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Press Release
BROADSOFT SIGNS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH SAIC
GAITHERSBURG, MD, March 31, 2003 -- BroadSoft®
Inc., the leading provider of hosted communications platforms, today
announced a cooperative agreement with Science Applications International
Corporation (SAIC).
SAIC, a Fortune 500® company and provider of telecommunications
services can use BroadSoft's award-winning BroadWorks®
platform to expand its existing managed services portfolio to include
Hosted PBX and IP Centrex applications.
"BroadSoft's BroadWorks platform is a carrier-class Hosted
PBX and IP Centrex solution that can meet the performance and technology
requirements of carriers and large enterprise customers," said
Bob Young, senior vice president of SAIC's Global Telecommunications
Group. "Hosted communications services are a potential market
for managed service providers and we look forward to collaborating
with BroadSoft on future business opportunities."
"SAIC has established itself as a leading systems integrator
and has a track record of offering innovative services to its customers,"
said Michael Tessler, president and CEO, BroadSoft. "SAIC delivers
enormous value for carriers and large enterprise customers. This
cooperative agreement with SAIC can further aid our global expansion."
"The entrance of a well-respected player, such as SAIC, into
the Hosted IP communications market validates the need for such
services," said David Passmore, research director, Burton Group.
"As a trusted company with broad capabilities in the IT, telecom
and networking spaces, SAIC will undoubtedly help to accelerate
hosted voice deployments worldwide."
BroadSoft's hosted communications platform, BroadWorks, provides
a comprehensive range of applications including Hosted PBX, IP Centrex,
and Voice VPN. BroadWorks is uniquely capable of providing these
applications with the reliability, redundancy, scalability, and
regulatory capabilities required to deliver carrier-class service.
BroadWorks enables service providers to increase top-line revenues
by offering enhanced services to enterprise customers. BroadWorks
also reduces operational expenditures by empowering enterprises
to manage their own moves, adds and changes via the patented CommPilot
web portal. The open, standards-based environment of BroadWorks
provides maximum flexibility for service providers to customize
their offering.
ABOUT SAIC
SAIC is the nation's largest employee-owned research and engineering
company, providing information technology, systems integration and
eSolutions to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers
and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national
and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications,
health care, transportation and logistics. With annual revenues
of $6.1 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries, including Telcordia
Technologies, have more than 41,000 employees at offices in more
than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found
on the Internet at www.saic.com.
ABOUT BROADSOFT
BroadSoft is the leading provider of hosted communications platforms.
BroadSoft holds the largest market share in the Hosted PBX and IP
Centrex space with the most announced customers. Recognized worldwide,
BroadSoft has recently expanded its global customer base to include
Telstra, the incumbent carrier in Australia. BroadSoft also closed
its third round of $32.5 million in funding in September 2002, raising
a total of $60 million to date from leading venture capitalists.
The company's flagship product, BroadWorks, provides a comprehensive
range of applications including Hosted PBX, IP Centrex, and Voice
VPN. Leading telecommunications industry publications, such as Communications
Solutions, Internet Telephony and Network Magazine, have recognized
BroadWorks as "Product of the Year". BroadSoft is located
near Washington, DC, in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and maintains a
research and development facility in Montreal, Canada. Additional
information can be found at www.broadsoft.com.
For further information contact:
BroadSoft and BroadWorks are registered trademarks and CommPilot
is a trademark of BroadSoft, Inc. All other names are trademarks
of their respective companies.
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