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Typical “at a glance” NEPPS profile

• Hardware and software scale to meet expanding processing volumes
  • Linear scalability – Add one processor and get 100% new processor
  • No software modifications to add new hardware
  • No software modifications to process increased volumes
  • No “growing pains”
• Complete availability
  • 24x7 operation
  • 99.9% availability
  • Application stays available even when you have changes
    • Additional hardware
    • New business rules
    • New rating schemes
    • New interfaces
• Powered by HP’s NonStop Kernel (NSK®) Server
  • No downtime
  • No single-point-of-failure

Customer Perspective

Implementation (example)

• NEPPS Implemented in 2001
• Pre-Sales Prototype Superiority
  • Of the short-list vendors, only NEPPS successfully produced a prototype satisfying their detailed requirements in only 2 weeks
• Short Implementation Window
  • Delivered the system within 1 month of contract signing
  • Production installation within another month
• Initial Production
  • Implemented with minimal customer testing
  • First customer requiring no on-site support during startup
  • Successful, on-time production implementation
• Disaster Recovery Reprioritized
  • After experiencing the reliability of the NSK Server and NEPPS software, Vodacom lowered the priority of a Disaster Recovery Plan implementation
• Immediately began NESS customization
  • Successfully implemented additional products and services with minimal support from Verizon