Convergent Networks Expands Cohesion Alliance Program to Bring Revenue-Generating SIP Applications to Service Providers.Business/Technology Editors SUPERCOMM 2002 LOWELL, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 20, 2002 Next-Generation Applications and Technology Partners Join Program to Enable Carriers to Enhance Revenues through New Service Opportunities With a common goal of enabling today's communications carriers to enhance their residential and business offerings to include new IP-based services, eight leading applications and technology providers have joined Convergent Networks' Cohesion cohesion: see adhesion and cohesion. Cohesion (physics) The tendency of atoms or molecules to coalesce into extended condensed states. This tendency is practically universal. Alliance Partner Program. New members include Acme (company, jargon) ACME - /ak'mee/ 1. A Company that Makes Everything. The canonical imaginary business. Possibly also derived from the word "acme" meaning "highest point". 2. A program for MS-DOS. Packet, BroadSoft, Gallery 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. , IPeria, Pingtel, SnowShore Networks, Sylantro Systems and VocalData. Together, Convergent Networks and its partners are creating a migration path from today's legacy circuit-switches to an open, packet-based network architecture where new IP applications such as distributed call centers, hosted PBXs, voicemail, unified communications The real time redirection of a voice, text or e-mail message to the device closest to the intended recipient at any given time. For example, voice calls to desk phones could be routed to the user's cellphone when required. , custom calling services and multi-party conferencing See teleconferencing. are readily deployed. Using Session Initiation Protocol (protocol) Session Initiation Protocol - (SIP) A very simple text-based application-layer control protocol. It creates, modifies, and terminates sessions with one or more participants. Such sessions include Internet telephony and multimedia conferences. It is described in RFC 2543. (SIP (1) (Session Initiation Protocol) An IP telephony signaling protocol developed by the IETF. Primarily used for voice over IP (VoIP) calls, SIP can also be used for video or any media type; for example, SIP has been used to set up multi-player Quake games. ) for applications interworking (standard) interworking - Systems or components, possibly from different origins, working together to perform some task. Interworking depends crucially on standards to define the interfaces between the components. , Convergent Networks and its Alliance Partners are enabling carriers to deliver next-generation converged services over IP, ATM and TDM networks A network that transmits data in dedicated end-to-end circuits comprising 64 Kbps digital channels. TDM networks evolved from the analog voice networks of the telephone companies. . "Carriers want to deploy next-gen platforms, but need the revenue justification that advanced voice services will bring," said Deb Mielke, principal, Treillage Network Strategies. "Carriers are excited by the innovative services that are being deployed, and they are looking to these next-generation vendors to help deliver them. Convergent Networks and their Cohesion partners recognize the critical importance of vendor interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. in a successful network deployment." Technological achievements and highlights of each partnership include: -- Acme Packet's Net-Net product family allows service providers to extend the reach of their IP networks to generate revenue by delivering not only basic telephony and IP Centrex services, but also presence with instant voice or video calling/conferencing, multimedia collaboration, distance learning and others with the proper security and quality of service guarantees. www.acmepacket.com -- BroadSoft, Inc. is the leading provider of voice applications and servers for service providers. BroadWorks, the company's flagship product, allows service providers to rapidly and economically deliver basic and enhanced voice services to enterprises of any size. BroadWorks' highly scalable, flexible architecture and capabilities provide comprehensive packet-based telephony applications including IP Centrex services, enterprise networking and private branch exchange (PBX) replacement. www.broadsoft.com -- Gallery IP Telephony is an innovative software development and integration house leading the way in the delivery of true carrier-class IP Telephony solutions. The CAssiopeia Class-5 Softswitch suite is the only PacketCable Advanced Baseline softswitch deployable today that offers a comprehensive Class-5 alternative for IP telephony carriers. Cable TV and DSL carriers can offer IP telephony services to their subscribers in a minimum timeframe and deliver a rich and innovative set of services and features. CAssiopeia Softswitch SS7 Signaling Gateway ensures seamless performance between the PSTN and IP networks. www.g-ipt.com -- IPeria provides communications and messaging solutions software for next-generation networks that enable telecommunications service providers to attract and retain customers. Its innovative IPeria(R) ActivEdge(TM) Enhanced Communication software suite provides visual voicemail, auto-attendant, voice-e-mail, unified communications, and other high-value subscriber services. Service providers use ActivEdge to build strong, long-term relationships with their customers by allowing customization and personalization of their services. www.iperia.com -- Pingtel, a leading champion of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) technology, exploits the flexibility of SIP, Java and XML with its family of IP phones, xpressa for the desk and instant xpressa for the PC, both of