Comdial Corporation to Incorporate Dialogic CT Media Server Software in Next Gen Communications Systems.PARSIPPANY, NJ--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 1999--Dialogic Corporation (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 : DLGC) today announced that Comdial Corporation (NASDAQ: CMDL CMDL Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory CMDL Common Mission Data Loader ) will incorporate Dialogic's CT Media(TM) telephony server A computer in a network that provides telephone integration. The term may refer to the entire system or to just the plug-in boards and software. An Internet telephony server links phone lines to the Internet. software and hardware components into its next generation multimedia communications system In telecommunication, a communications system is a collection of individual communications networks, transmission systems, relay stations, tributary stations, and data terminal equipment (DTE) usually capable of interconnection and interoperation to form an integrated whole. . The servers will support multiple applications from different vendors, and will make it easy and economical for third party software developers to deploy powerful computer telephony See CTI, VoIP and IP telephony. Computer Telephony - Computer Telephone Integration (CT) applications worldwide. Commitment to Standards "We are committed to the open systems model and believe that standards-based systems are the bedrock upon which telephony services of the future will be built," states William G. Mustain, president & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Comdial. "Comdial was one of the early pioneers in open telecommunications and today builds successful voice and call processing systems for the small and medium size enterprise based on that model. With Comdial's industry leading open platform, the FXS (Foreign eXchange Station) The interface provided by the telephone company to its customers, which includes dial tone, power and ring voltage. The telephone jack on the wall is an FXS interface. switch, VARs and other system integrators can now develop and integrate communications solutions to meet their customers needs." "CT Media server software from Dialogic provides a critical component for running multiple applications from multiple vendors on a single Microsoft(R) NT server. This gives our customers increased flexibility to successfully incorporate off-the-shelf hardware and software into their systems easily, efficiently and cost-effectively," concludes Mustain. CT Media currently supports applications written to the Enterprise Computer Telephony Forum's (ECTF (Enterprise Computer Telephony Forum, www.ectf.org) An industry association founded in 1996 that provides a clearinghouse for technical standards for voice and data integration in the computer telephony arena. ) S.100 application programming interface (API) and is being extended to support Microsoft TAPI (Telephony API) A programming interface from Microsoft and Intel that is part of Microsoft's WOSA architecture. It allows Windows client applications to access voice services on a server. . Microsoft recently entered into an agreement with Dialogic to license CT Media server software to extend the Microsoft Windows(R) platform. The agreement will better enable developers to build open, cost-effective computer telephony and converged communications solutions. Paradigm Shift A dramatic change in methodology or practice. It often refers to a major change in thinking and planning, which ultimately changes the way projects are implemented. For example, accessing applications and data from the Web instead of from local servers is a paradigm shift. See paradigm. Open, standards-based communications servers give end-users the option to choose best-of-breed applications from any vendor writing to a particular standard. This new model allows system owners to avoid limitations of proprietary applications developed by the company selling the system. "The emergence of the CT server signals a paradigm shift in the computer telephony industry," states Howard Bubb, president and CEO of Dialogic. "Similar to the evolution of the computing industry, we are seeing a migration from multiple proprietary `boxes' surrounding the traditional 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). to multiple applications running and sharing resources on a common server. These computer telephony servers will support open APIs, allowing multiple applications to share the server, as well as other vendors' hardware." "Comdial's decision to support open telephony demonstrates the building momentum behind standards-based communications systems," adds Bubb. "The fact that one of the nation's largest business communications systems providers is taking advantage of the capabilities inherent in CT Media is significant and heralds another step forward for the entire computer telephony industry." Distribution Dialogic and Comdial anticipate distribution of the new open server based systems to begin as early as the first half of 2000. The systems will include call processing and call coverage applications. About Comdial Comdial is a provider of integrated communications solutions for small and mid-size organizations. The company's broad product line includes digital systems, wired and wireless business telephones, call center hardware and software, voice processing systems, and Internet Protocol telephony gateways. For more information about Comdial, please visit their web site at http://www.comdial.com. About Dialogic Corporation Dialogic, the global leader in open computer telephony, provides the critical building blocks and technical services that enable partners to develop solutions for the converging voice and data networks. Dialogic products are used in voice, fax, data, speech recognition, call center management and Internet Protocol (IP) telephony applications in both customer premise equipment (CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment ) and public network environments. The company is headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey, with regional headquarters in Brussels, Buenos Aires, Singapore and Tokyo, and sales offices worldwide. For more information, visit the Dialogic Web site at www.dialogic.com. Additional information on computer telephony servers is available at www.ctserver.com Trademarks: Dialogic and the Dialogic logo are registered trademarks of Dialogic Corporation. All names, products and services mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective organizations. Get the Dialogic Edge at: http://www.dialogic.com |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion