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ETI Software Solutions Appoints Christopher J. Beisner As Director Of Program Management

Posted on: Wednesday, 19 May 2004, 06:00 CDT

NORCROSS, GA, May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- ETI Software Solutions, Inc. (ETI) (http://www.etisoftware.com/), a leading developer of broadband automation software facilitating the triple play services of video, telephone and Internet, has appointed Christopher J. Beisner as Director of Program Management. In this newly created role with the company, Mr. Beisner will be responsible for deploying major programs targeted to tier one triple play carriers worldwide.

"Mr. Beisner's tremendous depth of expertise with provisioning, coupled with his experience in broadband services helps us further expand our triple play customer base," says Peter M. Pifer, CEO of ETI. "Fiber to the Home is rapidly gaining momentum in the United States and internationally. The addition of Chris to our team positions us well to capture and manage these and future opportunities."

Mr. Beisner joins ETI after a long and varied tour of duty with CSG Systems, Inc. of Omaha, Nebraska, where he started as an Account Specialist 10 years ago. From there he became Senior Addressability Specialist, responsible for ongoing support of technical interfaces such as addressable controllers and protocol converters. Later roles at CSG included Project Manager for the company's HITS digital interface and Scientific- Atlanta digital interface, Interface Consultant and Product Component Manager. Most recently he was a Lead Product Manager for CSG. At CSG, he was responsible for setting product strategy for next generation Broadband Services in CSG's mainframe-based Customer Care & Billing platform with a primary focus on Interactive Television, VoIP as well as the company's HSD interface products.

"Convergent billing has become a necessity for cable operators, as well as telcos, utilities and municipal governments who want to offer multiple services through one pipe," says Mr. Beisner. "ETI and its flagship product CableBridge(TM) are strategically positioned to ride the wave of this growth and I look forward to riding this wave as ETI expands its customer base."

CableBridge, ETI's flagship product, is a stand-alone UNIX-based system that manages broadband services such as subscription video, pay-per-view (PPV), video-on-demand (VOD) and DOCSIS 1.1 cable modem services. It is designed to allow the introduction of subscriber addressability and PPV event management into existing billing systems while providing the necessary interfaces to facilitate convergent billing and automate broadband service provisioning.

Mr. Beisner's education includes an MS Management Information Systems at the University of Nebraska.

About ETI Software Solutions

ETI Software Solutions was founded in 1992 by senior Scientific-Atlanta and Bell Labs employees to provide software solutions to support the convergence of telephony, utility, television and high-speed data communications. Today, ETI's solutions are deployed by more than 150 legacy telecom carriers, utility providers and cable system operators, serving millions of subscribers worldwide. The company's successful track record is a result of its sophisticated platform which enables any host billing system to seamlessly accept orders for, manage and bill: video, PPV, VOD, high-speed data, and voice services. ETI's customers' subscriber base ranges from 800 subscribers to more than 1,000,000 subscribers. Privately held, ETI is located in Norcross, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta.

ETI Software Solutions, Inc.

CONTACT: John Sacke, Sacke & Associates Inc., (416) 493.5723, ext. 201,johns@sackepr.com

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