Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise Prepares Businesses for New Era of Interactive Communication; First Enterprise-Wide IP Communication Platform.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CALABASAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 25, 2003 Alcatel (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ALA) today announced a new IP Communication platform, the Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise, in support of a groundbreaking vision of Interactive Communication that will bring a new wave of productivity to enterprises. Interactive Communication will move enterprises from basic IP telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. connectivity to a new era where communication is fully blended with business processes through advanced communication services and intelligent interaction routing, throughout the enterprise. The Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise is the industry's first true enterprise-wide IP Communication platform. Based on a single software platform supporting a networked architecture, the natively IP Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise supports all business communication requirements, from the largest campuses to smaller sites and branch offices. Key components include Linux-based communication manager software that operates on off-the-shelf Linux servers or integrated Alcatel blade servers A server architecture that houses multiple server modules ("blades") in a single chassis. It is widely used in datacenters to save space and improve system management. Either self-standing or rack mounted, the chassis provides the power supply, and each blade has its own CPU, memory and and a suite of media gateways addressing all configuration sizes. This will allow enterprises to dramatically reduce the integration costs with corporate IS applications by having a single communication platform for the whole enterprise. The Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise addresses the needs of corporations that seek to establish reliable, trustworthy IP Communications A general term for networks that use the IP protocol for voice (VoIP) and video traffic. See IP telephony. on a converged voice and data IP network. Utilizing a next generation fail-over model, it uniquely provides mission critical availability to any configuration, including networked branch offices. This model includes full geographic redundancy for disaster protection and automatic service recovery for full-featured branch office survivability sur·viv·a·ble adj. 1. Capable of surviving: survivable organisms in a hostile environment. 2. That can be survived: a survivable, but very serious, illness. , crucial for safely integrating branch offices into centrally managed communication systems. This security-by-default principle for IP risk security is a key element of Alcatel's CrystalSec -- a model designed to secure IP Communication and support the global security policies of enterprises. The Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise is based on next-generation Internet industry standards, notably XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. for web service development and VXML See VoiceXML. for voice-enabled web applications, and provides the industry's first enterprise-wide implementation of SIP (1) (Session Initiation Protocol) An IP telephony signaling protocol developed by the IETF. Primarily used for voice over IP (VoIP) calls, SIP can also be used for video or any media type; for example, SIP has been used to set up multi-player Quake games. -- the emerging protocol for advanced IP-based Communication. The integration of these protocols and standards will allow the development of fully interactive Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. , eliminating the boundaries between information workers and business applications, enabling true Interactive Communication. This demonstrates Alcatel's commitment to delivering innovative solutions based on an open, standards-based architecture to ensure investment protection. The Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise's architecture is optimized for the deployment of full IP configurations and supports a smooth evolution path for enterprises requiring blended IP and TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) A technology that transmits multiple signals simultaneously over a single transmission path. Each lower-speed signal is time sliced into one high-speed transmission. solutions. In line with Alcatel's continued commitment to providing long-term value to its customers, the Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise provides a smooth evolution for Alcatel OmniPCX 4400 customers. "Interactive Communication will strategically impact enterprises by creating new business value. Beyond reducing total cost of ownership, it will increase customer satisfaction and information worker productivity and open new business opportunities," said Patrick Liot, president, Alcatel Enterprise Networking The networking infrastructure in a large enterprise with multiple computer systems and networks of different types is extraordinarily complex. Due to the myriad of interfaces that are required, much of what goes on has little to do with the real data processing of the payroll and orders. . "As a strategic building block of Interactive Communication, the Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise is the ideal platform for deploying enterprise-wide IP Communication solutions, integrating seamlessly with collaborative working applications." The Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise joins other Alcatel OmniPCX solutions and applications that support a new era of Interactive Communication. Alcatel will introduce another key element of Interactive Communication later this year -- a revolutionary Unified Communication Platform that includes 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. , personal routing, personal assistant and collaborative working services. Business Partner Availability The Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise, available worldwide immediately, offers Business Partners optimized pure IP configurations and optimized branch office and mid-sized configuration options. About Alcatel enterprise networking solutions Alcatel delivers standards-based IP communications solutions to a global customer base of over 500,000 small, medium and large enterprises, government agencies, healthcare facilities, and educational institutions. Alcatel's award-winning Omni family of IP Communications solutions consists of an extensive portfolio of network switching infrastructure products and IP telephony products built to provide long-term value. About Alcatel Alcatel provides end-to-end communications solutions, enabling carriers, service providers and enterprises to deliver content to any type of user, anywhere in the world. Leveraging its long-term leadership in telecommunications network A telecommunications network is a of telecommunications links and nodes arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links and through various nodes. equipment, as well as its expertise in applications and network services, Alcatel enables its customers to focus on optimizing their service offerings and revenue streams. With sales of $15.5 billion in 2002, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. For more information, visit Alcatel on the Internet at http://www.alcatel.com. |
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