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Apptix's TECOS Software Excels in Microsoft Partner Solutions Center Scalability and Performance Testing

Posted on: Tuesday, 11 May 2004, 06:00 CDT

STERLING, Va., May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Apptix today reported that its TECOS(R) service automation and management software demonstrated superior performance and scalability in recent Microsoft Partner Solutions Center (MPSC) tests. The TECOS software is a key element in Apptix's solution that enables service providers and resellers to cost-effectively deliver software as a service to a wide range of customers.

The Microsoft Partner Solutions Center tests showed that TECOS software scaled reliably, as it scaled from 12,500 service provider customers each with 250,000 end-users, to 50,000 service provider customers each with more than one million users. Based on the testing results, TECOS running on a single server scaled up to five million end-users, demonstrating that TECOS can easily meet the needs of service providers with large enterprise customers, as well as other types of customers. With TECOS inherent high scalability and performance, a single server running TECOS can easily support up to 20 million users, and a cluster of servers can handle a limitless number of users.

According to Apptix's Chief Technology Officer Jeff Hagins, the MPSC tests showed that TECOS running on a single server can reliably handle more than 770,000 transactions per day, demonstrating its vast transaction volume capacity. MPSC test transactions for TECOS included creating a new user subscriber and provisioning Microsoft Exchange, deleting subscriptions to the service, and resetting user passwords.

"The successful TECOS testing performed by Microsoft shows that service providers can rely on TECOS as the service management framework for the delivery of applications in an on-demand computing model," said Hagins. "TECOS allows service providers to fully address the market for application services, ranging from small businesses to large enterprise customers. Our testing with Microsoft shows that even a single small TECOS server can reliably serve millions of users, and that TECOS can scale out to support virtually any number of end-user customers."

"The MPSC offers organizations the ability to replicate their Microsoft environments and test new partner technologies that can help transform and improve their business," said Jarmo Paukkunen, Professional Development Manager, MPSC at Microsoft Corp. "By continuing to excel in the MPSC, Apptix has not only shown that TECOS can scale from thousands to millions of users with no performance degradation, it is also illustrating its commitment to delivering scalable solutions to service providers based on Microsoft technologies."

The Microsoft Partner Solutions Center, based in Redmond, WA, is a 21,000- square-foot facility that has been uniquely designed to enable partners and customers to more effectively meet the increasing demand for new rapidly deployable solutions and services. The facility also gives Microsoft and its partners a place to test the security of those new solutions to ensure that customers have the greatest level of protection possible from hackers and computer virus attacks.

"The results of the performance and scalability testing of Apptix's TECOS software at Microsoft's test center are very impressive -- demonstrating the reliability of its hosted solutions," said Mark Levitt at IDC. "Service Providers and their end-user customers can both be assured that Apptix's on- demand solutions will be able to keep pace with their needs -- from a performance and scalability perspective."

TECOS hides the complex nature of delivering software as an on-demand service through full technology automation, standardization and provisioning. It enables service providers and resellers to quickly deploy and manage outsourced value-added applications and desktop services, such as Microsoft Exchange and Windows SharePoint Services, on top of their core services. With TECOS, service providers can track usage, automate billing integration, and deliver innovative service, pricing and packaging to their customers.

About Apptix (http://www.apptix.com/)

Apptix is leading the shift to on-demand computing with its service management software and solutions for the outsourced messaging and desktop services market. Apptix provides its service provider and reseller partners with software and turnkey solutions that include all the elements necessary for a successful outsourced application offering. This includes the TECOS service management software, a wide variety of ready-to-sell services, and a packaged marketing and sales program to ensure a successful product launch. Apptix is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Hosting and Application Services and an industry leader in delivering outsourced solutions to network service providers. Founded in 1997, Apptix is one of the world's most experienced application hosting companies.

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Apptix

CONTACT: Lisa Hendrickson, +1-978-526-1601 ext. 6,Lisa@TheHarborGroup.com, or Susana Thompson, +1-978-526-1601 ext. 2,Susana@TheHarborGroup.com, both of The Harbor Group

Web site: http://www.apptix.com/

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