Phoenix Technologies joins the SA Forum to ensure managed services within the communications infrastructure

PORTLAND, OR - (Send2Press Newswire) - Oct. 14, 2003 -- The Service Availability Forum (SA Forum) today announced Phoenix Technologies Ltd., the global leader in device-enabling and management software products has joined its growing list of participating industry leading communications and computing companies. The SA Forum is the first industry body dedicated to developing specifications that facilitate the faster delivery of cost-effective, carrier-grade communications equipment and applications.

"Phoenix is pleased to join the SA Forum and take advantage of the program with other industry leaders," said Timothy D. Eades, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Corporate Marketing and Products Division for Phoenix. "We see tremendous potential to widen our customer and partner base through the SA Forum, especially in industries that focus on infrastructure equipment and applications."

Phoenix Technologies joins the efforts of the SA Forum in the development and facilitation of the adoption of open, carrier-grade platform and middleware interface specifications that encompass all standards-based network equipment elements quickly and easily. Phoenix Technologies brings its experience in communications solutions that activate, secure, connect, and recover the world's best-known systems. These solutions operate from the Phoenix Core Managed Environment (cME), where they're built in and protected from viruses, user errors, hackers, and corruption.

"Phoenix Technologies provides expertise in service delivery solutions that will make an important contribution to the Forum s efforts," said Timo Jokiaho, president of the Service Availability Forum. "Membership continues to grow as companies like Phoenix Technologies see the opportunity to contribute to the SA Forum's success in delivering standards needed for cost-effective, carrier-grade communications infrastructure equipment and applications."

The SAForum Hardware Platform Interface (HPI) and SA Forum Application Interface Specification (AIS) are now available to TEMs, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), and Network Equipment Providers (NEPs) on the SA Forum's web site (www.saforum.org). These specifications facilitate faster and more cost-effective development and deployment of carrier-grade infrastructure equipment and applications. In addition, this open, standards-based interface will enable an ecosystem of solutions providers, yielding greater focus of design resources on innovation and product differentiation.

Historically, proprietary technologies have been seen as a means of competitive differentiation but today, industry leaders in communications are beginning to move from proprietary development to a more open, standards-based environment in order to lower costs, limit technology risk, and reduce time-to-market. The SA Forum and its members are dedicated to developing and facilitating the adoption of open, carrier-grade platform and middleware interfaces that tie together all standards-based network equipment elements quickly and easily.

About the Service Availability Forum
The Service Availability Forum is the industry body dedicated to developing specifications that facilitate the faster delivery of cost-effective, carrier-grade infrastructure equipment and applications. Created by industry leading communications and computing companies, the Forum's specifications represent a crucial, missing piece of the COTS ecosystem model open, carrier-grade platform and middleware interfaces that tie together standards-based network equipment elements quickly and easily. Service Availability Forum membership offers the opportunity to take part in building the availability specifications for the future. For more information about the Service Availability Forum, or to download the SA Forum HPI or AIS specifications, visit http://www.saforum.org.

About Phoenix Technologies
Founded in 1979, Phoenix Technologies (NASDAQ: PTEC) helped launch the digital revolution when it created the industry's leading machine-independent BIOS software, which ships in more than 100 million new systems each year. Phoenix continues to leverage that core-level experience to develop many other vital solutions at multiple points in the foundation of PCs and other digital devices. Today, Phoenix solutions activate, secure, connect, and recover the world's best-known systems. These solutions operate from a Core Managed Environment (cME), where they're built in and protected from viruses, user errors, hackers, and corruption. Phoenix is headquartered in San Jose, Calif. USA (Silicon Valley), with offices in global business and technology centers. For more information about Phoenix Technologies, visit http://www.phoenix.com

The Service Availability Forum is a registered trademark. Phoenix and Phoenix Technologies are registered trademarks of Phoenix Technologies. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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Source of News: The Service Availability Forum

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