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21/05/2012 - RedSky releases cloud-based hosted E911 solution

Enhanced 911 services provider RedSky Technologies announced that its flagship product, E911 Manager Version 6, is now available as a hosted, cloud-based service.

The E911 solution integrates with major call servers/PBXs to track detailed location data from a range of phones on the enterprise network, including analog, digital, SIP, H.323, WiFi and softphones. The application automatically updates the location information used by emergency-service dispatchers at public safety answering points (PSAPs) throughout the nation.

E911 Manager works with platforms including Avaya, Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) and Siemens (NYSE: SI) and supports SIP endpoints and voice platforms, Chicago-based Red Sky said.

In addition to hosting on RedSky's private cloud, the automated E911 solution can be deployed on-premises, in a virtual environment or on a dedicated server.

RedSky SVP Nick Maier said offering E911 Manager as a hosted service provides deployment options to organizations that seek automated E911 protection.

"We are witnessing a major transition of enterprise applications moving to the cloud," Maier said. " We believe an increasing number of organizations will take advantage of E911 in the cloud to help manage their capital expenditures and IT staffing costs."

RedSky's E911 Manager is built on a Java/Linux platform that allows scalability and meets uptime requirements of enterprise applications, the company said.

For more:
- see this release

30/01/2012 - Oracle helping service providers with quick data analysis

Oracle has introduced the latest iteration of Oracle Communications Data Mode, which helps communications service providers (CSPs) analyze multiple data types and garner critical business insights, such as customer network usage behavior and marketing campaign effectiveness.

The explosion of data generated by mobile device consumers is creating a growing management challenge for CSPs. Oracle's Communications Data Model Adapter helps accelerate pre-paid data analysis and improve decision making, the company said.

The solution, certified by the TM Forum, also includes Oracle Communications Network Charging and Control Adapter for Oracle Communications Data Model, which is the first prebuilt, productized extract, load and transform (ELT) adapter in the industry.

With the adapter, CSPs can process customer charging information more efficiently and cost-effectively to deliver near real-time data for predictive analytics.

A key component of the solution is a standards-based, pre-built data warehouse with a comprehensive database schema. The solution maintains sophisticated trending and data mining capabilities, as well as a wide array of dashboards, all focused specifically on communications industry business challenges.

For more:
- see this release

10/10/2011 - Motorola Solution's ET1 tablet a video-conferencing endpoint for enterprise?

Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI) today debuted its ET1 Tablet--its first Android-based tablet PC--which is its first tablet targeted at the enterprise.

The ET1 Tablet will be Motorola's first Android-based tablet.

The ET1 has a 7-inch color touchscreen and weighs 1.4 pounds. It can sport 32 GB of memory with a micro SDHC card. The ET1 has two USB interfaces, plus an HDMI-out slot, stereo speakers and dual microphones.

Its front and rear-facing cameras are among its features that set it up as a potential endpoint for videoconferencing. The front-facing camera includes 720p video capture; the main camera is a 8-megapixel auto-focus camera with LED flash.

Although it's currently shipping without Wi-Fi, that feature will be available later in the 4^th quarter.

The company is expected to offer the tablet for less than $1,000 and is gearing up for a full rollout in 2012.

For more:
- see this CDN article

03/10/2011 - Sidera upgrades La Salle University's campus-wide network

Network provider Sidera Networks, which in May was rumored to be up for sale, today announced it has been selected by La Salle University to provide high speed, scalable Internet solutions for its campus-wide network upgrade.

The Philadelphia-based school said the upgrade will support its dynamic learning environment and communications applications, including email and e-learning platforms as well as students' daily online needs.

The upgrade gives LaSalle more bandwidth, improved network performance and lowered costs. Sidera also is offering La Salle 24/7 tech support.

Some 50 education and research institutions in the Northeast U.S. use Sideras' solutions to support their bandwidth requirements. The company's offerings include Ethernet, SONET, Wavelength, Dark Fiber, Internet Access, Colocation and more.

The competitive fiber-based service provider is the result of a $1.2 billion acquisition by Abry Partners of RCN Corp. in 2010; the business division, RCN Metro, was renamed Sidera Networks and was rumored in a Wall Street Journal story to be on the block for about $800 million.

For more:
- see this release

01/09/2011 - Dell heads into the cloud with new offerings

Is Dell (Nasdaq: Dell) the next big name to enter the cloud computing fray? The company's Force 10 Networks data center acquisition earlier this year hinted strongly at its interest. Now, the long-time PC retailer is following through on the product and service front, according to eWeek. The publication noted that Dell made new cloud-related announcements this week at both the Salesforce.com Dreamforce event and the VMworld 2011 conference, the latter of which the entire cloud sector appears to have attended.

