Vertex Gets Continuous

SAN DIEGO -- Continuous Computing®, global provider ofintegrated systems and services that enable telecom equipment manufacturersto rapidly deploy Next Generation Networks (NGN), today announced thatVertex Telecom, a leading facilities-based Transpacific telecom servicesprovider, has selected an integrated bundle of Continuous Computinghardware, along with telecom blades from TelcoBridges, as part of a systemupgrade to fulfill its multiple platform integration needs. The combinationof Continuous Computing's Flex21(tm) CompactPCI platform and SS7 blades fromTelcoBridges, an innovative provider of high-density telecom bladessupporting Voice over IP (VoIP) and time division multiplexing (TDM) mediaand signaling to system integrators and original equipment manufacturers(OEMs), has enabled Vertex Telecom to achieve its aggressive time-to-marketrequirements for new product introductions.

By utilising TelcoBridges' TB640 System-Blade, which runs ContinuousComputing's Distributed Fault-Tolerant / High Availability (DFT/HA)Trillium® software, in conjunction with Continuous Computing Flex21 systems,Vertex Telecom was able to introduce its products and services to the marketmore rapidly than it would have otherwise. Vertex Telecom provides pre-paidcalling card and post-paid long distance telephone services, integrated dataproducts, and MPLS IP-based virtual private network solutions to thefast-growing Asian American community and enterprise markets. The specificTrillium software stacks that Continuous Computing provided to the Vertexcompanies include Trillium SIP and Trilium SS7 ISUP.

"Continuous Computing is an ideal partner for us," said Gaetan Campeau,President, Founder, and Executive Vice-President of Sales of TelcoBridges."The Trillium software and Flex21 systems, coupled with our own telecomblades controlled by Goldway Communication Ltd.'s ExpresSCE+ servicecreation and service delivery software platform, provided the buildingblocks enabling Vertex to create their solution. The combined benefits ofthis offering is available to other customers seeking a flexible,sophisticated DFT/HA architecture coupled with field-proven high-performancehardware and software."

Continuous Computing Corp.