Now Managing the World's Largest Aviation and Largest Airline Industry IP
Telephony Systems
SYDNEY, Australia, July 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Integrated Research (ASX: IRI)
announced today PROGNOSIS will monitor and manage 40,000 new VoIP phones for
Airbus Industries as a direct result of Airbus awarding a five-year contract
to France Telecom and its UK subsidiary Equant, to implement a Cisco Systems
IP Communications solution.
France Telecom and Equant will be responsible for maintaining service
levels and providing day-to-day support for this VoIP deployment, and
PROGNOSIS IP Telephony Manager has been selected as the solution for
monitoring and optimizing performance and availability.
For Integrated Research, this represents an exciting new distribution
partnership with France Telecom and Equant, and adds a significant new win for
PROGNOSIS in the aviation industry.
Migrating Airbus from traditional private branch exchanges (PBX) to a
fully IP-based telephony system will see Cisco providing IP telephone handsets
for 30,000 extensions in France and 10,000 extensions in the United Kingdom.
Cisco CallManager call-processing software will provide the operating platform
and PROGNOSIS will provide the precise performance monitoring solution.
"With over 150 enterprise IP telephony customers worldwide, PROGNOSIS has
proved itself as the standard for managing the largest Cisco IP communications
deployments. Management of the world's two largest aircraft manufacturers is
testimony to the business value and quality of our PROGNOSIS solutions. When
you include British Airways through our association with Prime Systems, we can
confidently boast that PROGNOSIS manages the world's largest aviation and
airline industry IP telephony networks," said Kailem Anderson, Product Manager
- IP Telephony & VoIP Products Group, Integrated Research.
"In winning one of the largest managed IP telephony deployments ever,
France Telecom and Equant now assume a leadership position in the global IP
communications services market," added Charles Dehelly, CEO, Equant. "We
congratulate France Telecom and Equant and look forward to our continuing VoIP
solution partnership across France and Europe," Anderson said.
About PROGNOSIS and Integrated Research http://www.ir.com
PROGNOSIS for IP Telephony is a suite of integrated software products that
address the key challenges of IP telephony lifecycle management - spanning
VoIP network-readiness assessment, pre-deployment assurance testing and
ongoing 'Day-2' management of Cisco CallManager, Cisco Unity and Cisco IP
Communications infrastructure.
PROGNOSIS is currently used to manage the world's largest enterprise IP
telephony implementations with over 150 customers.
The PROGNOSIS IP telephony management suite has met the Cisco Technology
Developer Partner Program test criteria for interoperability with Cisco
CallManager 3.3(3), 4.0(1) and 4.1(2), Cisco Unity 4.0(3), Cisco Unity Bridge
3.0(2), Cisco CallManager Express 3.0 through 3.2 and Cisco Unity Express 1.0
through 1.1.2. Go to http://www.ir.com/cisco_compatible for disclaimer.
The Cisco Technology Developer Partner Program sets criteria for
interoperability testing by independent third parties and enables leading
product and services firms to deploy innovative business solutions. The
program provides enterprise customers with information regarding Cisco
Technology Partner products and services that an independent testing facility
has tested and found to interoperate with Cisco networking technology.
Since 1988, Integrated Research has been a leading developer of real-time
systems and application management solutions for high-availability,
distributed computing environments, based on the proven PROGNOSIS
architecture. The world's largest bank, telecommunication company, stock
exchange, computer hardware manufacture and ISP all rely on Integrated
Research solutions -- as do customers in more than 52 countries. Integrated
Research is a publicly listed company (ASX: IRI) with offices in the USA,
Europe and Australia.
About France Telecom
France Telecom is one of the world's leading telecommunications carriers,
with more than 126 million customers on the five continents. Through its major
international brands, including Orange, Wanadoo, Equant and GlobeCast, France
Telecom provides businesses, consumers and other carriers with a complete
portfolio of solutions that spans local, long-distance and international
telephony, wireless, Internet, multimedia, data, broadcast.
France Telecom is the second-largest wireless operator and Internet access
provider in Europe, and a world leader in telecommunications solutions for
multinational corporations. France Telecom (NYSE: FTE) is listed on the Paris
and New York stock exchanges.
Media Contact:
Belinda York, VP Global Marketing - Integrated Research
Tel: +61 2 9921 1565 Email: belinda.york@ir.com
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