Dell said at VMworld that it is hard at work on a public cloud offering with VMware that is set to debut sometime later this year, with Dell data centers hosting VMware's vCloud public cloud systems. One of those data centers already is open in Plano, Tex., and several others are in the works. This effort targets mostly the small and medium-sized business market, where Dell has built strong customer relationships.

Dell and VMware also plan to build private cloud infrastructures for other companies, according to the eWeek story. Dell systems already are in place as components of other companies' public cloud services, too, such as those operated by Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) and Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN). In addition, Dell and VMware next year plan to offer Microsoft Azure and open-source public cloud offerings, and continue integrating more Dell software and applications into the cloud. Analysts have been largely supportive of Dell's cloud moves, eWeek reported.

At Salesforce.com's Dreamforce event, Dell and the event's host announced a partnership aimed at offering software as a service application under the brand of Dell Cloud Business Applications. The first of these applications, a new CRM app, became available at the conference from Dell cloud integrator partner Boomi.

For more:
-see this eWeek story

16/09/2009 - InStat sees $32.2B mobile VoIP app revs in 2013

In-Stat has released a report that is very bullish on the future revenue potential of mobile VoIP applications, predicting the annual revenues for the market will increase to $32.2 billion by 2013. The report, "Mobile VoIP - Transforming the Future of Wireless Voice," also predicts 278 million registered users of mobile VoIP applications by 2013.

If In-Stat's revenue estimate is to hold, however, these applications would not only have to meet the user base prediction but generate monthly ARPU of $9.65, not an easy feat with voice becoming increasingly commoditized.

"Applications such as Skype and Vonage have influenced users to think of voice as a data application," says Frank Dickson, In-Stat analyst, in a release. "The increasing penetration of Wi-Fi in mobile devices was the beach head that Mobile VoIP applications needed. As user habits are being shaped by rich on-line communication experiences, mobile carriers control over devices and data applications is waning. Mobile carrier attempts to slow the spread of on-line Mobile VoIP are proving challenging as well."

The report predicts that Asia will overtake EMEA as the regional leader in mobile VoIP revenues by 2013.

For more:
- see the press release on Reuters here

02/07/2009 - GENBAND and BroadSoft Offer Legacy Switch Migration Solution

VoIP applications provider Broadsoft and IP infrastructure solutions developer GENBAND have announced a new set of solutions that enable carriers to upgrade their networks while supporting legacy features.
The two companies have integrated GENBAND's gateways with BroadSoft's suite of hosted telephony and multimedia applications.

18/06/2009 - NetIQ to monitor MTS Allstream UC deployments

MTS Allstream, a Canadian provider of unified communications solutions, announced it has selected NetIQ to manage its enterprise UC applications and infrastructure. With the addition of MTS Allstream's customers, NetIQ now manages more than 1 million VoIP lines worldwide, according to the company.

MTS Allstream will deploy NetIQ's AppManager for network assessment, end-to-end monitoring and reporting on MTS Allstream customer UC deployments, according to the release.

For more:
- see the joint press release here

22/04/2009 - i2Telecom Eyes New Opportunities As Berman Appointed CEO

Telecomms veteran Andy Berman has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of i2Telecom International.
The move follows a "transitional period" for the Atlanta-based company which has seen it shift priorities towards mobile applications and services.

16/04/2009 - Verizon's Hub To Get App Store - And Multi-touch Controls

Verizon is creating an application store for its Hub home phone service as part of plans to broaden its market.
The move follows the trend among mobile makers such as Apple, RIM and Palm to open up to third-party apps. A further development to widen the appeal of the Hub will see Verizon removing the condition that Hub buyers have to be Verizon Wireless customers.

30/03/2009 - Orange adds enterprise telephony to Business Together program

Orange Business Services announced it has added enterprise telephony features to its Business Together joint offering with Microsoft. The Managed Microsoft OCS supports telephony additions to business applications through integration with Cisco IP Phones.

Business Together has 450,000 end-users currently, according to the company. Now, users of the program will be able to use Microsoft Communicator to unify instant messaging, email, telephony and mobility. On Cisco phones, employees using Business Together with Enterprise Telephony will be able to access click-to-call and presence features within Outlook, Office suite, and SharePoint. The new offering will reduce voice costs, costs-per-user, and travel expenses for businesses, according to Orange.

