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Telecommunications Providers, Network Equipment Partners and Yankee Group Address Next-Generation Delivery and Management of Competitive Services for Telecom and Managed Service Providers InfoVista (NASDAQ: IVTA; Compartment C of Eurolist by Euronext - ISIN Code: FR0004031649), the leading service-centric performance management software company, announced today that it will host two Service Provider Executive Advisory Panels (EAPs) to take place on Oct. 20-21 in Rome, Italy, and on Nov. 17-18 in Washington, D.C. Specifically designed to address converged network trends and requirements facing the service provider market, the upcoming EAP events are organized around the theme, "The Road to Success is Paved with Next-Generation Delivery and Management of Competitive End-to-End Services." The panels will bring together a select team of experts from the Telecom (CSP) and Managed Service Provider (MSP) industry, representing a diverse range of operators, outsourcers and industry experts throughout EMEA and North America. Both upcoming EAPs will focus on trends and issues in service assurance, service level management, triple play offerings and the operationalization of managed IP services. Speakers at the events include leading influencers shaping the most important trends in the service provider market. The Vice President of the Telecom Consulting and Research Service at analyst firm Yankee Group, Sanjay Mewada, will keynote, providing a broad overview of the market landscape and trends driving OSS transformation and customer-centric performance management in his presentation, "Service Assurance Outlook." "Performance management is the foundation and starting point for assuring the delivery of next-generation converged IP services," says Mewada. "As customer demand and competition drive these new services to market, providers' ability to increase revenues and inspire customer loyalty will hinge on the degree to which a superior end-user experience is executed." Telecommunications and managed service providers must navigate an industry-defining evolution as cable companies launch competitive low-cost voice and IP telephony services over broadband data networks. The EAPs will address how service providers can offer new revenue-generating services and capitalize on this trend through InfoVista's approach to service assurance and proven performance management solutions. Industry analysts, as well as InfoVista's executives, customers and partners will discuss how, through leveraging service-centric performance management, service providers can maximize service quality, enable new revenue streams, improve customer retention and enhance operations. Representatives from InfoVista's partner companies including some of the biggest names in IT consulting and network equipment vendors will also present on IP convergence topics, including next-generation Triple Play services like Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) and VoIP. InfoVista currently provides performance management solutions to 80 percent of the world's leading service providers. Many of these customers will either attend the event or participate in the EAP as co-presenters. "IP convergence is transforming the service provider industry and is an important battleground in the cable and telecom competition," said Jean-Luc Valente, SVP of marketing and strategic alliances, InfoVista. "The EAP facilitates an important dialogue surrounding these trends and issues and offers providers strategies for success." The October and November EAP events are part of a series of panels that InfoVista offers throughout the world to address the most pressing issues associated with service and performance management with key constituents. During the calendar year, InfoVista holds separate EAPs focused on the needs of each market it serves--service providers and enterprises--across multiple geographic locations. About InfoVista InfoVista is the Service-Centric Performance Management Software Company that assures the optimal delivery of business-critical IT services. Driven by a uniquely adaptive and real-time technology foundation, InfoVista solutions improve business effectiveness, reduce operating risk, lower cost of operations, increase agility and create competitive advantage. Eighty percent of the world's largest service providers as ranked by Fortune(R), as well as leading Global 2000 enterprises, rely on InfoVista to enhance the business value of their technology assets. Representative customers include ABN AMRO, Allstream, Banques Populaires, AXA, Banque de France, Bell Canada, British Telecom, Broadwing Communications, Cable & Wireless, Com Hem, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Deloitte & Touche, Deutsche Telecom, France Telecom, Savvis Corporation, SingTel, Telefonica, and US Cellular. A Software Magazine 500 company, InfoVista stock is traded on the NASDAQ (IVTA) and on Eurolist by Euronext (FR0004031649). For more information about the company, please visit www.infovista.com.