which are delivery platforms for next-generation hosted IP voice services and premise-based IP PBX systems. The Pingtel phones are redefining VoIP communications with their intelligence, exceptional functionality, intuitive user interface and superb audio quality. Exploiting the power of the SIP protocol and Java environment, the Pingtel phones provide a limitless software development platform for Java developers, enterprises and voice service providers who want to create innovative next-generation voice services. www.pingtel.com -- SnowShore Networks, a telecommunications equipment company, provides innovative IP communications infrastructure products to service providers worldwide. SnowShore's N20 Media Server is an IP-optimized media-processing platform that blends voice and dynamic web content to enrich the user's communications experience. As the foundation of the carrier's applications infrastructure, the media server vastly improves the creation, deployment and management of traditional services and makes possible visionary new voice services. www.SnowShore.com -- Sylantro Systems is a software company providing the industry's premier suite of Hosted IP-PBX and IP Centrex services, as well as other advanced managed telephony services, via the company's application servers for legacy or next-generation networks. This award-winning set of services allows service providers to rapidly deploy and deliver high-margin, high-value telephony services. Sylantro's solutions offer an advanced class of managed telephony services that replace today's in-house PBX and key system offerings, and generate substantial new revenues for service providers. Sylantro's service-provider customers have deployed to over 10,000 users worldwide. www.sylantro.com -- VocalData, Inc. is the leading provider of integrated real-time communication applications that enable service providers to deliver reliable, next-generation IP telephony services. VocalData's award-winning VOISS(TM) solution is a comprehensive suite of Virtual PBX and IP Centrex applications that provides higher value telephony services to enterprise customers, while reducing the costs associated with traditional PBX telephony systems. www.vocaldata.com "Next-gen voice platforms have proven themselves to be carrier-grade and cost-effective in basic tandem (Tandem Computers Inc., Cupertino, CA) A former major manufacturer of fault-tolerant computers founded in 1974 by James Treybig and provider of the early 21st century technology for HP's enterprise computing strategy. and trunking See port aggregation. applications," said Sally Bament, vice president of marketing at Convergent Networks. "Service providers are now looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. the advanced applications that will allow them to offer services above and beyond long distance and local dial tone. These are the services SIP will enable along with the solutions from our partnerships." Convergent Networks has been shipping its carrier-class Cohesion softswitch product line since 2000 and has established itself as the leading platform in deployed traffic per month among next-generation vendors. Convergent Networks and its new partners are demonstrating various SIP-enabled services such as 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). , unified communications, follow-me services and PacketCable voice services at the SUPERCOMM 2002 trade show in Atlanta from June 4-6 at booth # 20722. About the Cohesion Alliance Partner Program Convergent Networks formed the Cohesion Alliance Partner Program to further the education, development and deployment of next-generation packet technologies in carrier networks. Alliance members span all facets of the telecom industry and include technology providers, communications equipment manufacturers, applications developers and network consultants who help carriers successfully deploy traditional and advanced voice and data services over a packet infrastructure. The Cohesion Alliance Partner Program benefits include access to Convergent Networks' interoperability testing lab, participation in educational forums on next-generation solutions, such as the Cohesion product family, a forum to explore ideas with other partners in the Alliance Program, and the ability to leverage sales opportunities and co-marketing programs with Convergent Networks such as trade shows, seminars and industry speaking engagements. About Convergent Networks, Inc. Founded in 1998 and privately held, Convergent Networks is The Voice of Broadband broadband Term describing the radiation from a source that produces a broad, continuous spectrum of frequencies (contrasted with a laser, which produces a single frequency or very narrow range of frequencies). Networking.(TM) The Company designs, develops and markets carrier-class Cohesion(TM) switching solutions that enable emerging and incumbent carriers See ILEC. to economically deliver innovative broadband services See broadband and broadband service provider. to their business and residential subscribers. More information about the Company can be found at www.convergentnet.com. Cohesion, ICS (1) (Internet Connection Sharing) A Windows feature that enables two or more computers to share one Internet connection. First introduced in Windows 98 Second Edition, sharing is accomplished with network address translation (NAT), which is the common method. 2000, ICSG ICSG International Copper Study Group , ICSX, ICSP ICSP In Circuit Serial Programming (MicroCHIP) ICSP International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes ICSP International Conference on Signal Processing ICSP Interagency Committee on Standards Policy , ICView and The Voice of Broadband Networking are trademarks of Convergent Networks. |
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