INDIGO SOFTWARE TEAMS WITH SONUS NETWORKS TO BRING FORWARD DELIVERY OF SIP INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS.Indigo Software, a pioneering Internet-infrastructure software developer, announced recently that it has joined the Sonus Networks (Nasdaq:SONS) Open Services Partner Alliance (OSPA OSPA Open Services Partner Alliance (Avant Telecom, Inovative Systems, Nextone, Sonus) OSPA Office of Sponsored Projects Administration OSPA Orquestra Sinfônica de Porto Alegre (Porto Alegre, Brazil) ). Designed to provide a framework that offers service providers end-to-end packet-based network solutions, Sonus' OSPA aims to empower standards-based interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. between applications, hardware vendors, and the Sonus product suite. Indigo will bring to the program the latest versions of its SIP user agent and SIP proxy (Session Initiation Protocol proxy) A server in a SIP-based IP telephony environment. It is required in large companies with numerous telephone numbers or when the Internet is the long distance transport. server, as well as other key network components. "We are pleased with the way our alliance has created so much interest in the telecom industry. Indigo's involvement illustrates the extent to which the program has attracted top companies that want to work with Sonus in promoting packet voice technology such as Indigo's SIP-based software and development tools," said Terri Griffin, Vice President of Marketing Programs, Sonus Networks. "Along with Indigo and other partners, we are focused on helping carriers provide next generation services to end users." "We are delighted to lend our support to this initiative to further the development of standards-based interoperability between communications infrastructure providers," said Edward Keegan, Head of Business Development at Indigo Software. "The OSPA helps speed up the delivery of our innovative new products to the carrier market." The Indigo Software product offering is a complete suite of SIP-centered software and development tools meeting the exacting communications industry communications industry, broadly defined, the business of conveying information. Although communication by means of symbols and gestures dates to the beginning of human history, the term generally refers to mass communications. requirements of reliability, scalability and performance. Indigo will be a featured participant in the Sonus Networks OSPA Live Demo at Supercomm 2001 in June. An Internet Engineering Task Force (c/o Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI), Reston, VA, www.ietf.org) Founded in 1986, the IETF is a non-membership, open, voluntary standards organization dedicated to identifying problems and opportunities in IP data networks and proposing technical solutions to the (IETF See Internet Engineering Task Force. IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force ) standard, SIP is an open, Internet-genuine protocol for establishing and managing multi-party, mixed-media sessions over converged networks The integration of the telephone system with IP-based data networks. See softswitch. (networking) converged network - A single network that can carry voice, video and data. . SIP enables the creation and deployment of feature-rich services that go far beyond simple VoIP calls. More information about SIP can be found at http://www.cs.columbia.edu/sip |
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