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NetCracker and Atos Origin Partner to Accelerate End-to-End Service Fulfillment and Management
[July 16, 2007]

NetCracker and Atos Origin Partner to Accelerate End-to-End Service Fulfillment and Management


WALTHAM, Mass. --(Business Wire)-- NetCracker Technology announced today that Atos Origin, an international IT services company, has joined its Strategic Partnership Program, and the two companies will deliver end-to-end fulfillment and management solutions leveraging Atos Origin Global Star Solutions OSS/BSS framework and NetCracker products. This partnership brings together NetCracker's comprehensive OSS portfolio and Atos Origin's Telecom expertise to create a powerful value proposition for service providers.



NetCracker's OSS solution suite and Atos Origin's Global Star Solutions Framework will address three critical service provider needs. The ability to:

-- Deploy innovative services across diverse technology platforms and complex business structures


-- Streamline operations and consolidate systems, delivering significant cost savings

-- Build closer customer relationships by delivering a higher quality of service experience

The partnership leverages both companies' demonstrated worldwide successes, domain expertise, and industry-leading, best-practice implementations.

The NetCracker-Atos Origin solutions are focused on the entire order to activate value chain and will encompass Inventory Management, Flow-Through Provisioning, Service Assurance, and Service Quality Management.

"NetCracker's comprehensive product suite and their ability to align Network and IT infrastructure is unique in the industry," said Thierry Mileo, Vice President Global Telcoms & Media Market at Atos Origin. "Atos Origin is already among the European leaders in the Telecom sector with close to EUR 1 billion revenues. When combined with Atos Origin's success in delivering end-to-end solutions to its customers around the world, this partnership creates a winning combination."

As part of the NetCracker Partnership Program, Atos Origin will have a number of product and technology experts certified by NetCracker. These certified solution experts will be located in Atos Origin Service Centers across Europe, in order to efficiently promote and support NetCracker-based deployments.

"NetCracker's Strategic Partnership Program creates mutually beneficial relationships for qualified partners," said Andrew Feinberg, NetCracker's President and CEO. "We are very pleased that Atos Origin has joined our program. Atos Origin's successful track record of delivering complex projects combined with NetCracker's product innovation will bring real value to our customers and prospects."

Atos Origin provides integrated design, build, and operate solutions to large multi-national clients in carefully targeted industry sectors. Their specialists work with clients to develop, implement, and maintain systems that will support and enhance their overall business strategy.

NetCracker's Strategic Partnership Program is a worldwide initiative aimed at integrators, communications hardware providers, and communications software providers who are looking to work more closely with the company. The program, which is based on multiple certification levels, was formalized in response to increased customer demand and partner requests for NetCracker's products, solutions, and expertise. For more information on the program, please contact Phil Sasso, NetCracker's Director of Strategic Partnerships, at +1-781-419-8714 or email [email protected]

About NetCracker Technology

NetCracker Technology is the leading global Solution Company enabling Service Providers to rapidly deliver and effectively manage convergent and content-rich offerings. NetCracker delivers service and resource management through its software and implementation expertise. NetCracker's portfolio includes industry solutions focused on specific verticals, such as Triple Play, and pre-integrated product modules. The core modules include Service Inventory, Resource Inventory, Service Provisioning & Activation, Discovery & Reconciliation, Design & Planning, Customer Impact Analysis, Outside Plant, Order Management, Asset Management, and Telecom Cost Management. Founded in 1993, NetCracker Technology is headquartered in Waltham, MA, and can be reached at +1-781-419-3300 or www.netcracker.com.

NetCracker is a registered trademark of NetCracker Technology Corp. All other company or product names mentioned in this press release may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective companies of which they are associated.

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