BT, F5 Networks, HP, Verizon and Vodafone Join TesLA Alliance Customer Advisory Board : Customer Advisory Board Formed as the T

) November 13, 2008 --
The TesLAcm
Alliance (Test Lab Automation) todayannounced
the formation of a Customer Advisory Board (CAB), comprised of leading
network operators and network product vendors.Theadvisory
board will foster customer participation and help guide the TesLA
Alliance in its efforts to achieve open multivendor test automation.
The advisors and TesLA
members, including Ixia,
will share their expertise, vision and requirements to ensure that TesLA
solutions exceed the industry’s needs for
seamless interoperation in multivendor test labs. The TesLA members will
welcome the CAB at the upcoming quarterly meeting of the TesLA Alliance
on November 14, 2008 at Ixia’s
iSimCity in Santa Clara, Calif.

One of the reasons that the TesLA vision is appealing is that it creates true value for our customers

Instead of working with each vendor independently to craft an automation and integration story, we can drive standards and practices across the industry, which will allow us to focus less on the mechanics of automation and more on the experience of our customers.

In our industry, we struggle with so many different technologies and vendors

It's critical that we take a proactive approach to guiding the IP test industry. TesLA is an industry forum for sharing and executing on these ideas.

Since its inception, Ixia's objective has been to create TesLA as a true industry effort

The Customer Advisory Board helps to ensure that vision; all advisory board members have full voting rights and can guide the alliance.

The TesLA advisors come from industry leading companies such as BT,
F5
Networks, HP,
Verizon
and Vodafone.
Each advisor is a recognized leader in the IP test automation
community and brings to TesLA a unique perspective to the challenges
facing IP test labs worldwide. Since the launch
of the TesLA Alliance in August 2008, members have made great strides in
integrating their products to the TesLA framework.

“One of the reasons that the TesLA vision is
appealing is that it creates true value for our customers,”
said Brian Buege, head of Testing Centre of Excellence at BT. “Instead
of working with each vendor independently to craft an automation and
integration story, we can drive standards and practices across the
industry, which will allow us to focus less on the mechanics of
automation and more on the experience of our customers.”

The TesLA Alliance is incorporated as a non-profit entity, with a
tiered membership structure and a published set of bylaws and governing
policies. Although Ixia
will serve as the primary lead of the alliance during its formative
stages, TesLA bylaws are structured to ensure neutrality and afford
equal opportunities to all members of the alliance.

Many components of the TesLA framework have been developed and
integrations are underway. At the next quarterly meeting of the
alliance, the TesLA framework will be demonstrated to the CAB and other
key industry leaders. It is expected that the CAB will be a strategic
influence in the development of the TesLA automation framework.

“In our industry, we struggle with so many
different technologies and vendors,” says
Keith Kidd, director of test automation at Verizon. “It’s
critical that we take a proactive approach to guiding the IP test
industry. TesLA is an industry forum for sharing and executing on these
ideas.”

TesLA is founded on the principle of true multivendor test automation.
The TesLA member companies have come together to collaborate for the
benefit of the customer community. The enthusiastic support for the CAB
is evidence that the TesLA members share this vision and place the
success of their customers first.

“Since its inception, Ixia’s
objective has been to create TesLA as a true industry effort,”
said Vic Alston, senior vice president of product development for Ixia. “The
Customer Advisory Board helps to ensure that vision; all advisory board
members have full voting rights and can guide the alliance.”

About TesLA

TesLA is an alliance of IP test vendors working together to provide an
open multivendor automation framework.The members are active in
building, maintaining and supporting the TesLA framework. The framework
ensures interoperability among members’
products, making it easy for customers to improve efficiency and
productivity through end-to-end test automation processes. By embracing
the TesLA framework, customers can accelerate their products’
time to market while improving service quality and ROI.

More information about TesLA and its members can be found at http://www.teslaalliance.org/.

This material is for informational purposes only and subject to
change without notice. It describes the TesLA Alliance’s
present plans to develop and make available certain products, features
and capabilities. TesLA Alliance members are only obligated to
provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement
between each company and its customer.

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