Network management software specialist Micromuse says it is on pace with Asian expansion as service providers continue their strategic infrastructure roll-out.
'Our opportunity in the region is fuelled by the growth of the Internet, increasing competition between service providers, and the convergence of voice and data networks,' said Ammar Hindi, Micromuse vice-president for Asia-Pacific operations. 'These powerful, persistent trends have produced a multi-billion-dollar market opportunity for us.'
Over the past few weeks, the San Francisco-based company has started to claim a niche in the region with the deployment of its real-time fault-management and assurance sofware at ISP Pacific Connections and at data-centre operator Hutchison GlobalCenter.
Financial terms of the two Hong Kong-based deals were not disclosed. Pacific Connections and Hutchison GlobalCenter have opted for Micromuse's flagship Netcool software suite. Mr Hindi said Netcool software collected management data from more than 300 environments and network devices, including voice, data and Internet.
Fault data is processed rapidly and filtered by the Netcool ObjectServer, an in-memory database. The Netcool suite is aimed at helping operators identify and manage infrastructure problems before they cause applications or services to fail.
'The key to survival in today's ultra-competitive networked world is maintaining the up-time of services, such as voice, Internet, cable, wireless and data,' said Mr Hindi. 'Even a few minutes of downtime can mean the loss of millions of dollars of revenue.'
At the end of March this year, Netcool had more than 1,100 customers as well as more than 200 Netcool suite system integrators and authorised resellers such as Cisco Systems and Sun Microsystems. For its third fiscal quarter to June 30, Micromuse posted revenues of US$63.3 million, up 92 per cent over the same period in its previous year.