CommuniGate Systems Announces New Initiative to Help Carriers Jump Start SIP Based IP Communications With Zero Up-Front Product Expenses.MILL VALLEY, Calif. -- Starts Trade In and Trade Up Campaign for Legacy Email Based Solutions to Drive SIP Communications and Enable Next Generation IMS-Ready Applications CommuniGate Systems, the leader in scalable carrier-class Internet Communications solutions, announces a Trade In and Trade Up program. Carriers can simply Trade In legacy email software and save over 50% on maintenance and support expenses. The program then offers to Trade Up to new value-added services like VoIP, SIP/XMPP based secure IM, hosted 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 more. The Program is designed to replace antiquated messaging systems in order to lower maintenance and support costs while enabling service providers to offer a full suite of IP Communications A general term for networks that use the IP protocol for voice (VoIP) and video traffic. See IP telephony. with the flick of a switch. With Microsoft planning to launch its Unified IP Communications next year, carriers and telcos need to build their foundation for next generation's IP Communications today in order to serve the growing demand for VoIP, IM and other new IP based applications. Service providers are seeking integrated solutions that include multiple communications applications. In order for this to be extremely comprehensive and robust, it requires a server application and client, support for open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced , interoperability with all major systems, scalability and therefore top level performance. Having proved scalability for 10 million VoIP users in a recent benchmark test, CommuniGate Systems launches the Trade In and Trade Up initiative to smoothly migrate providers to an IMS-ready platform. The CommuniGate Trade In Program is for those providers that have islands of users not able to access the SIP based IP Communications network because the email solution they use is legacy technology. These large providers, which typically run email systems with millions of users, will be offered a full CommuniGate Pro license by replacing their ongoing support costs. Providers today do not make a large revenue stream for email since it is a commodity offering bundled with access, such as DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary , or dedicated business links. Therefore, these systems are a huge operational expense and moving to a SIP based IP Communications platform or upgrading these systems are cost prohibitive. Added to this burden is the ongoing operation expenses of years old technologies. The CommuniGate Trade In and Trade Up Program will be offered to carriers using competitor systems such as OpenWave and Critical Path. These ISPs will be able to migrate easily to CommuniGate Pro and begin to offer a full range of IP Communications like VoIP, SIP/XMPP based secure IM, hosted PBX and more. "We see a growing need in the carrier segment to build a new, integrated foundation for all IP Communications in order to strengthen their market position and create new applications for revenue. The feedback we are receiving is tremendous as the world is now adopting SIP based Communications. Mobility and productivity will rise and traditional closed and location locked access will die," said Jon Doyle, vice president of business development for CommuniGate Systems. "We will witness a fundamental change in the communications landscape over the next five years just as we saw in the early 90's with email becoming the communication standard medium for business. Holding users to a location with a phone number, or charging them for roaming to other locations will soon be replaced with the mobility and portability of VoIP -- where one address finds a person anywhere, anytime." Carriers can choose which of the individual features in the CommuniGate Pro IP Communications suite they wish to deploy -- all, some or one -- to gain market share and customer retention. Modules offered include IP PBX (Internet Protocol Private Branch eXchange) A telephone switch that supports voice over IP (VoIP). IP PBXs convert IP phone calls into traditional circuit-switched TDM connections for the PSTN. , SIP Proxy (Session Initiation Protocol proxy) A server in a SIP-based IP telephony environment. It is required in large companies with numerous telephone numbers or when the Internet is the long distance transport. , SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002. (Session Border Controller A Session Border Controller is a device used in some VoIP networks to exert control over the signaling and usually also the media streams involved in setting up, conducting, and tearing down calls. ), clustered voice via SIP Farm, as well as audio conferencing See audioconferencing. , voicemail and XMPP (EXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol) An XML-based protocol for real time communications, originally developed by Jeremie Miller in 1998 for the Jabber instant messaging system. support. Service providers can also use the CommuniGate Pro programming language (CG/PL) to develop their own custom convergence applications. With XIMSS -- an XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. Interface for Messaging, Scheduling and Signalling -- they can create lightweight applications that are quick-to-market to gain maximum versatility and flexibility in their converged solutions. About CommuniGate Systems Founded in 1991 and based in Mill Valley, California, CommuniGate Systems (CGS CGS centimeter-gram-second system. CGS or cgs abbr. centimeter-gram-second system. CGS, c.g.s. ) develops carrier-class Internet Communications software for broadband and mobile service providers, enterprises, universities and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and partners worldwide. Over 115 million end users including 40 million voice customers rely upon CGS products for their voice and data communication needs. CommuniGate Systems maintains the highest customer satisfaction level in the industry and has won more awards than any other Internet Communications solution. CGS provides unsurpassed scalability and an expansive feature set all with unique clustering technology for 99.999% uptime. CGS has over 175 members in its partner network worldwide. Download your copy of CommuniGate today and join the global SIP compute grid to help SIPify and convert nearly two billion email accounts. |
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