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Hills, Calif., January 11, 2000 – Vertel® (NASDAQ: VRTL), a leading global provider of carrier-grade network management solutions today announced the availability of e*ORB middleware for Linux operating systems starting with Red Hat Linux 6.1.
"By providing e*ORB software that can be used with Linux, Vertel is making it easier for businesses to offer scalable distributed applications using e*ORB and Linux," said Bruce Brown, president and chief executive officer of Vertel. "This is a great example of how e*ORB facilitates the use of Linux for telecommunications-grade e-commerce."
e*ORB is the first commercially available Object Request Broker (ORB) optimized specifically for the telecommunications industry. Unique among existing ORB platforms, e*ORB is compliant with the Object Management Group (OMG) specifications, and can be extended to incorporate CORBA features as required by the telecom market.
This scalability allows e*ORB to be embedded into a wide variety of network devices ranging from high-capacity optical switches and terabit routers to high-end handheld devices and set-top boxes.
"Vertel's e*ORB software enables the rapidly growing Linux market more opportunity to use CORBA," said Richard Soley, chief executive officer of the OMG. "Users don't want to be bound to only one platform or operating system. Linux offers another level of independence and OMG members are responding.
"The emergence of CORBA-conformant ORBs for Linux such as Vertel's `carrier-grade' e*ORB is a strong indicator of commercial confidence and industry support for both CORBA and Linux."
Linux is a popular freeware solution that is distributed by a variety of commercial software vendors, including Red Hat Software. This UNIX-based, powerful, fast, stable and scalable operating system is growing at an extremely fast pace and is one of the most popular solutions for server development environments and Internet providers.
Linux servers are expected to be found in e-commerce applications, ASP applications, database services, messaging services and Web-hosted services.
About Vertel Corp.
Vertel is a leading global provider of carrier-grade, broadband Internet software infrastructure and management solutions. Vertel offers a wide range of technologies and applications, supporting end-to-end network and service management with the highest quality of service for network operations. Vertel's solutions are deployed worldwide by service providers, network operators, software vendors, and systems integrators. Vertel also delivers turnkey management applications that fit individual customer requirements through its Professional Services Unit. The company is based in Woodland Hills and has sales offices throughout the world. Contact Vertel on the World Wide Web at
http://www.vertel.com.
"Safe Harbor" Statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Except for the historical information presented, the matters discussed in this news release are forward-looking statements. These statements should be evaluated together with the many risks and uncertainties that affect our business, including timely and successful development of products and technologies; successful introduction and customer acceptance of new and enhanced products and technologies in existing and new markets; the possibility that delays or difficulties will arise in implementing complex products and technologies and enabling them to work successfully with other complex products and technologies; the possible development and introduction of competitive products and new and alternative technologies; pricing, currency and exchange risks; governmental and regulatory developments affecting Vertel and its customers; the ability to identify, conclude and integrate acquisitions on a timely basis; the ability to retain and attract key personnel; and other risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in public disclosure filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by Vertel, including, but not limited to, the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 1998, and the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 1999.
NOTE TO EDITORS: In the product name e*ORB noted in this news release, there is an asterisk between e and ORB. This symbol may not appear properly in some systems. For a complete listing of e*ORB features and capabilities, visit Vertel's Web site at
www.vertel.com.
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