Temple who wrote (2522)	3/2/1999 7:23:00 AM
From: Stephen B. Temple	Respond to of 3178

Quallaby Ships Service Level Management Solution for Service Providers March 2, 1999 BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE) PROVISO product line provides Service Providers Analysis and Reporting Software for Differentiated Services Quallaby Corporation, a global provider of network and service management software, today announced the availability of PROVISO(TM) 1.0, a Service Level Management (SLM) solution that allows Service Providers to dynamically tailor SLA's to their customers changing requirements. PROVISO's shipping comes on the heels of the recently announced OEM agreement with CrossKeys Corporation (see release dated January 21, 1999). To compete effectively in today's rapidly expanding world of communications networks, Service Providers must quickly differentiate their service offerings. IP-based services like Web, Voice over IP, Extranets and Managed Network Services are creating new business opportunities and driving more advanced service requirements. With PROVISO Service Providers have an optimized tool that can facilitate their ability to offer and deploy these new service offerings. "Deregulation is fueling the emergence of new Service Provider competitors and driving down service prices." said Tom Axbey, vice president of marketing and business development for Quallaby. "Telcos and Network Service Providers understand that to compete and satisfy customer demands, a flexible SLM solution is required. PROVISO helps Service Providers articulate the value of new IP-based services to their customers and allows them to continue to deploy the competitive services that yield higher margins. CrossKeys was so impressed with Quallaby's PROVISO 1.0, that the company recently entered into a strategic, multi-year OEM agreement in January. " Having analyzed comparable products in the marketplace, we found that only Quallaby PROVISO had the flexibility and scalability necessary to address IP-based service level management," says John Selwyn, president and CEO of CrossKeys. PROVISO supports both traditional services (Frame Relay and ATM), and new IP services (VoIP, VPN, VLAN, Internet based messaging, Convergence) and allows carriers and service providers to create business-driven SLAs based on any number of factors including: availability, throughput, latency and utilization. The PROVISO Product Line is a modular set of products designed to map to the business objectives of Service Providers and their customers. The components are PROVISO Manager, PROVISO Report and PROVISO Library. PROVISO Manager is the server in a distributed PROVISO deployment. PROVISO Manager provides device discovery, data collection and relational database storage services. Configurable element grouping features provide users the ability to collect data and generate reports, real-time or scheduled, in any way they choose using any number of PROVISO Report clients. PROVISO Report is the client in a distributed PROVISO deployment. PROVISO Report provides the user interface for configuring and running reporting functions based on data retrieved from multiple PROVISO Managers. PROVISO Report can generate ad-hoc reports or be scheduled to generate reports automatically and store them as files or push them to a Service Providers' own Web server. PROVISO Library is a complete package of customizable reports optimized for particular service offerings. These Service Level Management (SLM) Packs, available for ATM, WAN, LAN, Access, Convergence, Server and Security services, offer Service Providers complete tools right out-of-the-box for quickly generating reports. All the reports in each SLM Pack can be customized to fully articulate the value of IP services to its customers, network operations as well as Service Provider sales and marketing executives. About Quallaby Internationally headquartered in Burlington, Mass. with additional offices in France, Quallaby Corporation is a provider of service and network management software. Quallaby's flagship product line, PROVISO, uniquely meets the needs of carriers and service providers worldwide for service level management software solutions. For more information, visit Quallaby's web site at www.quallaby.com or call 877/QUALLABY. PROVISO is a trademark of Quallaby Corporation. All other names are trademarks of their respective corporations.

To: Stephen B. Temple who wrote (2522)	3/2/1999 7:33:00 AM
From: Stephen B. Temple	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3178

Turnstone Systems Introduces Industry's First Remote DSL Spectrum Analyzer CrossScope(TM) Provides Remote Spectral Analysis for Any Copper Local Loop Connected Through a Copper CrossConnect CX100 March 2, 1999 MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 1 /PRNewswire/Turnstone Systems today announced CrossScope Spectral Analysis Software, a powerful new application that leverages the Copper CrossConnect(TM) CX100 to provide in-depth spectral analysis of any copper loop in the network. CrossScope provides remote Network Operations Center (NOC) personnel with easy-to-read graphical displays of volts versus time, or spectrum plots, for signals on any copper loop in the service providers copper plant, without requiring technicians to visit a Central Office (CO) with specialized test equipment. CrossScope reveals potential spectral compatibility problems, such as interferers, identifies the type of Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) on the line (ADSL, SDSL, etc.) and reveals potential impairments to the DSL signal. "CrossScope is like having a remote, software-based oscilloscope that can tap into any service line in the network," said Eric Andrews, Vice President of Marketing. "It enables the local loop experts to sit at a PC in their office and quickly troubleshoot any issue that gets escalated from the field, without requiring extra service visits with specialized test gear. It's the most cost-effective and convenient way to perform a thorough analysis of what's really happening on the copper local loop." CrossScope is the newest member of Turnstone's Copper CrossConnect product family, a suite of products designed to automate the operational tasks associated with installing and maintaining copper local loop facilities. A network manager can use CrossScope to connect to any copper loop served by a Copper CrossConnect CX100, and capture a real time waveform displayed in volts/time or spectral view. Users can isolate particular frequency ranges they want to examine, such as the Direct Current (DC) voltage, the voice band or the higher frequency DSL range. These signals can also be averaged over time to provide a clear picture of what is happening on the line. These capabilities enable service providers to detect problems such as floating DC voltages, impacts from power lines (power cross), crosstalk from telephone ringing, wideband noise, and DSL crosstalk. Furthermore, benchmark snapshots of standard DSL signals, such as SDSL, IDSL and ADSL, are built into the software, so that users can quickly compare the signal they are seeing with the signal that should appear. CrossScope also enables users to store spectral results, maintaining a useful history for troubleshooting and analysis in the future. CrossScope software runs on a standard PC, and can connect to any one of a number of Copper CrossConnects deployed in the network. CrossScope is currently in Beta with several service providers, and will be generally available in April 1999. Pricing for CrossScope starts at $20,000. About Turnstone Systems Turnstone Systems, Inc. is the developer of the Copper CrossConnect, an innovative new solution for managing copper local loop. The company was incorporated in January 1998 and is based in Mountain View, California. Investors include Institutional Venture Partners, Matrix Partners and Benchmark Capital. For more information about Turnstone Systems visit www.turnstone.com or phone the toll-free number 877-8-COPPER. SOURCE Turnstone Systems, Inc. /CONTACT: Vivian Kelly of Interprose Public Relations, 703-860-0707, or vivian_kelly@interprosepr.com, for Turnstone Systems, Inc.; or Eric Andrews of Turnstone Systems, Inc., 650-404-0204, or eandrews@turnstone.com/ /Web site: turnstonesystems.com