Acme Packet Announces NextSBC Reassurance Program.Program to Ease Technical and Business Obstacles to Migrating non-Acme Packet Customers to Acme (company, jargon) ACME - /ak'mee/ 1. A Company that Makes Everything. The canonical imaginary business. Possibly also derived from the word "acme" meaning "highest point". 2. A program for MS-DOS. Packet's Industry-Leading Session Border Controllers A Session Border Controller is a device used in some VoIP networks to exert control over the signaling and usually also the media streams involved in setting up, conducting, and tearing down calls. CHICAGO -- Acme Packet[R] (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : APKT), the leader in session border control solutions, today announced its NextSBC Reassurance REASSURANCE. When an insurer is desirous of lessening his liability, he may procure some other insurer to insure him from loss, for the insurance he has made this is called reassurance. Program. This program is designed to ease both the technical and business obstacles to migrating users of other session border controllers (SBCs) to Acme Packet's industry-leading solutions. The Acme Packet NextSBC Reassurance Program addresses the two issues associated with this migration: Professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. - Acme Packet will provide a free set of Net-ASSURE professional services. These services will provide configuration migration services and Acme Packet configuration optimization services at no cost to service provider or enterprise customers. Pricing - For existing customers of non-Acme Packet SBCs, Acme Packet will provide additional discounts off the list price of Acme Packet products whether purchased from Acme Packet directly or through Acme Packet's distribution partners. "The SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002. is a critical element in securing and controlling IP borders," stated Seamus Hourihan, Acme Packet's vice president of marketing and product management. "Acme Packet is committed to developing SBCs that service providers and enterprises need to successfully deliver trusted first class interactive IP communication services." Complete program details including customer qualification, offer period and quantities is available from Acme Packet at info@acmepacket.com. About Acme Packet Acme Packet, the leader in session border control solutions, enables the delivery of trusted, first class interactive communications--voice, video and multimedia sessions--across IP network borders. Our Net-Net family of session border controllers supports multiple applications in service provider, large enterprise and contact center networks--from VoIP trunking See port aggregation. to hosted enterprise and residential services to fixed-mobile convergence. They satisfy critical security, service assurance and regulatory requirements Regulatory requirements are part of the process of drug discovery and drug development. Regulatory requirements describe what is necessary for a new drug to be approved for marketing in any particular country. in wireline, cable and wireless networks; and support multiple protocols--SIP, H.323, MGCP/NCS and H.248--and multiple border points--interconnect, access and data center. Our products have been selected by over 390 service providers in 77 countries, including 23 of the top 25, and 75 of the top 100 service providers in the world. For more information, contact us at +1 781.328.4400, or visit www.acmepacket.com. Acme Packet Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. Statement Statements contained herein that are not historical fact may be forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements may relate, among other things, to our position in the session border control market, our expected financial and operating results, our ability to establish and maintain intellectual property rights, our ability to build and grow Acme Packet, the benefits and advantages of our products, including any enhancements or new features, services and programs and our ability to achieve our goals, plans and objectives. Such forward-looking statements do not constitute guarantees of future performance and are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. These include, but are not limited to: difficulties in growing our customer base, difficulties leveraging market opportunities, difficulties providing solutions that meet the needs of customers, poor product sales, long sales cycles, difficulty developing new products, difficulty in relationships with vendors and partners, higher risk in international operations Internal Operations (I.O., IO or I/O) is a fictional American Intelligence Agency in Wildstorm comics. It was originally called International Operations. I.O. first appeared in WildC.A.T.S. volume 1 #1 (August, 1992) and was created by Brandon Choi and Jim Lee. , difficulty managing rapid growth, and increased competition. Additional factors that could cause actual results to differ materially form those projected or suggested in any forward-looking statements are contained in our recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including those factors discussed under the caption "Risk Factors" in such filings. |
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