RADIUS ABM FACTS

| ## RADIUS ABM FACT SHEET RADIUS Authentication and Billing Manager May 1998 Contact Information Press: Wanda Cavanaugh, KVO, phone 650-919-2022, email wanda@kvo.com Sales: Lucent Technologies, phone 800-458-9966, email sales@livingston.com Web: www.livingston.com ### About RADIUS ABM RADIUS ABM is a family of InterNetworking Systems management software products that combines a next-generation version of the industry-standard, Lucent-invented RADIUS security server with a complete suite of service provisioning, billing, and network analysis applications. RADIUS ABM removes barriers to profitability for service provider businesses by coordinating the technical and business elements of their operations. RADIUS ABM handles all business and technical management functions of InterNetworking Systems networks and includes the following capabilities: Universal Service Provisioning of all network-based services from a single application interface Advanced RADIUS security and accounting Integrated Billing of customers including flexible configuration of pricing, taxes, currencies, and automated invoicing. Statistical network and service analysis tools Centralized Filter Administration to ease the management of security and access control filters. ### Target Market Service providers such as ISPs, PTTs, and enterprise InterNetworking Systems network administrators. ### Product Highlights Integrated Technical and Business Management Solution for InterNetworking Systems Networks RADIUS ABM provides a single application that combines functions such as service definition and provisioning, customer registration, RADIUS security, automated billing and network activity analysis, and centralized security filter management. Intelligent Business Data Design In addition to providing a unified application interface, RADIUS ABM unifies management data from all operations into a single SQL database using an Intelligent Business Data Design. This design eliminates redundant multiple sets of technical data, thus making data processing more efficient. Next-generation RADIUS security server for outsourced dial-up services RADIUS ABM features a third-generation implementation of the Lucent-invented RADIUS security server and enables a new breed of outsourced InterNetworking Systems services. Features include: Verified Call Control (simultaneous login control with SNMP verification) Policy Authentication (administrator configurable authentication rules) Full or Partial Proxy Support (RADIUS Proxy support with authentication-only option) Multi-phase Authentication (Authentication decisions based on multiple criteria-for example, authentication proxy forwarding based not on the username, but on the called-line i.d., or CLID) On-Line Locator (Real-time location of on-line users via an integrated finger server) Compressed Accounting (Automatic combining and indexing of RADIUS Accounting start and stop records, to speed lookups) Open Interface Environment RADIUS ABM provides a full set of features along with an extensive set of customization capabilities through documented APIs, RMI, standard SQL/ODBC/JDBC interfaces, Java class file extensions, and an extensible database schema. This combination allows service providers to capitalize on off-the-shelf functionality and premium support, while retaining control over the technology and the ability to customize RADIUS ABM to their own environment. The Open Interface Environment allows InterNetworking Systems operators to implement a cost-effective software investment strategy that eliminates the need to build systems from the ground up, maximizes in-house programming personnel, and speeds deployment of new functionality. Industrial-strength solution RADIUS ABM offers Asynchronous Multi-Threading transaction handling for scalable performance. "Full Mesh" fault tolerance features include multi-server modularity and redundant connection management to distributed and replicated SQL database servers. ### Platforms Supported Sun Solaris 2.5.1, Windows NT 4.0 SP3; Oracle version 7.3.1. RDBMS. ### Packages RADIUS ABM Professional-licensed up to 5,000 users; RADIUS ABM Premium-expandable and licensed to unlimited number of users; accepts future option modules such as token servers. ### Pricing Licensed per server, based on number of customers/subscribers/users, starting at 500 users. List prices range from $1,500.00 to $90,000.00, depending on package and license level. ### Availability First quarter, 1998.