Telstra Renews Contract with Jamcracker to Leverage Jamcracker Services Delivery Network

Leading telecommunications company re-signs with cloud services brokerage enablement company to continue its rapid growth in cloud services sales and distribution

SANTA CLARA, Calif., October 25, 2011 – Jamcracker, the Cloud Services Brokerage enablement company, today announced that Telstra, Australia's leading telecommunications and information services company, has renewed its contract with the company after experiencing outstanding sales momentum with T-Suite®, its online marketplace for Software as a Service (SaaS) powered by the Jamcracker Services Delivery Network (JSDN).

“Annualised sales of Software as a Service through T-Suite have grown more than threefold,” Mark Pratley, GM Telstra Cloud Computing said.  “The solution from Jamcracker enables Telstra to provide our customers services that are growing in popularity including the ability to deliver a whole range of software services out of the cloud. We look forward to continuing our partnership with Jamcracker,” Mr Pratley said.

The Jamcracker Services Delivery Network (JSDN) enables service providers and traditional IT distributors to get to market quickly and cost-effectively with the ability to deliver a wide array of cloud services. An integral part of the solution is the Jamcracker Platform, a multi-tiered and multi-tenant cloud delivery and management solution that is used by multiple service providers, cloud providers and enterprise IT organizations around the world to aggregate, deliver and manage public and private cloud services. The JSDN provides distribution partners with the ability to deliver cloud services via their own private-branded marketplaces and through their existing channel partners.

"Telstra continues to be an excellent partner for us as they exemplify the momentum and growth seen by organizations who successfully implement the Cloud Services Brokerage (CSB) model," said Steve Crawford, vice president of marketing and business development at Jamcracker. "By building on the Jamcracker Platform to unify the delivery and life-cycle management of multiple cloud offerings, service providers, traditional distributors and enterprises can easily transform their business models and IT operations to expand their offerings, enable rapid innovation, and grow their bottom line.”

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About the Jamcracker Services Delivery Network

The Jamcracker Services Delivery Network (JSDN) enables service providers and traditional software distributors to get to market quickly and cost-effectively with the ability to deliver cloud services. The JSDN provides distribution partners the ability to deliver cloud services via their own private-branded marketplaces and through their existing channel partners.

Different types of cloud service offerings can be delivered with a single point of provisioning, access, security, billing, administration and support. The JSDN is powered by a highly scalable and distributed architecture; with technology, operations, support infrastructure, market knowledge, and services delivery business processes established over a decade of definition, development and refinement.

About Jamcracker

Jamcracker enables Service Providers, IT Providers, and Enterprise IT organizations to become Cloud Services Brokerages, allowing them to unify cloud services delivery and life-cycle management for their customers, their employees, and through their channel partners. Jamcracker was founded in 1999 by K.B. "Chandra" Chandrasekhar, who previously founded Exodus Communications and led it through the most successful IPO of 1998. Jamcracker was recently designated by Gartner as a ‘Cool Vendor in Cloud Services Brokerages.’

About Telstra

Telstra is Australia's leading telecommunications and information services company, with one of the best known brands in Australia. Telstra offers a full range of services and compete in all telecommunications markets throughout Australia, providing more than 8.3 million Australian fixed line and 12.2 million mobile services.

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