Dialogic Partners with Novell to Bring Voice to NetWare Environment and the Reseller Channel; Joint Development Efforts Produce Netware Loadable Module For Dialogic's Industry Leading Voice Board; Application Developers and VARs To Benefit From Joint Marketing Partnership.PARSIPPANY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 3, 1995--Dialogic Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :DLGC) has partnered with Novell Inc. (NASDAQ:NOVL NOVL Novell, Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ) to develop a Netware Loadable Module See NLM. (NLM Software that runs in a NetWare server. Although NetWare servers store DOS and Windows applications, they do not execute them. All programs that run in a NetWare server must be compiled into the NLM format. They are typically written in C and use Novell's libraries. ) for Dialogic's industry-leading D/41D voice processing platform. The NLM enables software developers to easily add voice processing capabilities in native Novell Netware environments and provides Novell with the media processing required for building sophisticated computer telephone (CT) applications. The D/41D NLM delivers advanced voice processing features and functionality required by developers of computer telephony applications for Netware. The NLM may by used in conjunction with Netware Telephony Services TSAPI (Telephony Services API) A telephony programming interface from Novell and AT&T. Based on the international CSTA standard, TSAPI is designed to interface a telephone PBX with a NetWare server to provide interoperability between PCs and telephone equipment. (Telephony Services Application Programmer's Interface) to allow developers to enhance their call control applications with voice processing functionality in call center voice response units and unified messaging systems. In addition to the NLM introduction, Dialogic and Novell announced a strategic partnership to jointly educate and train computer resellers interested in the growing computer telephony market. Both companies will jointly promote CT applications in the computer channel while also assisting value added resellers and system integrators in expanding business opportunities in the CT arena. Dialogic and Novell's combined efforts in the CT reseller channel will begin shortly after the New Year. For Dialogic, the relationship with Novell strengthens its position as the leading supplier of CT platforms with more than 1.9 million Dialogic ports installed in the computer telephony arena. The relationship opens up new market opportunities in the computer networking world for Dialogic's CT developers and Value Added Resellers (VARs). The development and marketing partnership with Dialogic reinforces Novell's position as a leading software provider in the computer telephony market by enhancing its current telephony services platform with media services. "Dialogic is looking forward to continuing its strong relationship with Novell and working to integrate new and innovative media processing technologies into the reseller channels promoting CT applications," said Howard Bubb, Dialogic Corporation president and 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. . "We are glad to have the opportunity to work with the industry leader in computer networking system software." Dialogic and Novell will work closely together to develop and enhance Dialogic's telephony hardware platform to ensure simple and rapid integration of Novell CTI (Computer Telephone Integration) Combining data with voice systems in order to enhance telephone services. For example, automatic number identification (ANI) allows a caller's records to be retrieved from the database while the call is routed to the appropriate party. solutions in 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). environments. Additionally, Dialogic will be offering the D/41D NLM for an annual development license to its developers. The NLM will be available in December from Dialogic and supported jointly by Dialogic and Novell. "Today, by linking the PBX and computer network resources via TSAPI, Novell allows for efficient call control capabilities for the end user," said Tom Steading, vice president and general manager of Novell's Communications Infrastructure Division. "With Dialogic's media processing hardware for voice, fax and call processing we will be able to intelligently manage calls and provide information the caller needs from the computer network." Founded in 1983, Dialogic Corporation is a leading manufacturer of standards-based computer telephony hardware and software platform components, with more than 1.9 million ports shipped worldwide. In March, 1993, Dialogic launched the Signal Computing System Architecture standard along with 70 other companies. SCSA (Signal Computing System Architecture) An open architecture for transmitting voice and video signals. Its backbone is the SCbus, a 131 Mbps data path that provides up to 2,048 time slots, the equivalent of 1,024 two-way voice conversations at 64 Kbps. defines open software and hardware standards for building computer telephony systems with multiple technologies. SCSA is now supported by more than 290 industry suppliers. To offer customers the widest range of capabilities, Dialogic has bolstered its traditional CT strengths by acquiring leading companies in complementary technologies: GammaLink, the leader in computer-based facsimile components; the CT Division, which specializes in computer-telephone software integration at the switch level and Spectron Microsystems, Inc., developers of the SPOX SPOX Smallpox (CBRN modeling) SPOX Spokesperson operating system and of digital signal processor A digital signal processor (DSP) is a specialized microprocessor designed specifically for digital signal processing, generally in real-time computing. Characteristics of typical Digital Signal Processors
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