Veraz and Sun Microsystems Collaborate on Showcasing Solaris 10 on Veraz's Next Generation Telecommunications Softswitch.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. -- Veraz's distributed architecture ideally suited for demonstrating Solaris 10's Predictive Self Healing The ability to restore a failure situation such as a broken transmission line or a missing program file that is part of a software application. See self-healing network. , Dynamic Tracing and Solaris Containers Solaris Containers (including Solaris Zones) is a virtualization feature first available with Solaris 10. This is an implementation of operating system-level virtualization technology. capabilities for Telecom Applications Veraz Networks announced its collaboration with Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. to adopt the Solaris 10 Operating System operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. for its next generation ControlSwitch product. This was an easy decision for Veraz due to Solaris 10's compatibility with previous releases of Solaris. As a first step in this collaboration Veraz has started testing Solaris(TM) 10's advanced telecom features including Solaris Containers, Predictive Self Healing, Dynamic Tracing (DTrace), using Veraz's carrier grade softswitch and service delivery platform ControlSwitch. This furthers Veraz and Sun's on-going relationship of successful ControlSwitch deployments in the telco space for over five years. This collaboration will provide both established and greenfield carrier providers with the benchmark next generation softswitch implementation. Due to its modularity which enables flexible deployment configurations and granular scalability, ControlSwitch leverages the full range of Sun computing platforms and provides an ideal architecture for utilizing Solaris 10 Container capabilities. Nearly a dozen distinct software elements including session control elements that map to functional 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. components are deployed across multiple SUN servers makes up a distributed ControlSwitch system. Solaris Containers can increase the flexibility of ControlSwitch software element deployment combinations and thus facilitate network planning, design, and network and service traffic expansion. The large scale of Veraz's real-time telephony system will prove out Solaris 10's new performance optimization and monitoring features such as DTrace. DTrace simplifies performance analysis in live network deployments, enhancing the ability of development and customer service support teams to ensure operation at peak performance with consistent server performance measurements in both the lab and in live networks. Solaris 10's Predictive Self Healing features will provide additional benefits to avoid server hardware component irregularities and failures from affecting application level availability. These will be tested alongside the self-healing capabilities that are already implemented within the ControlSwitch at application level. "Veraz's ControlSwitch product is a great example of a field tested and proven solution that can fully benefit from the carrier-grade features of Solaris 10," said Tom Goguen, Vice President, Operating Platforms Group, Sun Microsystems, Inc. "By combining the carrier grade architecture of ControlSwitch with the carrier grade Solaris OS, our joint customers benefit from next-generation solutions tailored to meet telco business objectives." "Sun is a leader in carrier grade telecommunications infrastructure equipment due to its outstanding reputation for reliability," said R. Paul Singh, Vice President of Business Development at Veraz Networks. "We are excited about the new unique features in Solaris 10 and look forward to validating them and making these available to our customers." Recently the two companies made available a success story highlighting the compelling benefits of migrating traditional switched voice networks to service-rich VoIP networks utilizing the Veraz ControlSwitch operating on SUN Netra platforms. To view the case study, please go to www.sun.com/netra. Veraz ControlSwitch platform offers a true softswitch design that eliminates the use of proprietary hardware designs prevalent in other telco switch A large-scale computer system that is used to switch TDM-based, circuit-switched telephone calls. Also called a "voice switch," Lucent and Nortel Networks are the primary vendors of this equipment. See end office switch and tandem switch. architectures. Veraz's field-proven platform is carrying over a billion minutes of traffic per month on Sun platforms. About Veraz Networks Veraz Networks (www.veraznetworks.com) is privately funded by Norwest Venture Partners, ECI Telecom ECI Telecom Ltd NASDAQ: ECIL, is a telecommunication equipment manufacturer based in Petah Tikva, Israel. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ECIL ECIL Electronics Corporation of India Limited ), Argonaut Private Equity, Battery Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and Levensohn Venture Partners. The company is headquartered in San Jose, CA, with offices throughout the world. Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun Logo, Sun Fire, Solaris, and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. 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