Brix Networks Announces Next-Generation 10-Gigabit IP Service Assurance Platform.

- New Brix 4100 Family Monitors Live VoIP And IPTV Service Quality On Unprecedented Scale

- Combined Signaling And Transport Analysis Provides Critical Information To Decision Makers

CHELMSFORD, Mass. -- Brix Networks, a global provider of converged service assurance solutions, today introduced its next-generation, Internet Protocol (IP) service assurance platform that scales up to 10-Gigabits and lets network operators monitor the quality of service (QoS) of their live, IP-based voice and video offerings on an unprecedented scale, while providing critical performance information to decision makers throughout an organization.

The new Brix 4100[TM] Verifier family provides real-time monitoring of live customer Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and IP television (IPTV) traffic, and equips network operators with detailed, end-to-end service monitoring capabilities that ensure voice and video service quality with full visibility across transport, signaling, and media performance which allows essential operations and customer care issues to be proactively addressed.

"Network capacities scaling beyond 30 million busy-hour calls, hundreds of high-definition channels, and multi-Gigabit IP transport backbones all require correlated information from multiple access points in order to truly evaluate a customer's quality of experience," noted Charlie Baker, director of product management at Brix Networks. "The Brix 4100 family scales beyond full Gigabit capacity for voice and video streams, and helps network operators transition their services from closed TDM networks to open IP/MPLS-based infrastructures by providing immediate visibility across signaling and media - all from the same extensible platform."

"We expect over the next two years to see growing, wide-scale deployments of applications using Real-time Transport Protocol. Demand will increase for solutions that assure the highest quality of service from different points in the network," said Patrick Kelly, co-founder and senior analyst at OSS Observer, a market research firm that covers the global telecom market. "With this announcement, Brix Networks is introducing a more robust, scalable system to meet the requirements of these next-generation networks and real-time services."

By combining active (on-demand) tests with continuous passive (live) service monitoring, the highly integrated Brix System is appropriate for deployment at all phases of the IP service lifecycle, including: pre-deployment network assessment, rollout verification, troubleshooting, ongoing operational monitoring, and service level assurance.

Unlike competitive laboratory or pre-deployment tools, the new Brix 4100 family is designed for use in large-scale, production networks. Deployed throughout a provider's network, the Brix 4100 family works together with the company's BrixWorx[TM] service assurance correlation and analysis software engine to efficiently monitor, assess, and report on the quality of voice and video traffic at edge or core locations of operational VoIP and IPTV networks.

Using the BrixWorx central-site software engine, network operators establish thresholds for various performance metrics to proactively alert operational staff of voice or video quality degradations or service outages. These thresholds can be standardized network-wide or customized for individual locations, depending on business requirements. Additionally, BrixWorx translates, simplifies, and visualizes large amounts of complex IP service performance data into actionable business intelligence, including take-up, retention, and churn rates.

Availability and Pricing

The initial members of the Brix 4100 family, including the Brix 4100 Verifier and the Brix 4104[TM] Verifier, are available immediately, and pricing varies based on the scope and scale of a network operator's deployment.

About Brix Networks

Brix Networks is a global provider of converged service assurance solutions that allow the world's largest service providers and enterprises to offer reliable and high-quality experiences in voice, video, data, and mobile services to their customers, partners, and employees. The Chelmsford, Mass., U.S.A.-based company brings a proven heritage of IP expertise unique to the service assurance marketplace, and collaborates closely with its customers and partners to assure the delivery of any IP-based service, over any network, to any endpoint. For more information, visit www.brixnet.com, or call 978-367-5600/1-888-BRIXNET.

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