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[February 18, 2004] Prominence Networks and ThruPoint to Deliver Enterprise Convergence Solutions With Guaranteed Service Quality Prominence Networks and ThruPoint to Deliver Enterprise Convergence Solutions With Guaranteed Service QualityAgreement Enhances IP Telephony and Video for Enterprise Customers Holmdel, NJ and New York, NY – February 18, 2004 – Prominence Networks, developers of products for guaranteed real-time service quality and management, and ThruPoint, a leading technology strategy consulting firm, announce that they are teaming to offer their enterprise clients the solutions and services to effectively manage their end-to-end IP telephony and IP video environments. By combining ThruPoint’s expertise and professional service offerings with Prominence Network’s MediaIP Service Control and Management Solutions, this partnership will enable customers to confidently implement superior converged voice, video and data services. Specific benefits include: guaranteed service quality for real-time voice and video services; experienced design and implementation services; and an enhanced IP Telephony business case resulting in a low risk, high-quality path to convergence. Convergence, the integration of voice, video, and data into a single IP-based network, enables an organization to reduce the total cost of ownership of its IT infrastructure, while increasing employee productivity and maximizing collaboration. The challenge is to create a solution that delivers affordability and flexibility, while meeting the high demands for quality and reliability that traditional networks provide. “Our enterprise clients in financial services, pharmaceutical/life sciences, manufacturing, and retail/consumer products are driving the demand for higher quality and performance from their IP solutions,” according to Ben Hughes, Vice President, Technical Field Marketing, ThruPoint. “Persistent concerns across these vertical markets include consistency, quality, and performance. Teaming with Prominence allows ThruPoint to deliver solutions that meet the stringent demands of enterprise clients who rely on critical voice and video applications delivered over IP.” “Through collaborative efforts, Prominence Networks and ThruPoint are helping enterprise customers fully leverage their IP infrastructures for converged networks,” said Sid Nag, Founder, President and CEO of Prominence Networks. “By delivering PSTN quality telephony and video in a converged infrastructure, we can reduce technology risk, enhance the financial returns from IP voice and video, and simplify the management of converged networks. This directly addresses enterprise concerns about IP voice and video service quality and manageability.” About Prominence Networks, Inc. Prominence Networks was founded in April of 2000 by President and CEO Sid Nag, a 20-year communications industry veteran. While working with the early adopters of IP Telephony he realized the limitations of existing QoS methods, and that a more robust solution was required. The company successfully completed early technology trials and has productized its patented core technologies, with its Release 2 products now commercially available. Prominence Network’s management team consists of industry veterans from Cisco Systems, AT&T Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, and Ascend Communications. Located in Holmdel NJ, Prominence Networks is a privately funded by an active, experienced team of senior technology executives, venture capitalists and angel investors. For further information, contact us at www.prominencenet.com. About ThruPoint, Inc. ThruPoint Inc., headquartered in New York, NY, USA, is the leading provider of consulting services designed to deliver financial impact through information technology. ThruPoint’s infrastructure consultants work with clients at major financial institutions, service providers, and "Fortune 1000" firms across a broad range of industries to optimize their IT operations and network infrastructure and align IT objectives with their strategic business goals. ThruPoint maintains strategic alliances designed to support customers of many major vendors of hardware, software, and services including Cisco, Aprisma, Concord, SMARTS, Micromuse, and Clarus Systems. ThruPoint has full geographic coverage in the U.S. and Europe. To learn more, visit www.thrupoint.net. |