Covergence's Kurt Bertone to Lead Session on VoIP Security at Burton Group Catalyst Conference.MAYNARD, Mass. -- Covergence (www.covergence.com), the leader in scaling, securing and controlling VoIP and other real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. services based on the 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. ), today announced that Kurt Bertone, vice president of product management, will be leading a conference session on the topic of "Securing VoIP and Real-Time Collaboration in the Enterprise" at Burton Group Catalyst Conference North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. 2006. The Burton Group Catalyst Conference North America 2006 will be held June 14-16, at the Hilton 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 .
WHAT: Covergence Panel Session - "Securing VoIP and Real-Time
Collaboration in the Enterprise" presented by Kurt Bertone, VP
of product management
Bertone's session will be featured as part of the "Real Time
Communications" track, and will provide session attendees with
an overview of the security, service and reliability threats
associated with Voice over IP (VoIP), video, instant messaging
(IM), enterprise collaboration and other real-time
applications based on the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF) Session Initiation Protocol (SIP).
WHEN: Friday, June 16, 10:40-11:05 a.m. PT
WHERE: Burton Group Catalyst Conference North America 2006
Hilton San Francisco
333 O'Farrell Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Covergence's Eclipse(TM) series of solutions have been specifically built to address the security and control issues associated with edge of enterprise VoIP and IP networks deploying SIP-based applications and services. An integrated, purpose-built solution, the Eclipse provides fully authenticated au·then·ti·cate tr.v. au·then·ti·cat·ed, au·then·ti·cat·ing, au·then·ti·cates To establish the authenticity of; prove genuine: a specialist who authenticated the antique samovar. , validated val·i·date tr.v. val·i·dat·ed, val·i·dat·ing, val·i·dates 1. To declare or make legally valid. 2. To mark with an indication of official sanction. 3. and encrypted en·crypt tr.v. en·crypt·ed, en·crypt·ing, en·crypts 1. To put into code or cipher. 2. Computer Science user connections to protect against a wide array of attacks and to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of information. Eclipse also provides comprehensive network-level and application security to protect the enterprise infrastructure from attacks and intrusions, delivering the confidence of security, reliability, and quality to IT managers for their VoIP and IP network investments. About Covergence Covergence is the leader in scaling, securing and controlling VoIP and other real-time services based on the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). The Covergence Eclipse(TM) session manager is purpose-built to address the challenges of the access edge, giving users the secure, instant, and reliable access to SIP services they expect while giving organizations the complete control and visibility they require. For more information, visit www.covergence.com. Covergence and Covergence Eclipse are registered trademarks of Covergence. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. |
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