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Welcome to the SIP Trunking Online Community
Welcome to the SIP Trunking Global Online Community, sponsored by Ingate and powered by TMCnet. Today’s savvy enterprise decision maker is constantly looking to improve their communications infrastructure. This community is designed to serve as an educational resource for users looking to learn more about SIP trunking and how to use this technology to benefit their business.
SIP trunking is the first step toward adopting all forms of SIP communications — such as Unified Communications — not just a replacement of traditional telephony. The SIP Trunking Community will be a unique space where end users, VARs and distributors can obtain the most up-to-date information on SIP trunks. The community will also strive to dispel the myths about SIP trunking by addressing the relevant topics of the day — from security to deployment scenarios — to help visitors make the best decisions to achieve ROI quickly and future-proof their network to support new technologies.
SIP Trunking Feature Articles
Acme Packet, a provider of session border control solutions, has reportedly announced a series of new capabilities for its Net-Net Session Director session border controller in support of the GSMA Rich Communication Suite and session initiation protocol-based interactive communication services for 3G mobile access networks.
Additionally, the company said that it has proven interoperability with five RCS client and server solution partners to help ensure rapid deployment of RCS services, which are a new set of SIP interactive services.
11/6/2009
Neusoft and Nokia Siemens Networks reportedly announced that they are looking to enhance their partnership to effectively address China's mobile application market.
The two companies will transform their existing joint venture - Nokia Siemens Networks Neusoft Commtech Company Ltd., into a powerhouse for the development, sale and delivery of software and services in the mobile data and applications field.
11/6/2009
NuBridges a provider of software and services designed to protect sensitive data at rest and in transit, is reportedly inviting British Telecommunications plc customers to join its Electronic Data Interchange Value Added Network gateway, nuBridges Exchange Network.
11/6/2009
Rasa Floors & Carpet Cleaning, described by Unified360 officials as "one of Texas' fastest growing floor and carpet cleaning companies."
Rasa Floors wanted something to help "streamline communication with customers," according to Jim Barker, CEO of Unified360, saying it wanted "a way of integrating their telephony infrastructure and systems with the core database and CRM."
11/6/2009
Sigma Systems, an enabler of Advanced IP Service Fulfillment solutions, announced recently that Inter Mountain Cable, a cable television company in the United States, has upgraded its broadband services solution to Sigma Systems' Device Provisioning Manager with support for Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) devices.
11/5/2009
Infonetics Research's new report "SIP Trunking Deployment Strategies: North American Enterprise Survey" shows that SIP trunking is becoming more popular.
10/30/2009
Edgewater Networks has announced the availability of the EdgeMarc 4610W Network Services Gateway.
10/30/2009
Ingate, a developer of firewall technology and products that support unified communications, today introduced its IX78 Enterprise Session Border Controller, or E-SBC from sister company Inertex Data AB.
10/26/2009
Equipped with multifarious features including voicemail, auto-attendant, find me follow me, and conferencing services, the Metaswitch Business IP Trunking solution interoperates with a host of IP-PBX products.
10/19/2009
Sprint Nextel has announced general availability of its SIP Trunking service for businesses. The service has been available since early this year specifically to support businesses with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2. Sprint claims it was one of the first U.S.-based providers of SIP trunking services qualified for use with Office Communications Server 2007 R2.
10/7/2009
Officials at Plantronics Inc. say their so-called "IP40" SIP endpoint device for the contact center connects agent headsets directly to the Ethernet to unify contact center software applications with all inbound and outbound call activity.
10/1/2009
Toshiba's family of Strata CIX IP business communication systems are now certified interoperable with XO Communications' SIP trunking solution, XO SIP, the two companies announced this week.
9/11/2009
Skype, an online videoconferencing service provider, has selected ShoreTel, an IP Unified Communications provider, as the first vendor for its so-called "Skype for SIP" beta solution.
Skype for SIP, which launched earlier this year, lets IP-based PBX owners place low-cost calls to fixed and mobile phones around the world, and receive inbound calls directly into their PBX system through SIP-enabled UC systems from Skype's 481 million users.
9/9/2009
Excel Telecommunications has announced the addition of SIP Inbound to its SIP Trunking product suite. The company set the stage for this launch in 2007 when it introduced Voice Paths On Demand, which enabled advanced features for Unified Communications by establishing unlimited voice paths for SIP PBX's.
9/2/2009
No trade association in IP communications is working harder to develop standards for relevant technologies than the SIP Forum, a professional group that's received wide praise for its advocacy of SIPconnect – an industry-wide, standards-based approach to direct IP peering between SIP-enabled IP PBXs and VoIP service provider networks.
9/2/2009
Enterprise VoIP
Enterprises are increasingly turning to IP-based communications to leverage the many promised benefits such as lower operational expense, as well as productivity enhancing applications like mobility, unified communications, conferencing and more.
