Redknee Brings Dynamic Cloud Power to Operators

Ontario (I-Newswire) July 12, 2011 - Redknee (TSX:RKN), a leading provider of business-critical billing and charging software and solutions for communications service providers, is pleased to announce at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2011 that it has expanded its strategic alliance with Microsoft that will see communications service providers reap the benefits of launching services in the cloud with greater scalability, faster time to solution and optimized productivity. This new announcement sees Redknee ready to deploy the next generation of Microsoft SQL Server, code name ‘Denali’, delivering a cloud-ready real-time converged billing and customer care platform for communications service providers across the globe.

Betsy Pridmore, Director Application Platform at Microsoft commented:
“As networks, devices and applications continue to feed into the data explosion, communications service providers need to assess how their systems are not only able to manage today’s needs but are ready for tomorrow’s challenges. The expanding relationship between Redknee and Microsoft will deliver communications service providers across the world with unparalleled cloud ready, mission critical business insights to empower our customers to make data-driven decisions for the road ahead.”

The expanded integration with the next generation of Microsoft SQL Server, code name ‘Denali’ enables Redknee to offer communications service providers with the agility to quickly create and scale solutions that solve challenges and fuel new business models from server to private, public or hybrid cloud that are linked together with common tools for optimized productivity and cutting-edge developer technologies. In addition, the expanded solution will help communications service providers unlock new real-time business intelligence insights by facilitating a shared environment for self-care resources, data discovery and data visualization across the business.

Lucas Skoczkowski, CEO of Redknee commented:
“Redknee brings to market one of the first fully converged, cloud-ready, billing and customer care solutions. Our relationship with Microsoft continues to deliver communications service providers with the tools to capitalize on the benefits of the cloud as they look to increase revenue streams, improve profitability and deliver innovative new services. At Redknee, we are continuing our investment in real-time monetization solutions that serve the growth strategies of wireless, multi-service and cloud operators around the world.”

Redknee was one of the first solution providers to announce that it had successfully integrated real-time billing capabilities with Microsoft's Dynamics CRM in February 2010, creating the first of a new breed of hybrid billing and customer care platform for the communications industry. The integrated solution has since been deployed to multiple communications service providers across the globe, including DST Group.

About Redknee:
Redknee is a leading global provider of innovative communication software products, solutions and services. Redknee's award-winning solutions enable operators to monetize the value of each subscriber transaction while personalizing the subscriber experience to meet mainstream, niche and individual market segment requirements. Redknee's revenue generating solutions provide advanced converged billing, rating, charging and policy for voice, messaging and new generation data services to over 90 network operators in over 50 countries. Established in 1999, Redknee Solutions Inc. (TSX: RKN) is the parent of the wholly-owned operating subsidiary Redknee Inc. and its various subsidiaries. References to Redknee refer to the combined operations of those entities. For more information, visit www.redknee.com.

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