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Continuous Computing Partners with TelcoBridges to Provide Comprehensive Set of Enabling Technologies to Vertex Telecom

"End-to-End" Hardware and Software Solution from Continuous Computing and TelcoBridges Enables Telecommunications Service Provider to Accelerate Introduction of New Product

SAN DIEGO - October 23, 2007 - Continuous Computing®, global provider of integrated systems and services that enable telecom equipment manufacturers to rapidly deploy Next Generation Networks (NGN), today announced that Vertex Telecom, a leading facilities-based Transpacific telecom services provider, has selected an integrated bundle of Continuous Computing hardware, along with telecom blades from TelcoBridges, as part of a system upgrade to fulfill its multiple platform integration needs. The combination of Continuous Computing's Flex21(tm) CompactPCI platform and SS7 blades from TelcoBridges, an innovative provider of high-density telecom blades supporting Voice over IP (VoIP) and time division multiplexing (TDM) media and signaling to system integrators and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), has enabled Vertex Telecom to achieve its aggressive time-to-market requirements for new product introductions.

By utilising TelcoBridges' TB640 System-Blade, which runs Continuous Computing's Distributed Fault-Tolerant / High Availability (DFT/HA) Trillium® software, in conjunction with Continuous Computing Flex21 systems, Vertex Telecom was able to introduce its products and services to the market more rapidly than it would have otherwise. Vertex Telecom provides pre-paid calling card and post-paid long distance telephone services, integrated data products, and MPLS IP-based virtual private network solutions to the fast-growing Asian American community and enterprise markets. The specific Trillium software stacks that Continuous Computing provided to the Vertex companies include Trillium SIP and Trilium SS7 ISUP.

"Continuous Computing is an ideal partner for us," said Gaetan Campeau, President, Founder, and Executive Vice-President of Sales of TelcoBridges. "The Trillium software and Flex21 systems, coupled with our own telecom blades controlled by Goldway Communication Ltd.'s ExpresSCE+ service creation and service delivery software platform, provided the building blocks enabling Vertex to create their solution. The combined benefits of this offering is available to other customers seeking a flexible, sophisticated DFT/HA architecture coupled with field-proven high-performance hardware and software."

The Vertex Telecom companies purchased two Continuous Computing Flex21 systems, currently deployed and carrying voice traffic over 48 DS3 links, and have purchased an additional 48 DS3 system in order to add capacity to their network. Flex21 delivers up to 90 watts of non-shared power per slot and supports the current generation of CompactPCI and PICMG 2.16 blades while opening the door to high-performance blade designs previously unachievable in CompactPCI.

"The Continuous Computing Trillium software stacks and Flex21 CompactPCI platform, in tandem with TelcoBridges SS7 blades, enabled us to introduce our pre-paid services to market more quickly than anticipated," said Jim Chiu, President of Vertex Telecom. "Further, because of our partnership with Continuous Computing and TelcoBridges, we were able to bring to market a more diverse suite of pre-paid communications services, including toll-free long distance, VoIP, and unified messaging, all with global Internet-based account management."

"TelcoBridges enables solutions providers and OEMs to be successful through the company's range of dependable telecom products," said Mike Dagenais, Chief Executive Officer of Continuous Computing. "Through our partnership, system integrators worldwide can create cutting-edge systems and solutions such as those created by Vertex Telecom."

For more information on Continuous Computing's Flex21 CompactPCI platform and Trillium software, please visit www.ccpu.com. To learn more about TelcoBridges and its high-density telecom platform, including the TB640 System-Blade, please visit www.telcobridges.com. For more information on Vertex Telecom, please visit www.vertextelecom.com.

About TelcoBridges
TelcoBridges is clearly defining the future of enabling communications technologies. By supplying the industry's best telecom platform, TelcoBridges is helping system integrators worldwide realise their bright ideas. Since 2002, TelcoBridges' customers create carrier-grade telecom solutions used by the world's largest operators in more than 30 countries.

About Vertex Telecom
Vertex Telecom is a leading facilities-based Transpacific telecommunications services provider that offers an array of prepaid and post paid voice/data services, VoIP, convergent solutions such as MPLS VPN, colocation and IT outsourcing services. Vertex's clients range from individuals and small/medium enterprises at retail to carriers wholesales in the Asian-American niche market.

About Continuous Computing
Continuous Computing® provides integrated systems and services that enable telecom equipment manufacturers to rapidly deploy Next Generation Networks (NGN). Over 150 customers worldwide benefit from the company's unique blend of customised professional services, Trillium® protocol software, AdvancedTCA and CompactPCI systems, and BladeCenter hardware. Continuous Computing helps customers reduce platform lifecycle costs, optimise data delivery, and accelerate deployments of NGN, 3G Wireless, and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) infrastructure. The company is ISO-9001 certified and is based in San Diego with development centers in China and India. For more information, visit www.ccpu.com.

Continuous Computing is a member of the Intel Communications Alliance (www.intel.com/go/ica), Communications Platforms Trade Association (CP-TA) (www.cp-ta.org), The Femto Forum (www.femtoforum.org), IMS Forum (www.imsforum.org), Service Availability Forum (www.saforum.org), and the Blade.org ecosystem (www.blade.org).

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