Honolulu, HI - September 7, 2000  Inovaware Corp., a leading provider of billing and customer management software solutions for Internet service businesses, announced a technology alliance with XACCT Technologies Inc., a leading provider of intelligent business infrastructure for IP networks. Under the terms of the agreement, the companies will integrate Inovaware’s PRISM™ with the XACCTusage™ platform, enabling service providers to take advantage of new revenue opportunities through sophisticated usage-based billing and customer management.

The rapid adoption of broadband access is paving the way for the value-added services of tomorrow. In the near future, services such as high quality multi-media content, hosted applications, multi-player online games and VPNs will become the primary revenue drivers for service providers. To profit from this service explosion, companies will have to deploy innovating pricing models that go beyond flat rate pricing.

XACCTusage is a sophisticated mediation and provisioning software platform that collects and aggregate usage data from multiple network elements such as switches, routers and application servers, to create eXtensive Detail Records (XDR™). XDRs are then passed to and rated by PRISM to implement dynamic pricing models such ‘pay-as-you-go’, transaction-based and advanced usage-based pricing.

Future-Proof Business Infrastructure
To support the new requirements of broadband service providers and carriers, Inovaware is delivering its flagship PRISM solution, an advanced billing and customer management software platform. A production-proven solution implemented at over 200 sites worldwide, PRISM empowers companies to profitably build their business without worrying about the scalability, functionality and extensibility of their underlying infrastructure. Together, PRISM and XACCTusage allow providers to implement real-time pricing models based on a combination of actual network usage, customer profile and services
– creating unlimited pricing models to maximize revenue generation.

About Inovaware
Inovaware Corp. is a leading business infrastructure provider for the Internet industry and Fortune 1000 companies. The company supplies real-time billing and customer management software solutions that enable service providers to profitably manage their customer, accelerate new services time-to-market, and maximize revenue generation. Based in Honolulu, Hawaii, Inovaware continues to deliver innovative solutions for its corporate clients worldwide.

About XACCT Technologies
Headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., XACCT Technologies, Inc., develops a new class of intelligent software solutions that enable Service Providers to design and deploy innovative, revenue-generating programs and services. XACCT markets its software directly and through network systems integrators to Service Providers and Fortune 1000 companies. A privately held corporation, XACCT is funded by venture capital investors. More information is available at www.xacct.com.