Overture Networks Launches Worldwide Partner Program

Overture Networks Launches Worldwide Partner Program
Program To Increase Global Availability Of Its Multi-Service Access Platforms 


RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Feb. 9  /PRNewswire/ -- Overture Networks, a
leading developer of packet-based multi-service access platforms, today
announced the launch of its worldwide partner program. Through this program,
Overture Networks will team up with leading systems integrators, solutions and
alliance partners to develop, test, and sell solutions focused on themulti-
service access space.

The program provides a foundation for working with organizations that have
complementary customer and product emphases. Under the aegis of the program,
Overture Networks and its partners will work together to increase sales
opportunities and to develop differentiated, interoperable solutions at the
metro edge. The partner program will help Overture Networks align itself with a
variety of global partners throughout the industry to offer carriers and
enterprises the best possible multi-service access platform. Further, members of
the program will receive unprecedented levels of sales support, product training
and certification, marketing and communications, technical support, and
application development consulting.

"Network operators are continually being asked to get more out of their
installed systems. They need to expand and evolve services quickly while
providing new services at lower costs and preparing their network for future
requirements -- in a cost-consciousmanner," said Jeff Reedy, president and
chief executive officer for Overture Networks. "To address these challenges, we
are teaming up with industry-leading companies that will extend the value of our
solution by integrating with more systems and applications in carrier- class
networks, all of which will greatly benefit our mutual customers."

Worldwide Partner Program Highlights

Overture Networks' partners fall into three main categories: Systems Integrator
Partners, Solutions Partners and AlliancePartners.

   * System Integrator Partners help Overture Networks extend its global
     reach and expand into new markets by selling, delivering and supporting
     the ISG family of products worldwide.

   * Solutions Partners provide key, tested technology integration for the
     ISG platform.

   * Alliance Partners provide tested, pre-integrated solutions that are
     interoperable with all Overture Networks platforms. These partners may
     also participate in reselling Overture Networks' ISG products under an
     OEM relationship. Previously announced Alliance Partners include NEC
     Corporation and Movaz Networks.



As part of this announcement, Estracom S.A. de C.V will become a new systems
integrator partner. Estracom has extensiverelationships in Latin America and
will help Overture Networks open sales and distribution channels throughout the
region. Already, Estracom has engaged the Secretaria de Comunicaciones y
Transportes (SCT), Mexico's ministry of communications and transportation, on
Overture Networks' behalf. The ministry is using Overture Networks' ISG 5000s to
provide 10/100 Ethernet data and E1 TDM voice over six kilometers of reliable
Gigabit Ethernet fiber connecting its headquarter data center with a new
building complex in Mexico, D.F (Mexico City).

"We see numerous opportunities for Overture Networks' platform globally and
believe we can leverage our existing relationships to fill customer demand and
help Overture Networks expand its presence in the Latin American market," said
Mauro Perez Santos, Estracom's president. "The ISG suite of multi-service access
platforms is exactly what many international carriers and government agencies
need to support current and future services over their evolving
infrastructure."

Overture Networks is announcing that it has joined the Micromuse Inc.
(NASDAQ:MUSEE) Alliance Program(TM). The Netcool(R) Ready(TM) certified
interoperability between the Overture Networks ISG product family and
Micromuse's Netcool software offers service providers worldwide with real-time
service-assurance capabilities for Overture Networks' ISG multi-service
platform. In turn this allows customers who are using the combined solution to
centralize the management and control of their networkresources to improve
overall availability and performance.

"Metro access service providers are looking for ways to manage and expand
service offerings while maintaining a consistent level of reliability across
varying network architectures, without incurring additional operational
expenses," said Darin Layman, vice president of OEMs and Alliances at Micromuse.
"The ISG platforms were designed to be vendor-agnostic and standards-compliant,
making it easy for carriers to extend management 'visibility'all the way to the
remote customer edge -- whether on-net or off. This integrated solution offers
complete management of network resources and managed services, coupled with
advanced troubleshooting and visibility for improved customer care."

About Micromuse

Micromuse Inc. (NASDAQ:MUSEE) is the leading provider of business and service
assurance software solutions. The Netcool(R) software suite provides
organizations with the assurance that their IT systems are supporting and
driving profits 24 hours a day. Unlike traditional infrastructure management
systems, Netcool solutions provide realtime end-to-end visibility and accurate
troubleshooting from a business perspective. Such business intelligence allows
organizations to respond to problems quickly, streamline workflow processes and
improve business uptime. Micromuse customers include AT&T, BT, Cable & Wireless,
Charles Schwab, Deutsche Telekom, Digex, EarthLink, GE Appliances, ITC^DeltaCom,
J.P. Morgan Chase, T-Mobile and Verizon. Headquarters are located at 139
Townsend Street, San Francisco, Calif. 94107; [phone]. The Web site is at
http://www.micromuse.com/ .

About Estracom, S.A. de C.V.

Estracom provides specialized consulting, design of multiservice, multimedia
broadband networks, proposal preparation and support services for Next
Generation Networks for government, enterprise and service provider customers.
Since 1999, Estracom has promoted the adoption of SLAs (Service Level
Agreements) in the banking, government and telecommunication sectors and the
adoption of Service Level Management (SLM) strategy as the way to help the
organizations to maximize the investment and assure the successful deployment of
advance technologies and services. Estracom is headquartered at Mariano Escobedo
525 Piso 4, Bosques de Chapultepec, 11560, Mexico, D.F. Estracom can be reached
at telephone [phone] or via email at . For more information visit
Estracom at http://www.estracom.com.mx/ .

About Overture Networks Inc.

Headquartered in North Carolina's high-tech center, Research Triangle Park,
Overture Networks has assembled a veteran team with extensive experience
delivering edge solutions to carriers and enterprises -- experience rooted in
IP, Ethernet, and TDM technologies and dedicated to the specific problems metro
service providers face in a hybrid TDM/packet world. The company's ISG product
suite is a carrier-class platform that can run multiple managed services over
any metro-area infrastructure to any location at the customer edge.

For more information visit us at http://www.overturenetworks.com/ .

Micromuse and Netcool are registered trademarks of Micromuse Ltd.  All other
trademarks and registered trademarks in this document are the properties of
their respective owners.

Overture Networks, the Overture Networks logo, All Services Any Wire and ISG are
trademarks of Overture Networks. 

DATASOURCE: Overture Networks Inc.



CONTACT:  Aimee Ridgway, Marketing Communications Manager of Overture

Networks, [phone], or ; or Eric

Jones of A&R Partners for Overture Networks, [phone], or

 



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