Covad Expands Contract with Sylantro Systems for Hosted Communications Solutions; Expanded Relationship and Multi-Year Commitment Reflect Rising Market Adoption of IP Centrex and Hosted PBX Services.CHICAGO -- Sylantro Systems Corporation today announced it has entered into a 3-year agreement with Covad Communications Group to power the expansion of Covad's hosted voice over IP (VoIP) services. Under the terms of the agreement, Sylantro will provide subscriber licenses and associated services for its award-winning hosted communications platform. Covad VoIP vPBX utilizes the Sylantro applications feature server, combined with Covad's own value-added enhancements and channel strategies, to deliver the industry's most successful hosted VoIP service offering. Covad recently completed a nationwide rollout of business-class VoIP services, including the Sylantro-based vPBX service, to address 125 major metropolitan markets covering more than 900 U.S. cities. Covad VoIP vPBX is a complete hosted alternative to premise-based PBXs with additional advanced features such as find me/follow me Telephone services that provide advanced call forwarding. Initially developed for the circuit-switched Intelligent Network (IN), voice over IP (VoIP) also provides such services. "Find me" forwards calls either in sequence or at the same time to a list of numbers. , audio and web conferencing A videoconferencing session via the Internet. In order to interact with other participants, attendees use either a Web application or an application downloaded into their client machines. , directory services and instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or . The vPBX service includes the award-winning Covad Dashboard (1) See Mac Dashboard. (2) A software-based control panel for one or more applications, network devices or industrial machines. Dashboards display simulated gauges and dials that look somewhat like an automobile dashboard. , a browser-based portal that allows users to manage and control their VoIP services from a single, easy-to-use interface. "Covad's investment affirms our research indicating that business users are increasingly considering hosted solutions for their communications needs," said Keith Nissen, senior analyst, business and residential networks for In-Stat, an industry analyst firm. "We expect to observe additional significant investments by service providers as they migrate from legacy architectures to the latest fixed/mobile convergent solutions." The Sylantro applications feature server is scalable to support a multitude of users and provides the operability Operability is the ability to keep a system in a functioning and operating condition. In a computing systems environment with multiple systems this includes the ability of products, systems and business processes to work together to accomplish a common task such as finding and and regulatory compliance required for large-scale hosted communications deployments. This service platform gives service providers a full range of advanced communications features, including basic to advanced PBX-type capabilities and sophisticated IP-based features such as integration with popular desktop applications. "We are very pleased to expand upon our relationship with Sylantro Systems," said Charles Hoffman, president and chief executive officer of Covad. "Sylantro is a valued partner in the growth of our business-class VoIP services -- a key element of our overall strategic plan." Covad VoIP vPBX service has garnered numerous industry awards including recognition as one of the top 100 mid-market products by CMP's VARBusiness magazine. Covad also received the 2004 Service Provider Innovation Award from Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. , Inc. for the Covad VoIP business-class hosted voice service. "We are extremely honored and pleased by Covad's extended commitment to Sylantro and our applications feature server platform," said Pete Bonee, president and chief executive officer of Sylantro Systems. "Covad is respected as a leader in providing national voice and data services and as a company that responds to customer needs. We look forward to an ongoing relationship with Covad as the hosted communications marketplace continues to grow and flourish." About Sylantro Systems Corp. Sylantro Systems provides the premier software platform for advanced IP Centrex A telephone service in which an IP-based PBX is located in the telephone company's facilities. It connects to the customer via the LAN rather than by telephone wires. IP CENTREX offers voice over IP and other IP-based services as well as connectivity to the regular telephone system (PSTN). and hosted communications services for business, residential, wireless and other applications. The company leads the market in deployments, with carriers such as 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. , PTTs such as Swisscom, and next-generation service providers such as NuVox and Covad using the Sylantro platform. With a unique combination of advanced applications, a carrier-class platform, and proven go-to-market services, Sylantro allows service providers to rapidly deliver high-value, high-margin managed telephony Meaning "sound over distance," it refers to electronically transmitting the human voice. In the beginning, telephony dealt only with analog signals in the circuit-switched networks of the telephone companies. services. These award-winning solutions offer business users sophisticated communications services without the cost and complexity of today's in-house 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 key systems, and give consumers new flexibility in their communications services. Sylantro is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. backed by premier investors. On the Web: www.sylantro.com. Sylantro is a registered trademark of Sylantro Systems Corporation. All rights reserved. All other products and brands mentioned are trademarks and/or service marks of their respective owners. |
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