Eftia Joins IBM’s PartnerWorld Industry Networks for ISVs
Ottawa, Canada - October 8, 2004 - Eftia ™ , a global provider of operations management software solutions designed to meet the business automation needs of service providers and large enterprises today announced that they have joined IBM’s PartnerWorld Industry Networks for ISVs.
The IBM PartnerWorld Industry Networks provide ISVs with comprehensive go-to-market sales support and technical resources that are specifically tailored to their industry requirements.
Eftia is certifying its products for use with IBM eServer pSeries and xSeries systems, and IBM middleware (WebSphere Application Server for Telecom, WebSphere Portal Server). Eftia’s OSS solution, Master.Scribe and rapid application development environment and runtime engine, Ai², will be able to leverage a wider range of IBM products.
Eftia will work closely with IBM to enable and optimize its products on IBM platforms through work at the Virtual Innovation Centers.
Eftia’s Master.Scribe and Ai 2 Solutions support all five IBM’s major application areas for Telecommunications – Customer Relationship Management, Operations Management, Network Management, Enterprise Management and Value-Chain Management. It is this level of synergy that promoted the strengthening of the relationship.
Eftia’s VP Channels Sales and Alliances, David Byrd said “ We have been members of IBM’s PartnerWorld program for a number of years. However, we want the marketplace to know that we have a renewed commitment to the overall strategy of IBM with the continual improvements in their hardware and software technology. This effort will expand the platform choices for our customers”.
Eftia can further strengthen its position as a leading provider of OSS solutions for the telecommunications service providers by working with IBM.
About Eftia
Eftia is an enterprise operations management software vendor, with a worldwide customer base. Our products encompass applications as well as development environments that cover a range of market verticals including telecommunications, finance and health care.
Master.Scribe is an integrated suite of OSS solutions that enables Eftia customers to master their mission-critical business and operations processes, reduce the time to market of services, and lower overall operational costs. The suite provides comprehensive order provisioning and fulfillment; problem management; telecom circuit and asset inventory management; and Internet protocol (IP) address and telephone number management. Eftia also offers a configurable OSS interconnection gateway.
Eftia is a focus member of the OSS through Java™ Initiative. Eftia is headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Please visit www.eftia.com for more information.
Eftia and Master.Scribe are trademarks of Eftia OSS Solutions Inc.
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