Computer telephony developers gain higher density and performance from new Dialogic DualSpan products; Dialogic raises industry standard for performance with first in series of multi-span products.PARSIPPANY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 6, 1996--Dialogic Corp. (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), the world's leading manufacturer of standards-based computer telephony See CTI, VoIP and IP telephony. Computer Telephony - Computer Telephone Integration (CT) components, today announced the DIALOG/HD(TM)/DualSpan(TM), a high-performance series of voice and call processing In telecommunication, the term call processing has the following meanings:
The DIALOG/HD DualSpan product series breaks previous slot limits with the industry's first 48- and 60-port voice processing The computerized handling of voice, which includes voice store and forward, voice response, voice recognition and text to speech technologies. cards to include two digital network spans in a single PC slot. Developers can use the DualSpan to build higher density systems or to meet their current needs with smaller, less expensive PCs. With the new DualSpan products, Dialogic continues to challenge the industry's expectations for performance with support for four Intel 486GX(TM) processors and an impressive three billion operations per second (BOPS) of Motorola Digital Signal Processor A digital signal processor (DSP) is a specialized microprocessor designed specifically for digital signal processing, generally in real-time computing. Characteristics of typical Digital Signal Processors
"The DualSpan increases our competitiveness and enables us to open new markets internationally," said Danny Ramot, director of Software Research and Advanced Technology at Executone in Milford, Conn. "More on-board memory allows us to off-load the PC, reducing the real time constraints of the host PC's operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. ," Ramot added. The DualSpan is also the only high-density voice processing product in the industry to offer ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. Primary Rate protocols approved in more than 20 countries. Each Dialogic product has been designed to support today's most demanding features with plenty of room for future growth. In this light, the company will extend even further its technology leadership in CT by offering additional multi-span products later this year. Developers Use DualSpan to Build Smaller, Less Expensive PC-Based Systems Even a moderate-sized application today could require more slots than typically found in a desktop computer. The developer must then resort to larger, industrial-strength PCs with passive backplanes and higher cost. With the DualSpan proudcts, developers can comfortably fit a 300 port switching system in a lower cost desktop Pentium PC. "Our high-end customers will use the DualSpan to surpass the current slot limitations of a PC chassis," said Bob Edgar, president of Parity Software in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . "The DualSpan enables developers to increase the number of available slots and system size, and this in turn broadens their sales opportunities." "The DualSpan will enable us to provide higher density systems that take up the same footprint," said Tony Shay shay n. Informal A chaise. [Back-formation from chaise (taken as pl. )] Noun 1. , national sales account manager at DAX, in Pine Brook, N.J., which provides high port density CTI (Computer Telephone Integration) Combining data with voice systems in order to enhance telephone services. For example, automatic number identification (ANI) allows a caller's records to be retrieved from the database while the call is routed to the appropriate party. systems such as 1-800-MUSIC-NOW. "The higher density is especially important for our Central Office (CO) applications, where space is at a premium," Shay added. The DualSpan augments the company's DIALOG/HD product line, which today consists of 13 voice processing and intelligent network interface components, all with SCbus connectivity. New Applications of the DualSpan Developers expect to use the DualSpan to run a myriad of new applications, such as: -- Call Completion on a Card - Debit cards and international call back applications can now be implemented with a single board. -- Protocol Conversion on a Card - Each of the digital interfaces on the DualSpan products can be configured to run different signaling protocols. Thus the DualSpan can provide a protocol conversion to bring ISDN features to older equipment, without taking additional hardware in the CT system. -- Large Voice Processing System - DualSpan's increased on-board DSP power permits use of a lower bit rate coding The rate coding model of neuronal firing communication states that as the intensity of a stimulus increases the frequency or rate of action potentials, or "spike firing", increases. Rate coding is sometimes called frequency coding. scheme, such as 12 or 16 kbps, enabling systems to double in size. DualSpan's Intel 486 processors will have the capability to store and play short segments of voice, eliminating the need for host data transfers that are bus bandwidth intensive. All DIALOG/HD DualSpan products offer open algorithm voice coding, PitchPerfect(TM) Speed Control, and Global Tone Detection and Generation. The series also offers Call Progress Analysis with Patented Positive Answering Machine Detection(TM), more than 30 GlobalCall E-1 CAS and ISDN protocols worldwide, and are available with integrated Global Dial Pulse Detection. DualSpan Application Compatibility "Developers can immediately benefit from reduced slot requirements without changes to their application," said Martin Zary, DualSpan product marketing manager at Dialogic. The DualSpan series supports application development under Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. , UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , DOS and OS/2 operating systems. An application written for Dialogic's SCbus products can now work on boards ranging from the four port D/41ESC See escape character and escape key. See also ESC/P. ESC - escape , all the way up to the new 60 port D/600SC-2E1. As we introduce our EASE integrated development environment See IDE. integrated development environment - interactive development environment to the Windows NT market, the DualSpan will enable us to offer a price competitive platform for high-density systems," said Carlton Carden, president of Expert Systems Inc., in Atlanta. Introduction of the DualSpan at CT Expo '96 The new DIALOG/HD DualSpan series will be introduced next week at CT Expo '96, in Los Angeles (Booth No. 1212). DualSpan products will take part in the highest performance and capacity SCbus-based programmable switch demonstration ever created. Price and Availability The DIALOG/HD DualSpan in a 48 voice ports, 2-T1 configuration, will list for US$8,995 and be available in the third quarter of 1996 by calling 1-800-755-4444. For more information about Dialogic DIALOG/HD DualSpan products, visit Dialogic's Web site at http://www.dialogic.com. Dialogic Corp. is the leading manufacturer of high-performance, standards-based computer telephony (CT) components. Computer telephony systems built with Dialogic products manage more than one third of all telephone, facsimile, and multi-media calls answered by computers over wireless and wired networks worldwide. Dialogic products are used in voice, fax, data, voice recognition, speech synthesis and call center management CT applications. The company is headquartered in Parsippany, with regional headquarters in Tokyo, Japan and Brussels, Belgium, and sales offices worldwide. -0- Trademarks: All names, products and services mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective organizations. CONTACT: Dialogic Corp., Parsippany Catherine Stewart, 201/993-3000, ext. 6320 c.stewart@dialogic.com or PR+ Rene Siegel, 510/485-1717 renesiegel@aol.com |
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