Soprano Design

Soprano Design is the leading provider of mobile messaging and wireless application infrastructure in Australia. Mobile network operators, wireless application service providers, banks, government agencies and many of the world’s top corporations rely on Soprano's technology and applications to improve staff, customer and supplier communications.

Soprano's Enterprise Messaging Suite (MEMS) provides mobile network operators with a growing suite of sophisticated value-added mobile messaging applications to increase SMS, MMS and e-mail revenue. Users benefit though rapid low-cost activation using pre-integrated applications to popular CRM, ERP, billing, HR and workforce management systems.

Soprano relies on the underlying technology of IBM DB2 and WebSphere to provide critical 24x7 availability for the messaging suite. The company partners with IBM so it can provide a scalable, reliable and responsive technology platform that can handle growing demand.

"With the stability and reliability of DB2 9.7, Soprano Design can deliver its SaaS, MMS and SMS Gateway Appliance, Mobile Marketing / WFM / CRM / ERP Communications Solutions to mobile network operators with confidence," said Peter Cleary, Product Development Manager, Soprano Design.

Using DB2 allows Soprano to maintain higher availability through less scheduled maintenance down time when making changes or adding new product features or enhancements. In addition, DB2's total cost of ownership, ongoing maintenance, and the ability to execute rapid changes is low compared to other platforms.