Frost & Sullivan Honors Acme Packet With Product of the Year Award.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 15, 2004 Frost & Sullivan recognized the contributions of Acme (company, jargon) ACME - /ak'mee/ 1. A Company that Makes Everything. The canonical imaginary business. Possibly also derived from the word "acme" meaning "highest point". 2. A program for MS-DOS. Packet's Net-Net session border controllers 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. (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. ) to the voice over packet (VoP) industry by naming it as the 2004 VoP Product of the Year at last night's Excellence in Information & Communication Technology Awards Banquet. A pioneering product in every sense, Acme Packet's Net-Net SBC has emerged as an important component of today's IP-based network architecture. The Net-Net SBC is the final piece of the next-generation puzzle, and will be a key enabler for the anticipated dynamic growth in the packet voice market in 2004. Acme Packet considers security a critical feature of its SBC. In keeping with this, Net-Net is one of the first products to integrate powerful security features such as hosted NAT traversal Passing through network address translation (NAT) to reach a user. NAT hides private IP addresses from the public Internet; however, voice over IP (VoIP) and videoconferencing calls that originate from outside the network must locate the user's IP address. See STUN, UPnP and NAT. , access control, topology hiding at layers 3 and 5, and denial of service A condition in which a system can no longer respond to normal requests. See denial of service attack. (DoS) protection. Net-Net also facilitates compliance with Communications Assistance to Law Enforcement Act (CALEA CALEA Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia) CALEA Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994 CALEA Communication Assistance to Low Enforcement Act ). Continuous pursuit of technological innovation combined with worldwide deployments of the Net-Net products by tier 1 and 2 service providers has been the cornerstone of Acme Packet's success. Acme Packet differentiates its architecture by tightly integrating signaling intelligence with media control, allowing the carrier to provide quality of service (QoS) at both the media and call control levels. With its dedicated R&D efforts toward building a carrier-class solution, Acme Packet has leveraged its position in the Tier 1 carrier market with deployments by Global Crossing, Fusion and NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform Com apart from a host of others. Net-Net's extensive protocol support with interworking (standard) interworking - Systems or components, possibly from different origins, working together to perform some task. Interworking depends crucially on standards to define the interfaces between the components. functionality allows service providers to, for example, maintain a Session Initiation Protocol-based core network while sharing traffic (peering) with networks using other protocols (such as H.323 or MGCP See MGCP/MEGACO. MGCP - Media Gateway Control Protocol ). Furthermore, Net-Net mediates all varieties of H.323, maintaining a consistent environment across all IP networks to allow for seamless, end-to-end IP services. "Acme Packet is a leading vendor in the newly dubbed dub 1 tr.v. dubbed, dub·bing, dubs 1. To tap lightly on the shoulder by way of conferring knighthood. 2. To honor with a new title or description. 3. SBC space," says Jon Arnold, VoIP program leader with Frost & Sullivan. "A key reason why Acme Packet stands out is its broad vision of the role SBCs play in IP networks, which is manifested in its Net-Net session border controller." Frost & Sullivan's Product of the Year Award is presented based on several factors, including the significance and competitive advantage of the new product within a particular market. The recipient company has shown leadership in terms of product innovation and has gained acceptance by capturing and solidifying its market presence, and providing superior value-added services to customers. Held in Scottsdale, Ariz., the Frost & Sullivan banquet honored world-class companies for outstanding performance and achievements in the information and communication technology industry. An annual event, the banquet recognizes the quality and merit of these distinguished individuals and companies. About Acme Packet Established in August 2000 by networking industry veterans, Acme Packet is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. headquartered in Woburn, Mass. Acme Packet enables network service providers to deliver premium, interactive communications -- voice, video and multimedia sessions -- across IP network borders. Its award-winning Net-Net family of SBCs satisfies critical security, service assurance and law enforcement requirements in wire line, wireless and cable networks. For more information, call Acme Packet at 781-756-6800, or visit www.acmepacket.com. About Frost & Sullivan Founded in 1961, Frost & Sullivan is recognized as a global leader in growth consulting. Frost & Sullivan Awards are presented to companies that demonstrate excellence in their industry, commending the diligence, commitment and innovative business strategies required to advance in the global marketplace. Frost & Sullivan rigorously analyzes specific criteria to determine award recipients in a vast variety of market industries and landscapes. For further information, visit www.frost.com. |
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