Exciting new products and services on the converged network.
Radware Introduces Fully
SIP-Aware Application
Delivery Controller
Radware ( www.radware.com) has added
SIP Director, a fully SIP-aware applica-
tion delivery controller (ADC) to its
application delivery product suite. Based
on the company’s AppDirector and de-
signed specifically for SIP-based applica-
tions, SIP Director provides health mon-
itoring, fall-over and disaster recovery,
in-depth SIP message analysis for traffic
routing, enhanced security, an integrated
SIP proxy, and transport translation
between common SIP transports (TCP,
UDP, TLS). An easy-to-use configuration
interface means no coding or scripting
is required.
MetaSwitch Introduces
Management System with
Diagnostic Capabilities,
Desktop Client
MetaSwitch ( www.metaswitch.com)
has released the MetaView Management
System, a management system with
network diagnostic capabilities. The
system provides fault management
across multiple network elements, in-
cluding MetaSwitch and MetaSphere
SDP (service delivery platform) and ap-
plications servers, and select third-party
equipment. It also includes a new call diagnostics capability to supplement MetaSwitch’s management systems, a SOAP/XML provisioning model to enable easy automation and integration into third-party management systems, and the collation of real-time IP voice-quality statistics from the media gateway and other VoIP equipment to produce a graphical display of network-wide voice quality.
The MetaSwitch CommAssistant desktop client works in tandem with the company’s existing CommPortal application and the MetaSphere SDP to deliver an easy-to-use desktop telephony experience. CommAssistant can be used by subscribers either on a MetaSwitch softswitch or a legacy Class 5 switch. The Windows application includes a toolbar on the Windows task bar to provide instant access to the most common voice telephony functions including presence status updates, searching contacts lists, placing calls using click-to-dial, and changing settings of calling features such as call forwarding and do-not-disturb. Other features include click-to-dial support within applications such as Microsoft Outlook, remote office support, and a notification icon in the Windows system tray for new voice and fax messages.
APEX Voice Communications ( www.apexvoice.com) has announced the availability of a SIP Proxy and Presence Server (PPS) for its OmniVox3D Application Server. Consisting of a SIP proxy server, registrar,
XCAP functions, and the IETF-compliant SIMPLE presence engine, the PPS can be deployed as a server component of any presence-aware SIP-based communication and collaboration service, including instant messaging/voice/video/conferenc-ing, IP PBX, Web collaboration, and videoconferencing. In addition to core SIP and SIMPLE support, the OmniVox3D SIP PPS implements XCAP functions for server-side resource management such as buddy lists; the Proxy Server also has media proxy capabilities.
Voxeo Announces General Availability of Designer 8 Voxeo ( www.voxeo.com) has announced the general availability of Voxeo Designer 8, the Web-native voice-application development tool. Designer 8 uses dynamic HTML and AJAX to improve the usability and performance of its Web-based user interface. It also features improved call flow-chart visualization including zoom and pan capabilities, a new “tree view” that is similar to Windows Explorer, the ability to import and export projects between Voxeo-hosted and premise deployments, enhanced support for dynamically storing audio recorded during calls, and updates to support the latest Web service standards including SOAP, WSDL, and XML Schema.
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