American Founders Life Selects Alcatel's Omni Family of Voice and Data Solutions for Network Upgrade.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CALABASAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 18, 2003 Prominent insurance company selects Alcatel's new OmniSwitch 7700 as it prepares to deploy VoIP later this year Alcatel (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ALA) today announced that American Founders Life Insurance Company, providing life insurance and annuity programs to individuals across the country, has selected Alcatel's new OmniSwitch 7700 to upgrade its network to accommodate for increased growth and VoIP applications later this year. American Founders Life Insurance Company has been expanding its operations through acquisitions, sales and third party arrangements. As a direct result, the number of its employees has more than tripled over the past few years, and American Founders Life found it had outgrown the original design of its network, which was starting to negatively impact business. When the company recently relocated its home office from Phoenix to Scottsdale, Ariz., it upgraded its network using Alcatel's new OmniSwitch 7700, introduced last year. "One of the reasons we selected Alcatel was because of its open, non-proprietary product architectures. Since deploying the new Alcatel OmniSwitch 7700, network performance has greatly improved, which in turn has increased productivity and allowed us to better service our clients," said Michael Stricker, vice president of IS, American Founders Life. "Additionally, Alcatel has extensive expertise in both voice and data markets, which will assist us in reducing the time to implement VoIP applications later this year." American Founders Life uses the advanced VLAN See virtual LAN. VLAN - Virtual Local Area Network capabilities of the OmniSwitch 7700 to segment different groups within the organization. Its largest group is the call center, which uses an imaging system to view documents on the computer screen in front of them every time a customer calls. Prior to the call, a customer's records have been scanned into the system and can be immediately accessed by call center representatives who can then answer questions in real time. One of the reasons for its continued success is American Founders Life's dedication to providing exceptional customer service to current and future policyholders. Along with the Alcatel OmniSwitch 7700, American Founders Life also uses the Alcatel OmniStack 6124, OmniVista network management solution and OmniPCX voice communications server See network access server, modem server, terminal server and communications controller. (operating system) Communications Server - IBM's rebranding of ACF. . Later this year, the company plans to roll out VoIP applications and was looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. one provider for both voice and data solutions. Additionally, with its advanced QoS and redundancy features, the Alcatel OmniSwitch 7700 will help ensure call quality when the time comes Adv. 1. when the time comes - at the appropriate time; "we'll get to this question in due course" in due course, in due season, in due time, in good time for VoIP deployment. "With Alcatel's Omni family of voice and data solutions, American Founders Life has a solid and reliable multi-service infrastructure for supporting 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. and mission-critical applications," said Tom Wilburn, general manager, 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. enterprise business. "In order to maintain its excellent reputation, it is essential that American Founders Life have a highly reliable and available network to meet the increased needs of customers in this competitive environment." Compel Compel - COMpute ParallEL , an Alcatel Business Partner, built and designed this convergence-ready network for American Founders Life. About American Founders Life Insurance Company Formed in Dallas, Texas “Dallas” redirects here. For other uses, see Dallas (disambiguation). The City of Dallas (pronounced [ˈdæl.əs] or [ˈdæl. , in 1954 and now headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., American Founders Life Insurance Company offers life insurance and annuity programs geared towards meeting the needs of individuals. With over $600 million in assets and over $2 billion of in-force insurance, American Founders Life has grown significantly, and is licensed in 40 states and the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). . These statistics place American Founders Life among the top 25% of all U.S. life insurance companies. For more information, please visit http://www.americanfounderslife.com. About 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. solutions Alcatel delivers standards-based IP communications A general term for networks that use the IP protocol for voice (VoIP) and video traffic. See IP telephony. 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 (NYSE:ALA) 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: http://www.alcatel.com. |
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