Budget Telecom Selects Stratus ftServer System for 24/7 Availability of Critical...

MAYNARD, Mass. -- Young, innovative, and aggressive Budget Telecom is doing for telephone service what low-fare carriers are doing for the airline industry. They're shaking it up with no fees for very short calls, second-to-second billing, and reduced rates for all calls around the clock. For one

Paris-based Budget Telecom has 300,000 customers who also are ardent Web surfers. They frequently check their account status by visiting www.budget-telecom.fr, with peak access time occurring evenings and weekends when Budget Telecom staffing is leanest. The field-proven uptime reliability, operational simplicity, and ease of maintenance of the affordable Stratus(R) ftServer(R) 3300 system perfectly fit the performance requirements of this "online inquiry" application.

"We offer our clients many account management services via the Web, including real-time billing status and detailed statements of outgoing calls," said Jose Caballero, marketing director for Budget Telecom. "We provide a virtual agency that's at our clients' fingertips around the clock."

Stratus fault-tolerant server solutions consistently deliver uptime reliability of 99.999 percent or better (or less than five minutes of unplanned downtime per year on average). Like all Stratus products, the ftServer system employs integrated service technology for proactive system monitoring, and advanced self-diagnostics, trouble shooting and repair over a remote service network. Stratus has several suites of products for the telecommunications industry with a wide range of options that include Windows and Linux operating systems, data center and central office capabilities, and add-on memory, disk, and communications peripherals.

"Continuous availability, telecommunications industry expertise, and ease-of-use features were our client's first and foremost criteria for choosing the Stratus ftServer solution," said Michel Simion, Stratus marketing manager of Southern Europe.

About Stratus Technologies

Stratus Technologies is a global provider of fault-tolerant computer servers, technologies and services, with more than 20 years of experience focused in the fault-tolerant server market. Stratus(R) servers provide high levels of reliability relative to the server industry, delivering 99.999% uptime or better. Stratus servers and support services are used by customers for their critical computer-based operations that are required to be continuously available for the proper functioning of their businesses. For more information, visit www.stratus.com.

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