Data Connection Participates in Global SIP Interoperability Test Event, SIPit 19.SIPit 19 Advances 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) 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 software, announced today its participation in SIPit 19, the nineteenth SIP interoperability test (SIPit) event organized by the SIP Forum (www.sipforum.org). SIPit is a week-long event, held twice a year, to improve the quality of the SIP specification and forge global interoperability among SIP implementations. Data Connection was one of over seventy vendors who participated in the event, which was hosted by the University of New Hampshire Interoperability Laboratory The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) tests networking and data communications products. The university established the laboratory in 1988, "with the dual mission of providing a neutral environment to foster multi-vendor interoperability and . At the event Data Connection deployed DC-SIP, its carrier grade protocol stack utilized by softswitches, gateways, servers, phones, access devices, and 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. applications throughout the world. DC-SIP, which includes IPv6 functionality, successfully interoperated with a number of SIP solutions in peer-to-peer and multiparty test environments. "The SIPit events are a great opportunity to ensure industry compatibility and advance SIP technology in general. For example, we were able to confirm multi-vendor interoperability with our IPv6 implementation in a matter of hours," said Jonathan Cumming, Data Connection's Director of VoIP Product Management for Networking Protocols. "This is why Data Connection has been a frequent participant in the past SIPit events and plans to continue its involvement." 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 unrivaled commitment to quality, provide customers with significant project cost savings and the quickest time to market. 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 (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. , 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 industry-leading IP Multimedia Subsystem An integrated network for telecommunications carriers that uses the IP protocol as its foundation for packetized voice, video and data. Supporting voice over IP (VoIP) in all its flavors (SIP, H.323, MGCP, etc. (IMS) switching and applications solutions for both packet and circuit-switched networks. Its widely deployed call agent, media/signaling gateway and application server platform supports a full range of legacy Class 4/5 capabilities and hosted unified communications services, and scales from a few hundred to millions of subscribers in both integrated and distributed configurations. Net profits have exceeded 20% of revenue every year since the company was founded in 1981. Customers include the world's largest software and hardware vendors, including 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, and Microsoft, and major telecommunications service providers such as AT&T, BT, France Telecom 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 and www.metaswitch.com. |
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