Every day new and improved products and services hit the market, making it challenging for enterprise decision makers to cut through the clutter and select the appropriate solutions for their needs.
Ingate’s SIP Trunking Global Online Community is designed to enable enterprise communications decision makers to stay up-to-date on the latest news that’s important to their business. Bookmark this site to ensure you’re on top of the latest happenings in the enterprise VoIP and SIP trunking space.
Enterprise VoIP Feature Articles
A Redwood Shores, Calif.-based provider of enterprise mobility services has reportedly unveiled the industry's first enterprise-class mobile Wi-Fi hotspot service in the United States.
IPass Inc. has turned the Novatel Wireless' consumer-oriented MiFi into a 'plug and play' service for the enterprise user
11/6/2009
These devices are designed to avoid the high cost of access to the airwaves and save money by placing the calls across the Internet instead of relying on the traditional telephone networks. Such devices also add capacity to the nation's overloaded cellular infrastructure.
11/6/2009
A Redwood Shores, Calif.-based provider of enterprise mobility services has reportedly unveiled the Open Device Framework. The company, iPass Inc., now lets customers and partners leverage the framework to smoothly integrate new 3G devices into the iPassConnect mobility manager software.
11/6/2009
AT&T reportedly has signed a two-year wireless voice and data service contract with the U.S. arm of Trelleborg Sealing Solutions, to increase Trelleborg's efficiency with centralized employee wireless program and management.
The Trelleborg Sealing Solutions develops, manufactures and supplies precision seals and bearings. It supports its aerospace, industrial and automotive customers through more than 20 production facilities and over 40 marketing companies globally.
11/6/2009
Nortel reportedly said that higher education institutions in Maryland are relying on its innovative and cost-effective solutions to foster student success.
The company's solutions support the increasingly complex, everyday demands placed on the school's communications systems as they strive to educate and train the 21st century workforce, according to the company. In addition, the solutions are ensuring academic sustainability in the event of an emergency.
11/6/2009
GN Netcom has reportedly launched an affordable, corded professional headset series. The new Jabra BIZ 620 USB is optimized for use with major unified communications clients.
Targeting enterprise customers in Asia, the new release will attract businesses and companies searching for a cost-effective solution to increase productivity and cost-savings. The Jabra BIZ 620 features a noise-cancelling microphone, to filter out office ambient noise and offers fuss-free USB plug-and-play connectivity.
11/6/2009
Adax, a provider of high performance signaling infrastructure, has reportedly announced a solution to address the costs of providing high density I/O configurations in ATCA architecture. With AdaxPacketRunner, Adax HDC3-AMC and Adax RemDevIO software, Adax offers cost saving of up to 30 per cent for high density SS7 links.
11/6/2009
Canadian hardware and software supplier TelcoBridges Inc. has reportedly introduced two new members to its Tmedia family of products, the TMG5800 and the TMG7800.
Both offerings are designed for service providers looking for high density media gateways that combine performance with the simplicity of TelcoBridges' integrated media gateway controller technology.
11/6/2009
Siemens Enterprise Communications Group this week announced a new capability that marries social networking phenomenon Twitter and its own OpenScape unified messaging solution to allow tagged words in Tweets to launch or otherwise direct various types of communications sessions.
11/5/2009
Edgewater Networks has reportedly announced the availability of the EdgeMarc 4610W Network Services Gateway, which provides up to four T1/E1 wide area networking ports, a 10/100Mbps Ethernet WAN port and an integrated 24 port 10/100/1000 Mbps Power over Ethernet switch.
In addition, this complete solution also features 6 FXS, 2 FXO ports, 2 USB ports and a V.90 modem for out of band management access, the company said.
11/2/2009
FaceTime Communication, a purveyor of applications designed to promote the secure use of Web 2.0 and unified communications in the commercial segment, reportedly announced the commercial launch of its Augment, Migrate and Update, or AMU kit. The kit is devised for enterprises who are at the brink of expensive upgrades needed to maintain compliance with enterprise security and control standards, which are essential to manage the changing face of the Internet.
10/23/2009
Nortel lifted the curtain on the new BCMG 1000 and its IP Powered Business and IP Powered Home solutions at SuperComm.
10/22/2009
The news entails the addition of a fiber-based carrier Ethernet capability for the Total Access 5000 paired with timing capabilities from ADTRAN's existing MX408e product.
10/20/2009
According to Steven Johnson – whose company develops firewall technology and products that enable SIP communications for the enterprise while maintaining control and security at the network edge – customers who see that they've been billed for phone calls they didn't make simply will refuse to pay.
10/12/2009
Toshiba America Information Systems, or "TAIS," Telecommunication Systems Division and MM Internet announced the certification of interoperability of SIP trunking services from MM Internet with Toshiba's family of Strata CIX IP business communication systems.
