Cabletron Systems and Cirilium Partner to Deliver Voice-Over-IP Solutions.GENEVA and PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 11, 1999-- Cabletron SmartSwitch Router, Spectrum Management and Professional Services Play Pivotal Role in New SmartVoice Solution TELECOM '99 (Booth 1111)- Cabletron Systems (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CS) today announced a strategic technology partnership with Cirilium, a joint venture recently formed by Hypercom Corp (NYSE:HYC HYC Houston Yacht Club (Texas) ) and Inter-Tel (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :NNM NNM Network Node Manager NNM NASDAQ National Market (financial) NNM National Nutrition Month (March; American Dietetic Association) NNM Naryan-Mar (Russia) NNM Net New Money :INTL INTL International INTL Internal INTL Installer ), to deliver advanced VoIP solutions to enterprise users and service providers. Cornerstone to Cabletron's new VoIP offering is their leading-edge, layer 3/4 SmartSwitch Router (SSR (Scalable Sampling Rate) See AAC. SSR - Scalable Sampling Rate ) family of products, incorporating advanced voice traffic prioritization and high-performance capabilities critical for delivering high quality telephony. Three additional elements, when combined, provide the market with a formidable VoIP telephony solution. These include Spectrum, Cabletron's enterprise management solution for multi-vendor management of voice and data, Cabletron's professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. for seamless design, implementation and support, and Cirilium's proven VoIP and frame relay gateway technology. One of the industry's most scalable VoIP gateway product ranges, SmartVoice Gateway (SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) A vector graphics format from the W3C for the Web that is expressed in XML. Introduced in 2001, SVG was designed to become the standard vector format just as GIFs and JPEGs have become the standard bitmaps for the Web. ) provides support for four analog voice connections up to 32 T1 digital connections. Designed to interconnect PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). and key systems over existing corporate or service provider data backbones, SVG can save customers over 80 percent on their long-distance phone bills. In addition, SVG allows service providers to deploy new packet-based telephony services. Interconnecting via SmartVoice router and switches, SVG utilizes a single (UDP UDP (uridine diphosphate): see uracil. (User Datagram Protocol) A protocol within the TCP/IP protocol suite that is used in place of TCP when a reliable delivery is not required. ) protocol address to identify IP packets that contain voice traffic, allowing Cabletron's SSR's to prioritize voice traffic at wire-speed via its layer 4 capabilities. This in turn minimizes delays and optimizes voice quality and clarity. Cabletron's SmartVoice solution is designed for: -- enterprise customers seeking substantial cost savings for intra-company voice and fax without sacrificing quality, reliability or services, -- service providers seeking to leverage existing data infrastructure investment by offering V/FoIP services to their customers. Ray Wright, Director of Marketing - Convergence, Cabletron Systems said: "Cabletron's SmartVoice solution addresses the fundamental issues facing packet-based voice solutions and transparent V/FoIP services. Due to the short return on investment (RoI) period, costs savings prove very compelling. Customers will determine the ultimate success of a V/FoIP implementation -- any changes in quality or services will be unacceptable. The Cabletron SmartVoice Solution addresses these issues and ultimately provides users with clear, reliable voice services over data networking technology." "This strategic alliance with Cabletron further strengthens Cirilium's commitment to the IP telephony market," says Cirilium's President, Tom Parise. "Our packetized voice solutions have been very successful in the enterprise market for years and has expanded significantly in the service provider arena. Leveraging Cabletron's worldwide coverage and leading service and support organization will help us extend this proven technology to more organizations faster." About Cirilium Cirilium Corporation provides turnkey service creation solutions to service providers offering Internet Protocol-based telephony. Based in Phoenix, Cirilium 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. founded and owned by Hypercom Corporation (NYSE:HYC) and Inter-Tel Corporation (Nasdaq:NNM:INTL). Combining the resources of its parents, Cirilium represents one of the largest focused IP Telephony infrastructure providers worldwide with presence in more than 50 countries. About Cabletron Cabletron Systems, a premier provider of world-class networking solutions, delivers reliable network access and communications to millions of people worldwide. With scaleable products designed for Global 1000 enterprise networks, service providers and small businesses, Cabletron is the e-business communications specialist in the Internet economy. Listed on the New Stock Exchange for more than a decade under the symbol CS, Cabletron is an S&P 500 index company. Cabletron's web site can be reached on the Internet at http://cabletron.com. |
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