Data Connection Participates in Global SIP Interoperability Test Event, SIPit 17; SIPit 17 Advances Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Technology.LONDON -- Data Connection Limited (DCL (1) (Digital Command Language) Digital's standard command language for the VMS operating system on its VAX series. (2) (Data Compression L ), the world's leading independent provider of communications protocol Hardware and software standards that govern data transmission between computers. The term "protocol" is very generic and is used for hundreds of different communications methods. A protocol may define the packet structure of the data transmitted or the control commands that manage the software, announced today its successful participation in SIPit 17, the seventeenth SIP interoperability test event organized by the SIP Forum The SIP Forum is a non-profit organization devoted to advancing the adoption of the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), a signaling protocol for use in initiating, modifying, and terminating an interactive user session that involves multimedia elements such as voice, video, instant (www.sipforum.org) which was held in Stockholm, Sweden over the past week. A SIPit, 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. Interoperability Test, is a heavily engineer-focused event that offers a venue for developers of SIP-based products to meet and perform a wide variety of interop tests. The SIP software The following list of SIP software documents software applications which use SIP as a voice over IP protocol. SIP communications products Proprietary license
Data Connection successfully tested its DC-SIP and DC-SBC solutions with a variety of SIP proxies, servers, registrars, IP phones, softphones, gateways, and B2BUAs. Tim Hall, Data Connection's Vice President of Network Protocols, said, "The SIPits are incredibly valuable to the product development cycle. In just a few days, we were able to prove interoperability with our DC-SBC solution and numerous SIP platforms which better prepares our products for real world scenarios." About DC-SIP DC-SIP is one of Data Connection's family of VoIP protocol toolkits. These provide portable source code, full reference designs, test applications, customization tools, and pre-integration with all the leading Operating Systems. The toolkits, combined with Data Connection's superior customer service organization and unrivalled commitment to quality, provide customers with significant project cost savings and the quickest time to market. About DC-SBC Drawing from technology and experience from multiple divisions of Data Connection the Network Protocols division has developed a fully portable Session Border Controller A Session Border Controller is a device used in some VoIP networks to exert control over the signaling and usually also the media streams involved in setting up, conducting, and tearing down calls. (DC-SBC) software solution designed specifically for system vendors. Data Connection's extensive VoIP and IP routing heritage provides OEMs with a field-hardened 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. solution that is deployable immediately, delivering dramatic cost and time to market savings. Like all Data Connection products, DC-SBC is developed with the highest quality standards and is architected for unparalleled modularity, flexibility, scale, and reliability. About Data Connection Data Connection Limited (DCL) is the leading independent developer and supplier of Unicast and Multicast IP Routing, MPLS (1) (MultiProtocol Lambda Switching) The earlier name for GMPLS. See GMPLS. (2) (MultiProtocol Label Switching) A standard from the IETF for including routing information in the packets of an IP network. , SIP, MGCP/Megaco, SBC, ATM, and SNA (Systems Network Architecture) IBM's mainframe network standards introduced in 1974. Originally a centralized architecture with a host computer controlling many terminals, enhancements, such as APPN and APPC (LU 6. portable products, as well as Web Conferencing, Voicemail, Unified Messaging, and Directory applications. The company's MetaSwitch division supplies the industry's leading Class 5 Softswitch, with both integrated (Integrated Softswitch) and distributed architecture options including call agent, feature server, media gateway and signaling gateway functionality. The MetaSwitch Class 5 Softswitch has been widely deployed among incumbent and competitive local exchange carriers, as well as operators of broadband wireless, cable and fiber networks. Net profits have exceeded 20% of revenue every year since the company was founded in 1981. Customers include BT, Cisco, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Lucent, Microsoft and Verizon. With over 300 employees, Data Connection is headquartered in London, UK with US offices in Alameda, CA, Boxborough, MA, Dallas, TX, and Reston, VA. For more information please see www.dataconnection.com. |
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