To provide scalable, reliable and improved SIP Trunking solutionsfor enterprise communications, Edgewater Networks (News - Alert) has updated its EdgeMarc series with the introduction of two new enterprise session border controllers -the EdgeMarc 4604 and the EdgeMarc 4576.

These systems are built with cutting-edged technology and offer greater analog port density and increased performance to effectively address the critical need for service providers to have a single solution that can scale from small to large enterprise environments.

According to a press release, these SIP trunking solutions now include enterprise session border controllers and capable of connecting PBXs with Ethernet, dual PRI or up to 24 FXS analog interfaces.

“We designed the EdgeMarc 4604 and 4576 in response to direct requests by our customers to create an EdgeMarc capable of supporting their larger enterprise analog PBX (News - Alert) deployments. This enables them to use a complete solution from a single vendor to further reduce their operational expenses.”

“SIP trunking is no longer seen as just a cost-cutting measure,” said Hyoun Park, Research Analyst for Collaboration and Integrated Communications at the Aberdeen (News - Alert) Group. “It is also associated with greater scalability, more reliable availability, and improved service quality for enterprise communications. To deliver true business-class SIP trunking services, providers cannot simply provide point solutions that ignore interoperability, security or other key business value propositions. They must provide complete solutions including the abilities to provision services in a time and cost effective manner, work across multiple environments, ensure business continuity and provide ongoing diagnostics to troubleshoot both voice and video.”

The EdgeMarc 4604 is the ideal platform for SIP trunking services and offer crucial features including SIP protocol mediation for broad interoperability, an Integrated Access Device (IAD) and gateway functionality, survivability, QoS, security and network troubleshooting capabilities.

These systems along with support by Edgewater’s EdgeView VoIP Support System and compliance with Edgewater’s SIP trunking interoperability lab represent a powerful solution that reduce capital and operational expense for Service Providers.

The EdgeMarc 4576 is a versatile system that replaces standalone IADs and is used to connect PBX, key systems and analog phones to SIP trunking services, as well as connecting branch and remote offices to data center communications systems.

 Equipped with features like 24 concurrent WAN calls and connectivity for up to 24 analog trunks or stations, the 4576 provides 24 x FXS ports,10/100 Mbps Ethernet WAN interface, a 4 x 10/100 Mbps Managed Ethernet LAN switch and 2 x USB ports.