Sylantro Announces Sophisticated Routing and Network Configuration Capabilities for Service Providers.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 20, 2001 Service Providers Now Have a Powerful Set of Configuration and Routing Options for Their Complex Carrier-Grade Networks Sylantro(TM) Systems Corp. (www.sylantro.com), supplier of the industry's premier applications-enabled softswitch for delivery of managed telephony Meaning "sound over distance," it refers to electronically transmitting the human voice. In the beginning, telephony dealt only with analog signals in the circuit-switched networks of the telephone companies. services, such as Hosted PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). and Business Centrex applications, today announced further enhancements to the company's core product that give service providers and other carriers the widest range of deployable network configuration and routing options in the industry. These new enhancements give service providers unequalled choice and flexibility with capabilities such as full on-net routing of call traffic, E911 call routing, resource management and fail-over routing, enabling the deployment of carrier-grade, IP-based networks for the delivery of next-generation voice services. The new routing and configuration capabilities leverage a number of key elements of Sylantro's system design, including SIP (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. ) and XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. . Sophisticated SIP routing proxy services allow interaction and communication between network devices such as media gateways and control servers. XML-based functionality provides unparalleled ease of management and flexibility, allowing configurations and network routing to be changed "on the fly" without re-engineering the entire network. "We are building our infrastructure for the delivery of next-generation managed communication services, and we have conducted tests on Sylantro's SIP and XML-based routing services," noted David Hurwit, chief technical officer of Telverse Communications, Inc. "Sylantro offers advanced routing capabilities that provide us with the flexibility and resiliency The ability to recover from a failure. The term may be applied to hardware, software or data. we absolutely must have to manage a large and complex communications service. Sylantro gives us the edge that we need to compete successfully in the marketplace." The new enhancements to Sylantro's routing capabilities include extensive support for sophisticated on-net routing structures. While on-net routing has been available to enterprises with VPNs (Virtual Private Networks) and VoIP (Voice over IP) gateways, it has not typically been available for carriers to offer on a hosted basis along with managed PBX and business Centrex services. On-net routing provides a significant economic advantage for carriers that own or lease large data networks by allowing them to control costs not only in their own arbitration expenses, but also for their end users' long distance voice charges. In addition, the routing structure allows for priority routing based on flexible specifications such as time of day, long-distance carrier, or contracted 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. (Service Level Agreement) requirements. By virtue of Sylantro's product architecture, all routing controls include highly desirable manual override A manual override is a procedure where an otherwise automatic system is taken under manual control, usually from computer control. Examples of manual overrides in Fact The enhancements for Sylantro's Applications Switch(TM) include provisions for automatic pre-defined routing that can be activated activated a state of being more than usually active. In biological systems this is usually brought about by chemical or electrical means. Commonly said of pharmaceutical and chemical products. "on the fly" to allow options such as fail-over routing in the case of network congestion In data networking and queueing theory, network congestion occurs when a link or node is carrying so much data that its quality of service deteriorates. Typical effects include queueing delay, packet loss or the blocking of new connections. or outages on other pass-through networks. Sylantro has also released an industry-first -- a sophisticated E911 routing scheme that automatically routes emergency calls to the correct agency with regard to geographical context, even if the Sylantro server is located in a different jurisdiction. The E911 capability is deployed and available today, supporting geographically dispersed dis·perse v. dis·persed, dis·pers·ing, dis·pers·es v.tr. 1. a. To drive off or scatter in different directions: The police dispersed the crowd. b. applications such as remote offices or users. This allows a remote user to gain full access to Sylantro-based services, yet in case of an emergency the local emergency response will be directed based on the location that originates the call. This capability allows emergency teams to locate and respond to the caller more quickly by directing them to a specific floor or section in a building, for example. Traditional phone systems lack this capability, providing only a street address or suite number. Individual network components can also be configured con·fig·ure tr.v. con·fig·ured, con·fig·ur·ing, con·fig·ures To design, arrange, set up, or shape with a view to specific applications or uses: independent of the centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. Sylantro server, allowing a single server to support deployments across multiple national numbering plans A numbering plan is a type of numbering scheme used in telecommunications. This is a set of rules used for making numbers. For example, most telephone numbers belong to the E.164 numbering plan, though that won't include internal extensions in some PABXs. The E. , for example. This configuration option gives service providers the ability to economically deploy Sylantro-based services in diverse environments regardless of geographical, telco signaling or network differences, as well as allowing resource shifting. For example, a service provider might deploy several different media gateways depending on the size of the market served and shift call traffic among them based on call load. "Service providers and other carriers who are deploying large, complex high-volume voice and data networks demand the ability to easily manage their network configurations and adapt to changing conditions on internal and external networks, as well as the marketplace," stated John Weald weald n. Chiefly British 1. A woodland. 2. An area of open rolling upland. [From Weald, a once-forested area in southeast England, from Old English , VP, software engineering for Sylantro Systems. "The enhancements that we're announcing today give carriers the flexibility to address their network needs and to deploy telco-grade voice networks throughout the U.S. and in international markets, as well." About Sylantro Systems Corp. Sylantro Systems is a software company providing the industry's premier applications-enabled softswitch that allows service providers to deliver high-value managed telephony services via existing and next-generation networks. Sylantro's award-winning "Applications Switch" offers pre-packaged business communications services that allow service providers to rapidly deploy new value-added voice applications. Sylantro's solutions offer an advanced class of managed telephony services that replace today's in-house PBX and key system offerings, and generate substantial new revenues for service providers. Sylantro 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. backed by premier investors. For more information, visit the company's website at www.sylantro.com. Note to Editors: Sylantro and Applications Switch are trademarks of Sylantro Systems Corp. All rights reserved. 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