Vertical Announces Strategic Partnership with Quintum and TeleVantage Certification with Quintum Switches and Gateways; Strategic Partnership Enables Customers to Connect to both IP-PBX and PSTN Devices.CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Vertical Communications Vertical Communications, Inc. NASDAQ: VRCC is a corporation that specializes in software-based PBXes (eg business telephone systems). Vertical Communications changed its name on 1 January, 2005 from Artisoft, Inc. after acquiring Vertical Networks in September 2004. (ASFT ASFT Airport Surface Friction Tester .OB), a leading provider of next-generation, IP-based phone systems and applications that help businesses better serve their customers, today announced a strategic partnership with Quintum Technologies, Inc., one of the fastest growing VoIP gateway companies. Vertical also announced that it has certified the Quintum SIP Tenor VoIP MultiPath switches and gateways for use with Vertical TeleVantage, the company's award-winning IP-PBX. Together, TeleVantage and the Quintum switches and gateways will provide customers with dual communications features/functions, combined with the extensive call routing and processing capabilities of TeleVantage. Customers will be able to see immediate cost savings and realize improved operational efficiencies by being able to connect to both IP-PBX and Public Switched Telephone Networks (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. ) without having to immediately upgrade to a pure IP environment. "Vertical and Quintum have both recognized that while customers want the flexibility and power of IP, they often also have significant investments in legacy systems that they want to protect," said Charles Rutledge, vice president of marketing for Quintum Technologies. "The combined solution helps customers fulfill the promise of IP by making the telephony system part of the network, thereby leveraging existing data and voice applications to enhance customer service, deliver new capabilities and maximize revenue. At the same time, it allows customers to continue to use their legacy phones and services in an IP setting." TeleVantage, a leading software-based IP-PBX designed for small and medium-sized businesses, provides expanded contact center capabilities including true skills-based routing and the ability to record and archive any or all calls. By helping customers to better manage queue and agent performance, TeleVantage allows them to improve customer satisfaction and lower costs. The combination of the Quintum SIP Tenor VoIP MultiPath switches and gateways - which provide the required network elements that enable connectivity for external calls to the PSTN - and the TeleVantage phone system gives customers added flexibility and cost saving benefits by making it possible for them to run TeleVantage applications from their corporate infrastructure to branch offices without deploying additional telephony equipment. Specifically, TeleVantage and Quintum Tenor are providing intelligent connectivity for both single site installations and branch offices. For single site installations, customers receive connectivity for IP endpoints as well as traditional analog systems and PSTNs - with dynamic call routing. In addition, the gateway provides support for legacy analog devices Analog Devices (NYSE: ADI) is an American multinational producer of semiconductor devices. Analog specializes in ADC, DAC, MEMS, and DSP chips for consumer and industrial goods. Analog is presently designing circuits in the 65 nanometer to 3 µm process feature sizes range. including faxes, phones and paging systems, as well as support for inbound and outbound PSTN calls. The gateway also ensures survivability sur·viv·a·ble adj. 1. Capable of surviving: survivable organisms in a hostile environment. 2. That can be survived: a survivable, but very serious, illness. at the branch level, along with analog support, providing the option to centralize 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. inbound and outbound traffic Traffic originating in the continental United States destined for overseas or overseas traffic moving in a general direction away from the continental United States. and local PSTN calling which returns a cost savings by eliminating long distance calls. Both single site and branch installations receive emergency services emergency services Emergency care '…services …necessary to prevent death or serious impairment of health and, because of the danger to life or health, require the use of the most accessible hospital available and equipped to furnish those services' support via the PSTN. Designed for Small-to-Medium Sized Businesses (SMBs), this partnership and gateway integration provides a cost-effective way for smaller companies to deliver the same enterprise-level customer service larger organizations can, since SMBs can now offer the same flexibility, dual routing and connectivity options, but without the high cost of converting to pure IP. "We are very pleased to announce our partnership with Quintum as the certified TeleVantage 7 gateway," said Walter Kenrich, vice president of product management for Vertical. "We are now providing our customers with increased reliability, improved quality of service and a complete IP telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. solution. At the same time we are providing a telephony solution that leverages/extends existing equipment investments and can evolve as the business needs of our customers - and their customers - change." Vertical TeleVantage 7 is available through Vertical Business Partners worldwide. Vertical and Quintum will be offering value bundles which will provide Business Partners with the ability to offer end user customers a complete IP-PBX phone system at a value price. About Quintum Technologies, Inc. Headquartered in Eatontown, NJ, Quintum specializes in voice-over-IP technologies that bring reliability and voice clarity of public telephone networks to Internet telephony Another term for IP telephony and VoIP. In the late 1990s, some people made a distinction between Internet Telephony and VoIP: Internet telephony referred to voice over the public Internet, while VoIP referred to voice over private IP networks. . Quintum's intelligent VoIP access solutions integrate easily and are designed with "integrated intelligence" - so they're the perfect fit for SMEs and branch offices of large enterprises. Our proven solutions fit right into existing 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 IP infrastructures, making them the ideal choice for service providers and network managers. Intelligent design offers PSTN-based 911 access to analog fax machine support for nonstop call quality, easy remote management, and lower TCO (1) (Total Cost of Ownership) The cost of using a computer. It includes the cost of the hardware, software and upgrades as well as the cost of the inhouse staff and/or consultants that provide training and technical support. See ROI. . Quintum's product line offers a wide range of unique features that differentiate it from other VoIP solutions including real time PSTN failover that eliminates risk from poor IP Quality of Service, MultiPath call routing allowing easy installation into existing data and telecom environments, and transparent communication across NAT (Network Address Translation) An IETF standard that allows an organization to present itself to the Internet with far fewer IP addresses than there are nodes on its internal network. firewalls. Quintum sells its MultiPath switches worldwide through its direct sales force and a network of resellers and distributors. For more information call 1-877-SPEAK IP (1-877-773-2547), 732-460-9000 outside the US, or http://www.quintum.com. About Vertical Communications, Inc. Vertical Communications, Inc. is a leading provider of next-generation IP-based voice and data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. systems for business. Vertical combines voice and data technologies with business process understanding to deliver integrated IP-PBX and application solutions that enhance customer service and business productivity. Vertical's customers are leading companies of all sizes - from small to large and distributed - and include CVS/pharmacy, Staples and Apria Healthcare. Vertical is headquartered in Cambridge, Mass. and delivers its solutions through a worldwide network of systems integrators, resellers and distributors. For more information, please visit the company's Website at www.vertical.com. "Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. 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