the leading provider of e-business systems management, today announced that EdisonTel, an Italian-based telecommunications provider, is the first Italian Member of the BMC Software OnSiteTM Certification Program, a global certification program that recognizes a company&＃39;s commitment to meaningfully delivering and continually improving on the user experience as it relates to performance and availability. EdisonTel, part of the Edison Group of companies, was founded in April 2000 and provides value-added communication services including, Internet communications, corporate private networks, voice and advanced Web services. EdisonTel is the only Italian company that operates in a multi-utility way and leverages the capabilities of the other companies in the Edison Group, companies which operate in the electricity, gas and water markets. Since its inception, EdisonTel was aware of the need to guarantee maximum service and web application availability to reach a leadership position in the telco market. EdisonTel identified BMC Software as the ideal technology partner during its initial stages.