SnowShore Introduces A1-MF Media Firewall, Brings New Security, Performance and Scalability to Power Border Control Applications.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CHELMSFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 26, 2003 A1-MF Lets Leading Session Control Applications Deliver Reliable, Secure Multimedia Communications Services Between Carrier and Enterprise IP Networks; Leverages SnowShore's WireSpeedMedia(TM) Technology. SnowShore Networks, innovators innovators people who will try new things. early innovators important figures in the farming or client community because they are the leaders in the introduction of new techniques and management systems. in IP enhanced communications infrastructure products, today introduced the SnowShore A1-MF Media Firewall. The newest addition to SnowShore's suite of media processing See media control. products, the A1-MF is a scalable, high performance media processing product that works in conjunction with session border control applications to ensure the secure and optimal delivery of IP communications A general term for networks that use the IP protocol for voice (VoIP) and video traffic. See IP telephony. services between IP networks. The A1-MF provides standard media-level border control services including wire-speed network address translation, firewall traversal Crossing over. Passing through. See NAT traversal. (data) traversal - Processing nodes in a graph one at a time, usually in some specified order. Traversal of a tree is recursively defined to mean visiting the root node and traversing its children. and QOS marking, as well as real-time media transcoding. A feature unique to SnowShore-based session border control solutions, real-time media transcoding enables IP networks to seamlessly pass multi-codec traffic with extremely low latency Low latency allows human-unnoticeable delays between an input being processed and the corresponding output providing real time characteristics. This can be especially important for internet connections utilizing services such as online gaming and VOIP - VOIP is not as important as . This unique set of features is based on SnowShore's patent pending WireSpeedMedia(TM) technology. WireSpeedMedia enables independent scaling of network processor, protocol processor, and media processor resources to prevent performance bottlenecks and ensure optimal use of resources. SnowShore plans to extend their MF offering to their N20 chassis-based product, enabling partners to deliver both appliance-based and chassis based session border control solutions. This multi-platform delivery capability is also unique to SnowShore-based session border control solutions. "The A1-MF is the newest addition to our line of media processing products," said Joel Hughes, SnowShore 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. . "Leveraging our purpose-built A1 platform provides session border control applications with the ability to scale their solution, ensuring the secure and high performance delivery of multimedia communications between multiple enterprise and carrier IP networks." The A1-MF is built on the open architecture of SnowShore's media processing platforms, enabling rapid integration with a wide variety of third party border control applications. The session border control application powered by the SnowShore A1-MF forms an integrated signaling and media routing solution at the network's edge, and performs inter-working, access control, least-cost routing, and SLA (1) (StereoLithography Apparatus) See 3D printing. (2) (Service Level Agreement) A contract between the provider and the user that specifies the level of service expected during its term. compliance functions. The A1-MF is further expanding carrier adoption of SnowShore's platform technology, which is also deployed in leading carrier applications networks throughout the world to power enhanced IP enterprise and consumer telephony services, via its suite of media server products. SnowShore separately announced a joint partnership with NextTone Communications (www.nextone.com), a leading provider of session border controller 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. technologies to power its Multi-protocol Session Controller. The SnowShore A1-MF will be available in Q2. ABOUT SNOWSHORE NETWORKS SnowShore Networks (www.SnowShore.com), a telecommunications equipment company, provides innovative, carrier-grade IP communications infrastructure products to its OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and and System Integrator customers enabling them to deliver a wide array of IP solutions to their service provider customers. SnowShore's suite of media processing products, which include the N20 and A1-Media Server and the new A1-Media Firewall, feature SnowShore's patent pending WireSpeedMedia technology, a high performance multimedia processing engine that is blended with an open and flexible platform architecture to enable SnowShore's customers to deliver customized communication solutions with assured performance at scale. Founded in May 2000, SnowShore Networks is privately held and backed by Charles River Charles River River, eastern Massachusetts, U.S. The longest river wholly in the state, it flows into Boston Bay after a course of about 80 mi (130 km). Navigable for about 7 mi (11 km), its estuary separates the cities of Boston and Cambridge. Ventures, Matrix Partners, St. Paul St. Paul as a missionary he fearlessly confronts the “perils of waters, of robbers, in the city, in the wilderness.” [N.T.: II Cor. 11:26] See : Bravery Ventures, and 3i. SnowShore Networks: Powering the Service-Ready Network(TM). |
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