Convergin Earns NXTcomm Eos Award Honors.Accolade WCS See Windows CardSpace. Service Capabilities Interaction Manager (SCIM SCIM Smart Common Input Method SCIM Service Capability Interaction Manager (3GPP) SCIM Sample Collection for Investigation of Mars SCIM Spinal Cord Independence Measure SCIM Standard Cubic Inches per Minute ) Platform Named Runner-Up for Technology Innovation Award CHICAGO -- Convergin, the leading provider of fixed mobile convergence Seamless switching between cellular and local networks for mobile users. The goal is to have a handset that switches automatically from the cellular network to the local, wireless Wi-Fi network when entering a building in order to save cellphone minutes. and service interaction solutions, today announced that its Accolade WCS Platform was selected by NXTcomm as a runner-up for the Eos Excellence of Achievement Award for technology innovation. Eos Awards honor companies exhibiting at NXTcomm that have developed the most promising new technologies or provided the best new network service and strategic support. The Accolade WCS Platform accelerates the adoption of IMS (1) See IP Multimedia Subsystem. (2) (Information Management System) An early IBM hierarchical DBMS for IBM mainframes. IMS was widely implemented throughout the 1970s under MVS and continues to be used under z/OS. in fixed, wireless and fixed-mobile networks and provides a clear migration path from today's network silos to fully converged networks based on IMS standards. As the only commercial standalone Service Capabilities Interaction Manager (SCIM), WCS resides at the network core and implements SCIM at its own layer. The Accolade WCS extends the functionality of an IMS SCIM, beyond managing the interactions between and among applications in an IMS environment, to also allow communication between traditional legacy switching and service platforms and next generation SIP/IMS control and service platforms. With new IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) Also called "TV over IP," IPTV delivers scheduled TV programs and video-on-demand (VOD) via the IP protocol and digital streaming techniques used to watch video on the Internet. capabilities, Accolade WCS now extends service orchestration to incorporate headend servers alongside SIP application servers and other service platforms. Thus, video services such as Video on Demand (VoD) and broadcast media streaming can be delivered in coordination with voice and data services over any access network (e.g. 2G/3G, fixed, cable, wi-fi) and a variety of session/call control and switching technologies. Unified service interaction and control throughout an operator's entire service offering generates a greater quality of experience (QoE) for the end-user combining media, telephony and other communication and value added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. services. "We are excited that the innovation of the Accolade WCS is acknowledged by one of the largest telecommunication tradeshows in the world," said Dr. Ayal Itzkovitz, 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 Convergin. "To be chosen among the industry's finest telecom solutions shows the growing value and importance of seamlessly evolving legacy networks into IMS without sacrificing existing infrastructure in the convergence process." NXTcomm will be held June 18-21, 2007, in Chicago. Convergin will be demonstrating the Accolade WCS with one of its key partners, BEA Systems BEA Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BEAS) is one of the major companies developing enterprise infrastructure software. BEA makes middleware, products that help software run on top of databases. , at booth #1539. About Convergin Convergin is the leading provider of Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC See fixed mobile convergence. ) and Service Capability Interaction Management (SCIM) core network solutions. By utilizing Convergin's Wireless Convergence Server, service providers accelerate their evolution towards IMS while enabling seamless orchestration of mobile, legacy, next generation and IPTV core network elements. For more information, please see www.convergin.com |
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