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Hills, Calif., May 03, 2000 – Vertel® (NASDAQ: VRTL), the leading provider of mediation software for telecommunications networks, announced today that it has joined Rational Software's Unified Partner Program.
Vertel, developer of the unique e-ORB mediation software, will provide integration with Rational Rose, Rational's market-leading visual modeling product, to simplify the development of CORBA-based carrier-grade telecommunications applications, reduce time to market and lower life-cycle maintenance costs. Among the first to benefit from the new partnership is Tellium, a leader in the Optical Switching market.
The integration of Vertel e-ORB software -- the first ORB (Object Request Broker) technology designed with the reliability (99.999 percent), very high-speed, small form factor and platform independence required by the telecommunications industry -- with the visual modeling tool Rational Rose, will benefit customers in markets that demand high-performance, carrier-grade, CORBA-based solutions. Rational Software maintains a market-leading position in the Unified Modeling Language (UML) analysis and design market.
"The combination of Vertel and Rational Rose will provide key benefits to world-class customers, looking to their partners to deliver time and cost savings," said Bruce Brown, president and chief executive officer, Vertel. "Vertel can provide developers of distributed carrier-class applications with fast, standards-based tools for the creation, analysis and architecting of tomorrow's telecommunications network."
The Rational Unified Partner Program extends Rational's e-development solution, including Rational Rose, with innovative solutions from independent software vendors (ISVs) and third-party developers. Rational Rose provides an open, extensible interface that enables partners and users to incorporate visual modeling into their products that helps allow users to quickly and easily change existing applications by automating the entire process from application design to deployment.
"We're pleased to welcome Vertel to the rapidly growing, exclusive Rational Unified Partner Program," said David Abelow, director of Partner Marketing for Rational Software. "Combining Vertel e-ORB software with Rational Rose can help customers rapidly develop next generation telecommunications applications which are easily modified for changing business requirements."
Rational Rose and e-ORB are in compliance with the CORBA IDL standard. Using e-ORB software enabled architectures the two companies deliver a clean process from analysis, design, code to deployment. e-ORB is available for Solaris, HP-UX, Windows NT, Linux and all major RTOS environments.
Note to Editors: Tellium and Vertel will jointly present the benefits of using Rational Rose and e-ORB software at the upcoming rational software users conference.
About the Rational Unified Partner Program
Rational Software Corp. (Nasdaq: RATL), the e-development company, helps organizations develop and deploy software for e-business, e-infrastructure and e-devices through a combination of tools, services and software engineering best practices. The Rational Unified Partner Program supports more than 300 participating partners worldwide with tools, joint marketing opportunities, qualifications and training, and helps ensure that their products and services meet the high standards that customers have come to expect from Rational.
The Rational Unified Partner Program extends Rational's e-development solution, providing extended product and service offerings, further enabling Rational customers to build Internet software faster with higher quality. Companies and individual technology consultants interested in learning more about the Rational Unified Partner Program, including details on how to participate, can visit
www.rational.com.
About Vertel
Vertel is a leading provider of mediation software for telecommunications networks enabling such devices as cellular phones to become an integral, intelligent part of a company's network topology. The company's pioneering mediation software, e-ORB(TM), is being adopted by top telecommunications, e-business and manufacturing companies. Vertel offers a variety of technologies and applications, supporting end-to-end network and service management with the highest quality of service for network operations.
Vertel solutions are deployed worldwide by service providers, network operators, software vendors and systems integrators. Vertel also develops turnkey management applications that fit individual customer requirements through it Professional Services Unit. The company is based in Woodland Hills, and has sales offices throughout the world.
For more information on Vertel or its products, contact Vertel at 21300 Victory Blvd., Suite 700, Woodland Hills, Calif. 91367; 818/227-1400; fax: (818) 598-0047 or visit the Vertel Web site 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 December 31, 1999.
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