10/8/2009
Security
Security can mean many things to many people, but there’s one thing everyone agrees on: Securing your communications infrastructure from unwanted and malicious threats is paramount to keep a business up and running.
As VoIP deployment accelerates over the next two to three years, VoIP networks are going to become an increasingly attractive target for would-be hackers and attacks. To stay up to speed on the latest enterprise VoIP security news make sure you visit this site often.
Ingate’s SIP Trunking Global Online Community is designed to enable enterprise communications decision makers to stay up-to-date on the latest news that’s important to their business. Bookmark this site to ensure you’re on top of the latest happenings in the enterprise VoIP and SIP trunking space.
Security Feature Articles
InCharge Systems has released a hosted reference system of its ACerted Trust solution, which is available now for interoperability testing.
11/5/2009
Communication infrastructure service provider WPCS International Inc. has reportedly purchased Australia's electrical and security services provider based in Queensland.
11/5/2009
NetWitness Corporation, a specialist in network monitoring and forensics, incident response, data leakage and content monitoring and compliance, has reportedly unveiled version 9.0 of its NextGen enterprise network forensics and advanced threat intelligence platform.
11/5/2009
Sectra will be launching the new Panthon voice encryptor that enables European government authorities to protect their sensitive telephone calls from eavesdropping at an upcoming industry event. Sectra provides efficient and future-proof products to niche markets with long-term growth potential.
11/5/2009
BitDefender, a Web-based and internationally accredited provider of security solutions, recently issued a warning that a fake notification claiming to be from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or "FDIC" was making it rounds in user inboxes. This fake email takes its recipients to fake files which are infected with malicious software. BitDefender identified the malware as the Trojan Zbot.DLO, which is another variant of the notorious Zbot.
11/4/2009
ComCam International, Inc., which develops network video command-and-control products, has entered into a letter of intent to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Pinnacle Integrated Systems, Inc., or "P2," a security systems integrator focused on correctional facilities.
11/3/2009
Indonesia's second-largest mobile phone operator Indosat has reportedly struck a deal with cellular security solution vendor SmrtGuard to offer "i-Guard" service to its BlackBerry smartphone users.
11/2/2009
Certgate, a Nuremberg-based company that deals in the development and marketing of products and solutions which make the operation of communication devices secure and user-friendly, has reportedly said that cergate PreBoot Authenticator has the capacity to revolutionize full disk encryption.
PC users have sought and used numerous encryption services that are available to them in the market to save their data in the hard disks from malicious access and even the maximum security encryptions are only as good as their weakest link: the password provided by the user. A large number of potential attack scenarios for undermining full disk encryption programs entail 'cracking' the password.
11/2/2009
Wick Hill, a value added distributor specializing in secure infrastructure solutions, has begun to ship WatchGuard's new eXtensible threat management, or XTM, appliances - the XTM 8-series and the XTM 1050.
The XTM 1050 is ideal for larger SMEs, branches/departments of larger enterprises and companies/organisations with up to 10,000 users. The XTM 8-series is suitable for up to 5,000 users. Both solutions provide integrated SSL and IPSec VPNs to ensure secure connectivity for remote workers.
11/2/2009
Automated notifications are a powerful customer care, customer-relationship-building, and organizational tool that provides vital information. By alerting customers and staff to issues in real time it enables immediate resolution to the relief and satisfaction of all parties. At the same time they can provide good news, such as of immediate opportunities to save money from firms consumers do business with, such as their mortgages lender offering lower interest rates.
Avaya has reportedly unveiled two new applications that use advanced unified communications and customer service technologies to address such urgent business and customer service needs.
11/2/2009
AT&T Government Solutions has announced a $12 million contract with the Department of Justice to manage and expand the technical capabilities of the "Victim Notification System."
10/30/2009
The issue of security has risen to the executive level throughout business, government and industry. The rise has energized sales people for two primary reasons. First is the opportunity – security spending is forecasted to increase through 2014. That is good news for technology and services sales people. The second is the criticality of security and the risks to organizations has made it an issue for the top executives and the sales people love to call at the executive level or as they say the "C" level; "C" being CEO, CFO, COO and so on. However, in many cases this creates a huge issue and risk for all parties involved.
10/29/2009
TELEHOUSE America, a provider of dedicated data centers, international internet exchanges, and managed IT services, has partnered with Akibia, a provider of consulting, integration and support for data center, network and security solutions.
10/29/2009
Dell and Juniper Networks have signed an original equipment manufacturer, or "OEM," agreement, and will jointly offer networking systems under Dell's PowerConnect brand. These systems will allow customers to deploy a common network management platform and network operating system to lower operating expenses.
10/29/2009
The Electronic Systems Division of Telephonics Corporation announced that it has received a follow-on contract award in excess of $45 million from the Sierra Nevada Corporation for continued production for the Counter Radio Frequency Improvised Explosive Device -- Electronic Warfare (CREW) 3.1 Program.
10/28/2009
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