Performance Monitoring

PARIS–(EMWNews)–To help enterprises further optimize their business applications, Orange

Business Services is launching Network Boost, a network-based

application performance management solution, fully integrated with the

Orange IP VPN. Network Boost prioritizes, accelerates and optimizes

customers’ applications and guarantees uptime

through stringent network-based application service level agreements and

proactive performance monitoring.

Network Boost gives businesses a clear understanding of how their

networks are used – by application, site and

user group. The solution allows businesses, regardless of their size or

number of worldwide locations, to manage and prioritize in real time the

applications running on their networks. With Network Boost, businesses

can maintain intelligent networks that continuously adapt to data

transmission volumes and performance demands from new business

applications. Orange proposes multiple options depending on customer

need, including:

• acceleration that compresses data and minimizes network delays,

• application monitoring that anticipates network performance

  degradation, and

• self management that allows customers to change their own application

  service quality.

With an integrated application performance management solution,

customers benefit from:

• productivity gain with comprehensive optimization, visibility and

  management of its business critical applications

• worldwide deployment with a single service desk,

• better control and allocation of network resources with end-to-end

  incident management and aligned Guaranteed Time To Repair service

  level agreements,

• better productivity with global evolution planning, and

• user satisfaction with better quality of service and homogeneous

  customer experience, as well as a single bill.

Business Acceleration enhancement

Available in 220 countries and territories, Network Boost is a new

addition to the “Manage”

phase of the Business Acceleration suite of services. Launched in March

2007, Business Acceleration improves visibility, management and

performance of applications through an optimized global communications

infrastructure. The threefold approach includes:

• analyze, supplies Business Intelligence, gaining end-to-end

  visibility on business-critical applications,

• manage, ensures efficient and harmonized operation of the

  infrastructure and applications, including application performance

  optimization, service management and reporting/SLAs, and

• optimize, maximizes benefits from the customer’s

  infrastructure and improves its business applications’

  performance.

About Orange

Orange is the key brand of France Telecom, one of the world’s

leading telecommunications operators. France Telecom serves close to 174

million customers in five continents as of June 30, 2008, of which two

thirds are Orange customers. The Group had consolidated sales of

52.9 billion euros in 2007 (26.3 billion euros for the first half 2008).

As of June 30, 2008, the Group had 113.8 million mobile customers and

12.2 million broadband Internet (ADSL) customers.

Launched in June 2005, the NExT program (New Experience in

Telecommunications) will enable the Group to pursue its transformation

as an integrated operator and make France Telecom the benchmark for new

telecommunications services in Europe. In 2006, Orange became the

Group’s single brand for Internet, television and mobile services in the

majority of countries where the company operates, and Orange Business

Services the banner for services offered to businesses worldwide. France

Telecom is the number three mobile operator and the number one provider

of broadband Internet services in Europe and one of the world leaders in

providing telecommunication services to multinational companies.

France Telecom (NYSE:FTE) is listed on Euronext Paris (compartiment A)

and on the New York Stock Exchange.

For more information: www.orange.com,

www.francetelecom.com, www.orange-business.com

Orange and any other Orange product or service names included in this

Limited, Orange France or France Telecom.

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