October 24, 2014
A Look at Patton's SNOGA
By
Lavanya Rathnam
TMCnet Contributing Writer
Innovation is the order of the day for tech companies because of intense competition and the need to elevate technology to higher standards constantly. One company that has applied the principles of innovation to its products is Patton (News - Alert). Headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland, this company has come up a plethora of network-based products for VoIP, Ethernet and routers.
One of its well-known products is SmartNode Open Gateway (News - Alert) Application (SNOGA), a platform that provides customized IP-based communication for businesses. This is an open platform that is specifically designed to meet the needs of small and medium business (SMB) developers. With this platform, developers can create customized unified communications (UC) or business phone related applications. Since SNOGA supports both Windows and Linux, it gives a greater degree of flexibility for develops to create applications in both the operating systems.
This platform is beneficial for developers because it is fully customizable, which means, developers can choose what they went to add from a range of communication software IP-PBXs, routers, Session Border Controllers (SBCs) and call recorders. Such flexibility opens new possibilities for developers to create applications that fit their network needs. Whether it is Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD), PSTN or SIP Trunks, SNOGA's hardware platform makes it possible for developers. Other than this flexibility, SNOGA comes with other features such as built-in VoIP gateway, analog FXS/FXO and ISDN BRI/PRI gateways. It also gives interoperability support for companies that want to retain their existing legacy equipment.
Another advantage with SNOGA is that integrators can simply buy this platform and install the software of their choice to improve their VoIP capabilities. Alternately, they can partner with Patton to create any kind of OEM application that is customized to meet the company's needs. Since SNOGA offers many options for clients, it is likely to have a wider reach among businesses.
Edited by Maurice Nagle