Endavo Joins DUNDi Network; Pioneer in Open Network Distribution Expands Market Reach.SALT LAKE CITY -- Endavo Media & Communications, Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB: EDVO NEWS), the leading distributor of IP-based media and communications services, today announced its agreement with Digium(TM) to distribute services via its peer-to-peer network, DUNDi(TM) (Distributed Universal Number Discovery Distributed Universal Number Discovery (DUNDi) is a P2P protocol for providing services equivalent to those provided by ENUM. In simple terms, it is like asking your neighbouring peer whether he knows how to reach a certain phone-extension or VoIP client. ). Endavo's support of DUNDi promotes the proliferation of VoIP capable enterprise systems and allows distribution partners in local markets to efficiently access new value-added products to offer their customers, said 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. Paul Hamm. "Joining DUNDi expands Endavo's market reach and significantly accelerates what we are able to bring to communities and partners around the country," said Hamm. "Endavo's philosophy -- enabling the distribution of IP-based services via an open, but managed, network -- matches Digium's thinking perfectly, so the fit is very natural for the Endavo EcoSystem, where all IP-based content and products can be secured and accounted for in a SIP-based environment." DUNDi is a peer-to-peer system that locates and authenticates routes for Internet telephone numbers, or ENUM. Its fully distributed architecture allows independent organizations to establish trusted availability between multiple locations and act in concert. A geographically distributed organization, for example, can now establish trusted IP network availability and VoIP call routing between offices via the DUNDi system. "The value of the DUNDi system is in the decentralized network approach," said Mark Hewitt, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. of Endavo. "Because the system allows for trusted peer-to-peer exchange of routing and addresses, enterprise customers and service providers will have reliable and trusted service across the distributed network." DUNDi's flexibility allows new gateways to be added to the network without the need for additional configuration. DUNDi was built using the open source Linux PBX Asterisk and acts as a fully-federated PBX in the enterprise with no central point of failure, providing consistency and economical service. "Endavo's adoption of DUNDi shows real initiative and vision in applying this exciting technology to their network," said Mark Spencer, president of Digium. "We are excited to see companies like Endavo participating in growing this technology." About Digium Based in high-tech Huntsville, Alabama, Digium is the creator and primary developer of Asterisk, the industry's first Open Source PBX. Used in combination with Digium's PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). telephony interface cards, Asterisk offers a strategic, highly cost-effective approach to voice and data transport over TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) A technology that transmits multiple signals simultaneously over a single transmission path. Each lower-speed signal is time sliced into one high-speed transmission. , switched, and Ethernet architectures. Digium solutions reduce the costs of traditional TDM and VoIP implementations through Open Source, standards-based software and next-generation gateways, media servers, and application servers. Digium hardware supports traditional voice protocols, including PRI PRI: see Institutional Revolutionary party. (Primary Rate Interface) An ISDN service that provides 23 64 Kbps B (Bearer) channels and one 64 Kbps D (Data) channel (23B+D), which is equivalent to the 24 channels of a T1 line. , RBS, FXS, FXO, E&M, Feature Group D, Groundstart, Loopstart, and GR-303. Data protocols include PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) The most popular method for transporting IP packets over a serial link between the user and the ISP. Developed in 1994 by the IETF and superseding the SLIP protocol, PPP establishes the session between the user's computer and the ISP using , Cisco HDLC, and Frame Relay. For packet voice, Asterisk supports IAX(TM) (Inter-Asterisk eXchange), SIP, MGCP See MGCP/MEGACO. MGCP - Media Gateway Control Protocol , Skinny (SCCP (Signaling Connection Control Point) A layer 3 protocol in an SS7 network that routes a message to the appropriate database. SCCP is used in conjunction with the TCAP protocol for sending queries to databases. See SS7 and TCAP. See also SSCP. ), and H.323 VoIP protocols. About Endavo Endavo Media and Communications, Inc. is the leading distributor of next-generation IP-based digital entertainment and communications services for emerging communities. Through its managed open network architecture, the Endavo Ecosystem guarantees delivery, quality of service and accountability for content providers, programmers and consumers. For more information, visit http://www.endavo.com. |
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