NewHeights and Covergence Bring SIP-Based Security to Multimedia Soft-Client Communications.* As Service Providers Move to Voice-over-IP (VoIP), Unified Communications The real time redirection of a voice, text or e-mail message to the device closest to the intended recipient at any given time. For example, voice calls to desk phones could be routed to the user's cellphone when required. and 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 (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. ) Technologies, NewHeights and Covergence Address the Need for 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) Security for Enterprise Communications Management Communications management is the systematic planning, implementing, monitoring, and revision of all the channels of communication within an organization, and between organizations; it also includes the organization and dissemination of new communication directives connected with an . OTTAWA & MAYNARD, Mass. -- NewHeights Software, a leading provider of next-generation software client solutions, and Covergence, the leader in scaling, securing, and controlling VoIP and other real-time services based on the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), announced today that they have teamed to provide a secure, soft-client communications experience for enterprise users. NewHeightseIU enterprise soft-client provides an elegant communications management interface for fixed and mobile users. NewHeights will leverage CovergenceeIUs Eclipse to further integrate Transport Layer Security (TLS (1) (Transport Layer Security) A security protocol from the IETF that is based on the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) 3.0 protocol developed by Netscape. TLS uses digital certificates to authenticate the user as well as authenticate the network (in a wireless ) and Secure Real-Time Protocol (SRTP (Secure RTP) See RTP. ) standards into its enterprise soft-client offering. The combination outfits Service Providers with a powerful solution that extends the security and reliability traditionally associated with the PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) The worldwide voice telephone network. Once only an analog system, the heart of most telephone networks today is all digital. In the U.S. to the SIP-enabled enterprise desktop. The integration of CovergenceeIUs Eclipse solution with NewHeightseIU flagship soft-client, Desktop Assistant 90 (DA-90), provides enterprise users with additional security and management benefits including: * Strong, standards-based cryptographic authentication * Standards-based signaling and media encryption * Stateful and stateless Refers to software that does not keep track of configuration settings, transaction information or any other data for the next session. When a program "does not maintain state" (is stateless) or when the infrastructure of a system prevents a program from maintaining state, it cannot take signaling and media validation * Multi-layer intrusion and attack preventions * Application-specific virus scanning and content filtering See Web filtering and parental control software. * Policy-based monitoring "While a variety of soft-clients are deployed in the enterprise through unauthorized end-user installations that bypass corporate security policies, NewHeights is committed to seamless integration with carrier-class security standards," said Owen Matthews, chief executive officer, NewHeights. "NewHeightseIU strategic focus has been to integrate with the leading telephony and enterprise applications in the market. Integrating CovergenceeIUs SIP security solutions with our soft-client technology supports this strategy and further establishes NewHeights as the soft-client vendor of choice for todayeIUs Service Provider and enterprise customer." Soft-client technology is opening up a new world of possibilities for the enterprise desktop. Businesses now have the opportunity to combine a cost-effective SIP hard phone with a PC-based multimedia soft-client to enable traditional grip-and-talk telephony as well as advanced, PC-based telephony applications at a comparable cost to current VoIP offerings. Additionally, businesses with Centrex services are able to keep their existing traditional phones while also using soft-client technology to enable advanced VoIP, IMS and unified communication services at the desktop. The inclusion of world-class SIP security with the soft-client desktop will further support and accelerate enterprise adoption of this new communications service delivery model. "Covergence is committed to helping enterprises and service providers securely and reliably connect users to real-time services. By extending our advanced SIP security and management solutions to soft-client vendors such as NewHeights, we are giving providers the ability to create a bullet-proof enterprise communications environment," said Bob OeIUNeil, 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. , Covergence. "As the enterprise network and associated endpoints transition to SIP, the ability to authenticate communications based on physical location is no longer applicable. SIP security must encrypt and authenticate any-to-any traffic, including phone calls, instant messages, and video conferences. NewHeights soft-clients rest at the center of these communication processes, and together with Covergence, provide the highest level of reliability and security in the industry today." About Covergence Covergence is the leader in scaling, securing and controlling VoIP and other real-time services based on the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). The Covergence Eclipsee is a series of access-edge session border controllers purpose-built to securely and reliably connect users to VoIP and multi-media services while giving organizations the complete control and visibility they require. For more information, visit www.covergence.com. About NewHeights Software NewHeights Software Corporation delivers todayeIUs most evolved next-generation communications software clients. Sold under the brands of Service Providers, Softswitch vendors and IP-PBX vendors our soft-clients are driving a new communications experience within small and large businesses and residential markets. Extracting the value of todayeIUs SIP/IMS, MGCP See MGCP/MEGACO. MGCP - Media Gateway Control Protocol and proprietary networks, our soft-clients integrate feature-rich call control with custom and enterprise applications to enable a unified, contextual communications environment for fixed and mobile users. NewHeights publicly-announced customers and partners include: Mitel, Ubiquity Software, MetaSwitch and Marconi Corporation plc. NewHeights 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 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada with development offices in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and sales offices in the United Kingdom and Australia. |
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