Alcatel Arms Software Consulting Incorporated With Strong Voice/Data Convergence Offering.Business Editors & High Tech Writers LISLE lisle n. 1. A fine, smooth, tightly twisted thread spun from long-stapled cotton. 2. Fabric knitted of this thread, used especially for hosiery and underwear. , Ill. & CALABASAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 2001 On-site training and live demos will complement sales and support of award-winning Alcatel OmniPCX 4400 Alcatel (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ALA) and Software Consulting Inc. (SCI (Scalable Coherent Interface) An IEEE standard for a high-speed bus that uses wire or fiber-optic cable. It can transfer data up to 1GBytes/sec. (hardware) SCI - 1. Scalable Coherent Interface. 2. UART. ), a leading consulting service Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" specializing in high capacity telecommunications equipment, today announced that SCI will sell and service the Alcatel OmniPCX 4400 and Omni family of data products to enterprise customers. SCI has been providing telecommunications consulting services, concentrating on high capacity equipment such as transmission and switching, since 1989. SCI's expertise spans the entire product lifecycle Product lifecycle or product life cycle is the course of a product's sales and profits over time. The five stages of each product lifecycle are product development, introduction, growth, maturity and decline. , including development, network design deployment and technical support. As an Alcatel Business Partner, SCI is authorized to sell and provide technical support for Alcatel's entire line of voice and data convergence products catering to enterprise customers. The award-winning Alcatel OmniPCX 4400 and Omni family of data products are designed to support the rapidly converging worlds of voice and data while allowing enterprises to migrate to an IP-based voice and data network at their own pace. "Alcatel's technology allows SCI to move beyond our consulting business model and complete the network deployment lifecycle," said Christee Snell, president of SCI. "We're excited about the Alcatel OmniPCX 4400 because it removes the barrier of voice versus data, and allows the customer to have a singular communication network solution." To allow better understanding of the capabilities of Alcatel's enterprise convergence technologies, SCI's Lisle headquarters will house an Alcatel OmniPCX 4400 demonstration facility. SCI's customers will be able to see and use the Alcatel OmniPCX 4400 on a live IP-based network and also receive on-site training at this facility. "SCI has proven their commitment to strong client relationships, providing flexible and creative telecommunications consulting services to thousands of customers throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. ," said Sergio Gemo, Alcatel vice president, North America sales. "With the increasing need for enterprises to develop quality convergence strategies, Alcatel looks to expand its distribution channels with business partners such as SCI with proven expertise in the voice and data market." Alcatel OmniPCX 4400 The Alcatel OmniPCX 4400 is the world's most advanced IP-based voice communications system In telecommunication, a communications system is a collection of individual communications networks, transmission systems, relay stations, tributary stations, and data terminal equipment (DTE) usually capable of interconnection and interoperation to form an integrated whole. . Based on a client/server UNIX architecture A Unix architecture is a computer operating system system architecture that embodies the Unix philosophy. It may adhere to standards such as the Single UNIX Specification (SUS) or similar POSIX IEEE standard. , the Alcatel Omni PCX (1) A bitmapped graphics file format that handles monochrome, 2-bit, 4-bit, 8-bit and 24-bit color and uses RLE to achieve compression ratios of approximately 1.1:1 to 1.5:1. Images with large blocks of solid colors compress best under the RLE method. See PC Paintbrush. 4400 includes scalability from 50 to 50,000 users, innovative Reflexes telephone handsets, 99.999 percent reliability, one-number mobility, unified messaging Having access to e-mail, voice mail and faxes via a common computer application or by telephone. For example, unified messaging may send faxes and digitized voice mail to a mail server that turns them into e-mail attachments. , voice-over IP networking with quality of service management, and comprehensive network management. About SCI SCI is a full service company serving worldwide telecommunication, information and engineering customers. With operations in Canada and the U.S., SCI is a female owned company established in 1989 to provide international support for customers' technology life cycles. For more information, visit http://www.scicorp.com. About Alcatel Alcatel builds next generation networks, delivering integrated end-to-end voice and data networking solutions to established and new carriers, as well as enterprises and consumers worldwide. With 120,000 employees and sales of $26 billion (EURO $23 billion) in 1999, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. For more information, visit Alcatel on the Internet: http://www.alcatel.com |
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