NTT Europe Online and OpSource Set Sights on Europe With Expansion of Strategic Partnership

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Mon Jun 1, 2009 9:00am EDT

  LONDON and SANTA CLARA, CA, Jun 01 (MARKET WIRE) -- 
NTT Europe Online and OpSource, Inc. today announced an expansion of its
strategic partnership to include comprehensive technical and operational
support for businesses looking to deliver on-demand applications and
services via the Internet in Europe. Initially focused on the US market
(November 2008), the new strategic partnership will now see OpSource
Application Operations offered on top of NTT Europe Online's secure
managed hosting and NTT's Tier 1 global IP network to enterprise
customers across Europe.

    A comprehensive, award-winning Web operations solution, OpSource
On-Demand(TM) enables Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Web companies to
deliver their applications and services quickly and securely over the Web
to consumers and businesses alike. Going far beyond full-featured managed
hosting, it includes the application management, compliance and business
services that are necessary for on-demand business success. NTT Europe
Online provides secure and scalable managed hosting services to
enterprises globally and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph
and Telephone Corporation (NTT Corp.), one of the world's largest
providers of telecommunications services.

    The extended agreement represents a significant milestone as the companies
continue to experience growth in the adoption of SaaS and Cloud-based
solutions and seek to further capitalize on synergies between OpSource's
application operations and NTT's technical expertise and network
infrastructure, which extends to more than 150 countries worldwide.
Today's announcement also follows NTT (NYSE: NTT)'s recent investment in
OpSource's series "E" investment capital round.

    Commenting on the partnership, OpSource CEO Treb Ryan said: "The extension
of the partnership into Europe is a natural step for our organizations and
demonstrates our combined confidence in the global appetite for SaaS and
Cloud-based application delivery. NTT is one of the world's leading
telecommunications companies and its managed hosting infrastructure,
global IP network, and worldwide reach will continue to play an integral
role in our plans to expand our Cloud offering and grow our customer
base."

    Rob Steggles, Marketing Director Europe at NTT Europe Online, added: "The
demand for Software-as-a-Service and Cloud-based solutions continues to
grow, representing a significant opportunity for our ISV partners, as
businesses across the world look for ways to streamline and optimize their
investment in IT services. OpSource is a proven leader in the SaaS and
Cloud space with strategic ambitions to grow its footprint and we look
forward to supporting them and their ISV customers as both look to
introduce innovative Cloud solutions to enterprise businesses across
Europe and beyond."

    About the NTT-OpSource Joint Solution

    In order to accelerate the adoption of SaaS worldwide, OpSource
Application Operations and Business Operations services are now being
offered on top of NTT's managed hosting and global IP network. Highlights
include:


 Technical Operations


--  NTT's best-in-class, scalable software, hardware and network
    infrastructure
--  NTT's world-class data center facilities
--  Redundant carrier class load balancing architecture
--  In-depth 24x7 monitoring, security, and management procedures backed
    by ISO27001 for Information Security Management
--  Built-in high availability solutions from simple clustering to wide-
    area disaster recovery
    

    
Application Operations


--  Data management
--  Performance management, including multipoint user-experience
    monitoring
--  Application roll out and change management
--  Application optimization
--  Compliant infrastructure, processes and procedures including: SAS 70
    Type II audited, HIPAA and PCI DSS compliance and salesforce.com and WebEx
    certifications
    

    BusinessOperations

--  OpSource Billing CLM(TM) - An end-to-end subscription management,
    metering and payment stand-alone solution, or as part of OpSource On-Demand
--  OpSource Connect(TM) - A Web services infrastructure and integration
    toolset, for application integration in the "Cloud" and behind the
    corporate fire-wall
--  OpSource End-User Support(TM) - 24x7 customer branded end-user support
--  OpSource Analytics(TM) - A real-time application and customer usage
    information, and health of business analysis and reporting tool
    

    
About NTT Europe Online

    NTT Europe Online provides managed hosting, security and application
management services to businesses globally. These services provide the
reliability, availability, security and scalability needed to underpin
business success online.

    NTT Europe Online is certified to ISO27001 for Information Security
Management and, as part of NTT Communications, has the global reach and
scale to support businesses of all sizes. NTT Communications is the global
data and IP services arm of the Fortune Global 500 telecom leader, Nippon
Telegraph & Telephone Corporation (NTT). For further information visit
www.ntteuropeonline.com

    About OpSource

    OpSource(TM) delivers Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Web applications
for on-demand companies, with hundreds of applications, millions of users
and billions of transactions supported daily. OpSource On-Demand(TM), the
leading Web operations solution, is defining how Web-based software is
delivered. By choosing OpSource as their Web application delivery partner,
companies are freed from investing in and managing the complex and costly
infrastructure and services necessary to deliver applications over the
Web. They can instead focus their resources on developing, marketing and
selling their applications and services. Further, by using OpSource
Connect(TM) companies can leverage Web services such as OpSource Billing
CLM(TM), OpSource Analytics(TM) and OpSource End User Support(TM) and
integrate their applications with other SaaS applications over the
Internet as well as with enterprise applications behind the corporate
firewall. OpSource On-Demand is suitable for companies at any stage of
growth, with any type of on-demand application.

    Headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., OpSource has Web application
delivery centers in Virginia, London and Bangalore. For more information
about OpSource, visit www.opsource.net.

    OpSource, OpSource On-Demand, OpSource Billing CLM and the OpSource logo
are trademarks of OpSource, Inc. All other trademarks and company names
mentioned are protected by their respective owners.

    

For additional information, please contact:

Eileen Conway
OpSource, Inc.
650-245-9015
econway@opsource.net

Josh Turner / Chris Brawley
Brands2Life
+44 (0) 207 592 1200
ntteo@brands2life.com

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