MetaSolv Launches Configuration Management Product; New Product Offering to Enable Centralized Control over Multi-Vendor Networ

MetaSolv Software, Inc., a global leader in
comprehensive operations support system solutions for next-generation
communications service providers, today announced the introduction of
MetaSolv Configuration Management, a new product offering designed to
enable the consolidation of network control operations for
next-generation multi-vendor networks.
   The ongoing transformation to next-generation networks is pushing
service intelligence to the edge, resulting in rapidly growing
networks in terms of both size and diversity. This imposes increased
proactive configuration management requirements on service providers
and large enterprises as they seek to efficiently manage both high
volumes and increased frequency and complexity of network
configurations. Configuration control is at the heart of service
provider operational concerns as they look to implement carrier-grade
methodologies with centralized management, to obtain increased
network-wide configuration quality and accuracy.
   "Legacy OSS software was designed in the days when networks were
confined to vertical stacks -- a DSL network over here and an ATM
network over there. But today's networks are so muddled with
multi-vendor flavors of overlapping technologies, such as 2G and 3G,
that carriers are crying out for more integrated OSSs," says Dan
Baker, Research Director, OSS/BSS KnowledgeBase of Dittberner
Associates. "It's good to see a capable supplier like MetaSolv
attacking this complex configuration problem head on."
   MetaSolv Configuration Management supports the ability to optimize
and centralize the network control operations for multi-vendor
networks, and implement automated, proactive and consistent
configuration management practices. Key product capabilities include:

   --  Network Discovery -- capture network element information,
        manage, and organize network elements into networks and
        sub-networks with customer or geographical organization.

   --  Configuration Archiving and Versioning -- maintain records of
        historical configuration versions for change tracking,
        configuration troubleshooting and emergency re-build of the
        network elements. Perform intelligent network element software
        restoration with any selected network archive version using
        the product or using standard Trivial File Transfer Protocol
        (TFTP) to obtain the latest archived configuration.

   --  Configuration Auditing and Compliance Management -- quickly
        identify configuration changes between archived versions
        and/or with the running configuration using a highly intuitive
        visual audit diagnostic environment. Operators can then invoke
        automated configuration compliance auditing across the network
        to validate configuration consistency and accuracy, and
        identify any abnormality on a recurring basis.

   --  Configuration Activation -- provide efficient and flexible
        configuration templating to network operations, enabling
        highly consistent configuration implementations based on
        pre-defined network engineering guidelines, including easy and
        rapid configuration modeling and effective configuration
        template versioning management.

   MetaSolv Configuration Management can be deployed either in a
stand-alone environment or in conjunction with MetaSolv's
industry-leading Activation platform, further enabling operators to
manage the configuration and activation lifecycle of their entire
next-generation network. This combination enables highly automated and
sophisticated activation of services and provides extensive
network-wide control over the entire network element configuration.
   Generally available in the third quarter and already selected by a
large Tier-1 service provider to manage the configuration of its
growing international multi-vendor IP network, MetaSolv Configuration
Management delivers exceptional value. This product complements
MetaSolv's extensive service fulfillment portfolio by providing the
ability to manage and control the entire configuration of network
devices. Key product differentiators include:

   --  Real-Time -- MetaSolv Configuration Management is aware of
        what the network configuration should be, and allows
        intelligent network element restoration without any service
        order loss. Traditional configuration management systems
        typically restore to the last backed-up version which is
        normally obsolete. MetaSolv's real-time capability provides
        the accurate view of what the network configuration should be
        at any given time, enabling the operator to provide optimal
        service quality and eliminating any potential lost service
        requests.

   --  Service-Aware -- MetaSolv Configuration Management allows very
        sophisticated management of dynamic service configurations, in
        addition to the static base element configuration. MetaSolv
        provides a dynamic service view as opposed to "flat
        management" of the configuration.

   --  Intelligent Compliance -- MetaSolv Configuration Management
        provides highly flexible network-wide auditing and reporting
        of detailed network configuration data, as opposed to tools
        that only validate data structures, which are generally not
        sufficiently representative of the configuration accuracy.

   "MetaSolv's new Configuration Management offering addresses an
important gap in service providers' operational environments," said
David Sharpley, executive vice president, marketing and product
management, MetaSolv. "MetaSolv's Configuration Management enables
service providers to increase operational efficiency, decrease
operational costs and enhance overall service quality. This new
product provides differentiated configuration management functionality
with the carrier-grade performance and scalability required by
operators."

   About MetaSolv

   MetaSolv, Inc. (Nasdaq:MSLV) is a global leader in comprehensive
operations support system solutions for next-generation communications
service providers. MetaSolv automates the order-to-activate
provisioning process for traditional and next-generation IP-based
wireline and mobile service providers. MetaSolv's multi-service,
multi-technology capabilities include order management, inventory
management, service activation and network mediation. More than 170
global service providers -- including Brasil Telecom, BT, Cable &
Wireless, O2, Singtel, Sprint, Telstra, T-Mobile, UPC, Verizon
Dominicana, and Vodafone -- use MetaSolv's solutions to achieve
increased revenues, reduced costs, and enhanced customer service.
MetaSolv is a global company, headquartered in Plano, Texas. Visit
www.metasolv.com for more information.
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