Bridgewater Systems Announces Completion of IMS Interoperability Testing with BEA Systems.Bridgewater Joins BEA BEA - Basic programming Environment for interactive-graphical Applications, from Siemens-Nixdorf. Partner Program; Contributes to Expansion of BEA WebLogic Communications Platform Partner Ecosystem OTTAWA -- Bridgewater Systems today announced the successful completion of interoperability testing between its Home Subscriber Server (HSS HSS Humanities and Social Sciences HSS High Speed Steel HSS Home Subscriber Server (3GPP) HSS Hospital for Special Surgery (New York, NY, USA) HSS Hospital for Special Surgery HSS History of Science Society ) and BEA WebLogic SIP Server[TM]. Bridgewater Systems recently joined the BEA Systems Partner Program, and is now working with BEA, a leader in enterprise and communications infrastructure software. This effort is designed to help service providers quickly and cost-effectively launch new IP-based communication and collaboration services with proven integrated Bridgewater Systems' subscriber-centric policy management solutions and BEA communications infrastructure software. This interoperability testing milestone pairs Bridgewater Systems' proven HSS solution with the BEA WebLogic SIP Server, the converged Java EE-SIP-IMS application server component of the BEA WebLogic Communications Platform[TM] product family - a converged IT and telecom service infrastructure platform for IMS (1) See IP Multimedia Subsystem. (2) (Information Management System) An early IBM hierarchical DBMS for IBM mainframes. IMS was widely implemented throughout the 1970s under MVS and continues to be used under z/OS. (IP Multimedia Subsystem An integrated network for telecommunications carriers that uses the IP protocol as its foundation for packetized voice, video and data. Supporting voice over IP (VoIP) in all its flavors (SIP, H.323, MGCP, etc. ) and next-generation Service Delivery Platforms (SDP (Session Description Protocol) An IETF protocol that defines a text-based message format for describing a multimedia session. Data such as version number, contact information, broadcast times and audio and video encoding types are included in the message. ). It also marks a demonstration of BEA WebLogic SIP Server utilizing an operational HSS with a Diameter interface, designed to help service providers to seamlessly incorporate their Bridgewater Systems HSS with BEA WebLogic SIP Server so that they can quickly and reliably enable new IMS applications. "Breadth of interoperability testing is an important indicator of market demand and momentum," said Tyler Nelson, vice president of business development and marketing, Bridgewater Systems. "This partnership marks an important step in the commercialization of IMS and is designed to address the needs of service providers looking to rapidly bring new services to market. It also builds on our continued interoperability work with world-class companies as we facilitate best-in-breed solutions across the industry." Bridgewater's HSS solution is designed to serve as a master repository of subscriber profiles and policies necessary for authentication, authorization and establishment of subscriber sessions, providing a single policy decision point in the IMS network to control subscriber access to applications. BEA WebLogic SIP Server is a high-performance, highly available IMS application server which is designed to provide an integrated SIP Servlet and HTTP HTTP in full HyperText Transfer Protocol Standard application-level protocol used for exchanging files on the World Wide Web. HTTP runs on top of the TCP/IP protocol. Servlet container to help enable rapid development and delivery of next-generation, converged, multimedia communication services. BEA WebLogic SIP Server is the converged IT-IMS service logic creation and execution component of the BEA WebLogic Communications Platform. "Working with Bridgewater Systems is another step toward strengthening our telecom partner ecosystem," said Mike McHugh, vice president and general manager, BEA WebLogic Communications Platform, BEA Systems. "Our partnership with Bridgewater can help enable us to provide service providers a meaningful solution in the near term and is designed to help open the door for the pursuit of supporting other IMS applications." About Bridgewater Systems Bridgewater Systems develops the industry's most advanced subscriber-centric policy management software for IP-based services. Its solutions help global service providers maximize profits and launch new services faster. Bridgewater does this by providing them with a unified view of their subscribers across all access technologies. With Bridgewater's software, service providers have an intelligent policy-decision point for the management of subscribers, applications, and network resources. The Bridgewater Systems' product suite delivers high performance policy management via its market-leading authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA AAA: see American Automobile Association. (Triple A) A common single-cell battery used in a myriad of electronic devices of all variety. Like its double A (AA) cousin, it provides 1.5 volts of DC power. When used in series, the voltage is multiplied. ) and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (protocol) Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol - (DHCP) A protocol that provides a means to dynamically allocate IP addresses to computers on a local area network. The system administrator assigns a range of IP addresses to DHCP and each client computer on the LAN has its TCP/IP (DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) Software that automatically assigns temporary IP addresses to client stations logging into an IP network. It eliminates having to manually assign permanent "static" IP addresses. DHCP software runs in servers and routers. ) systems. It also offers a range of modular products for application support, mediation, and dynamic broadband management. Bridgewater Systems' proven carrier-class products deliver on-demand data services, extensive revenue capture capabilities, and out-of-the-box value that can be deployed in weeks - instead of months. More than 60 leading service providers from around the globe (including: Verizon Wireless, Sprint PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. , Bell Mobility, Virgin Mobile USA Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM) is a cellular telephone company that is a joint-venture between Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group and Sprint Nextel. Virgin Mobile USA uses Sprint's CDMA-based Personal Communications Service (PCS) network. ,) trust Bridgewater's technology and business insight to help them deliver world-class services. Founded in 1997, Bridgewater Systems is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. . www.bridgewatersystems.com All companies and products listed herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. |
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