Brix Networks Unveils Enterprise VoIP Management Application That Delivers Support for Leading IP PBX Manufacturers.CHELMSFORD Chelmsford, city, England Chelmsford, city (1991 pop. 91,109), county seat of Essex, SE England. It is a market center (especially for cattle) for the surrounding agricultural district. , Mass. -- New BrixManage Offering Enables IT Professionals To Proactively Monitor Their VoIP Infrastructure To Verify (1) To prove the correctness of data. (2) In data entry operations, to compare the keystrokes of a second operator with the data entered by the first operator to ensure that the data were typed in accurately. See validate. Service Availability and Ensure End-user (job) end-user - The person who uses a computer application, as opposed to those who developed or support it. The end-user may or may not know anything about computers, how they work, or what to do if something goes wrong. Satisfaction Brix Networks (www.brixnet.com), the trusted provider of the most widely deployed service assurance solutions for interactive applications, today unveiled a new enterprise Voice over Internet Protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. (VoIP) software application, BrixManage(TM), that enables IT professionals to successfully deploy, monitor, and verify VoIP services in distributed, large-scale enterprises. Today's announcement is being made in conjunction with the opening day of the Fall 2005 Voice On The Net (VON) Conference & Expo being held at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center The Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC) is the largest exhibition center in the Northeast United States, with some 1,700,000 square feet (15.8 hectare) of contiguous exhibition space. , September 19-22, where Brix is exhibiting in booth 1036. BrixManage, as an integrated component of the overall Brix service assurance solution, closes the visibility gap from expected network performance to actual user experience. As a result, network operators within IT organizations - in conjunction with outsourced telephony service providers A telephony service provider, as defined in Microsoft's TAPI specification, is a software interface to a physical telephony device (such as a modem) that can be accessed programmatically to perform actions such as dialing a phone number or logging a call. - can accelerate VoIP deployments with confidence and sustain greater profitability from IP-based services. BrixManage is a Windows-based application that collects and analyzes information reported by the entire enterprise VoIP infrastructure - the IP/PBXs or call servers, phones, gateways, and other devices - to deliver the kind of call accounting and individual call performance required by VoIP administrators to manage service quality and ensure end-user satisfaction. BrixManage also provides comprehensive visualization Using the computer to convert data into picture form. The most basic visualization is that of turning transaction data and summary information into charts and graphs. Visualization is used in computer-aided design (CAD) to render screen images into 3D models that can be viewed from all and application-specific reports, plus supports the creation of thresholds to enable proactive monitoring, which helps ensure the overall health of the VoIP service. "As enterprises move to broader VoIP adoption, they continue to face challenges managing service availability, quality, and corporate expectations," said Elisabeth Rainge, director at IDC. "Brix Networks understands these issues and is offering a solution that addresses the needs of enterprises across all the different stages of a VoIP service rollout which helps ensure a consistent user experience." "IT personnel have a pressing need for visibility into the behavior of their 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. system, even in a single-site deployment. When the enterprise evolves from one or two 'VoIP islands' to encompass multiple interconnected sites, multiple networks, and equipment from multiple vendors, the management challenges also typically become more complex," said Laura Holly, product line manager, Brix Networks. "BrixManage provides exactly the kind of unified, consistent performance view across this complex environment that allows enterprises to deploy VoIP with confidence." To accommodate today's heterogeneous environments Using hardware and system software from different vendors. Organizations often use computers, operating systems and databases from a variety of vendors. Contrast with homogeneous environment. , BrixManage supports the most popular enterprise platforms from Alcatel, Avaya, Cisco, Digium, Nortel, and Siemens, in contrast to other VoIP management products that support only one or two of these platforms. Brix also expects to quickly add support for other vendors and product lines via the BrixManage Developers' Toolkit. This toolkit enables Brix, as well as various industry partners, to easily produce BrixManage Connectors for new platforms. As the enterprise environment grows, users combine the BrixManage application with Brix Networks' active testing See testing types. , live traffic passive monitoring Passive monitoring is a technique used to capture traffic from a network by generating a copy of that traffic, often from a span port or mirror port or via a network tap. Once the data (a stream of frames or packets) has been extracted, it can be used in many ways. , and BrixCare(TM) applications to form a single, integrated view to achieve unparalleled service visibility - both across offices and within campuses - from each desktop phone to the nearest call server. Brix Networks' seamlessly integrated hardware and software products, collectively called the Brix System, are indispensable to VoIP service delivery and user adoption. The Brix System enables profitable, sustainable migration toward IP-based services and network infrastructure, in lockstep lock·step n. 1. A way of marching in which the marchers follow each other as closely as possible. 2. A standardized procedure that is closely, often mindlessly followed. Noun 1. with enterprise IT initiatives to achieve higher levels of productivity in an increasingly competitive global environment. In a related VON announcement, Brix Networks today also introduced two new carrier VoIP service assurance offerings - the BrixCall(TM) software application and the Brix 4000(TM) Verifier ver·i·fy tr.v. ver·i·fied, ver·i·fy·ing, ver·i·fies 1. To prove the truth of by presentation of evidence or testimony; substantiate. 2. - that enable providers to monitor and analyze live subscriber calls and voice traffic, which helps network operators ensure the quality of their services from the network core to customer care (see companion news release issued today). About Brix Networks Brix Networks is the trusted provider of the most widely deployed service assurance solutions that enable network operators to proactively manage the performance and reliability of interactive, rich-media applications, such as voice and video over IP. Service providers and enterprises use the company's comprehensive, award-winning solutions to control the quality of their wireline, cable, campus, and wireless offerings in order to maximize profitability and ensure user satisfaction. Headquartered in Chelmsford, Mass., Brix Networks has offices in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Europe, and Asia. For more information, visit www.brixnet.com, or call 978-367-5600/1-888-BRIXNET. Brix Networks, Brix, Brixnet, the Brix Networks logo, Brix Manage, BrixCare, BrixCall, and Brix 4000 are trademarks of Brix Networks, Inc. All other company or product names mentioned may be trademarks of their respective holders. |
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