"Multinationals are looking for ways to effectively respond to the current economic challenges by reducing costs while increasing worker productivity," said Laurent Kocher, senior vice president of global services for Orange Business Services. "Business Together achieves both goals helping our customers to become more efficient and gain a competitive advantage."

For more:
- see the Orange press release here

16/02/2009 - HelloSoft launches new convergence chip

HelloSoft, a VoIP and convergence chip maker, announced the launch of a new IP convergence chip, the HS100, Monday. The chip combines a low-power processor with a convergence suite for voice and data continuity in VoIP and unified communications applications.

HelloSoft claims the chip uses five times less power than existing solutions, extending battery life in dual-mode VoWLAN and WiMAX/WiFI devices.

"HelloSoft recognizes the strong consumer interest and market trend of convergence," said Allan Johnson, vice president of product management for HelloSoft, in a release. "The chip enables operators to ensure consistent user experience across access networks through intelligent connection management and seamless voice/data session handover. HelloSoft has successfully demonstrated voice-call-continuity, and data-session continuity while roaming across access networks."

Johnson said HelloSoft has won contracts with several Tier-1 OEMs and operators, and will announce the wins later this year. HelloSoft, which has traditionally operated solely in chip development, expands into the VoIP space with the convergence piece of the HS100.

07/01/2009 - Broadsoft Strengthens Position With Sylantro Purchase

VoIP applications provider, BroadSoft, has acquired competitor Sylantro Systems for an undisclosed sum.
BroadSoft provides VoIP application software designed to enable service providers to deliver hosted telephony and multimedia services to businesses and consumers.

02/01/2009 - BroadSoft CEO: "Bullish" on 2009

This week FierceVoIP talked to BroadSoft CEO Michael Tessler about the Sylantro acquisition, managing three distinct product lines, competitors in the VoIP applications space, and what prospects for 2009 look like.

"We have a strong position in the [VoIP applications server] market," said Tessler. "That position got stronger with the Sylantro customer base... It's a good synergistic fit, not only by adding the customer base, but having the ability for us to work with the customers we've acquired."

Since many of the customers are Tier 1 service providers, they are "pretty demanding," and BroadSoft has to make sure they can support both the existing in-place platforms and the customer. "We've moved over the technology functions, the people who were doing [support] at Sylantro," Tessler said. "We have all the capability Sylantro has, we have those employees. [Sylantro] customers shouldn't be worried, the support lines are there, all the crew is there."

With the acquisition of Sylantro, BroadSoft has three distinct product lines to support: its own, the GENBAND M6 applications server, and Sylantro's. While BroadSoft would like to get everyone onto one platform at some point, "that road is probably long," Tessler stated. "One problem you have in terms of acquiring a like competitor, you can't do a deep dive on integration until you close. Right now, we're matching platform to platform, what is on the roadmaps, what is needed. We've already done outreach to [Sylantro] customers, understanding their needs."

Right now, BroadSoft has to work with Sylantro customers in a "collaborative fashion" to put together a roadmap for additional features, and, ultimately, to move to a consolidated platform. "Clearly as a business, we'd like to converge those platforms, but that is a little early right now," Tessler said.

"One of the good things [we] learned through process of acquiring the GENBAND server, is [working] through [the acquisition] process... working with customers, locking down the roadmap, integrating the teams," said Tessler. "We were able to reuse the learnings in the Sylantro acquisition. We're in day one or two of that now, we're just starting process of collaborating with customers, understand what they were doing, and working with them on the future."

While BroadSoft has bought its most prominent competitor, it doesn't have a free ride ahead. "I wish I could say there's no competition, but there is," said Tessler. "It depends upon the market segment, geography. The Comverse guys are still around with Netcentrix. In the U.S. market, it's MetaSwitch with MetaSphere. On the consumer side we see the softswitch IMS core vendors, all the big switch manufacturers have their feature server platforms. There's a fair amount of competition. You see regional players in Asia, in Europe."

As an independent and pure-play applications server company, Tessler says BroadSoft is in a "pretty strong" position, with manufacturers sometimes competing with them and sometime acting as a channel to resell BroadSoft. "The key message is we've been able to build a very strong brand and use that to consolidate the space," he said. "We're looking forward to integrating the Sylantro team. We'll work with work with customers on their plans."

Looking to the future, Tessler is optimistic for the new year. "We're pretty excited and pretty bullish about 2009," he said. "What we've seen are carriers well underway in TDM projects and they are not going to stop. There's enough economics to make those transitions, and we don't see that changing.

"Will some spending slow down? Clearly, but that doesn't mean that [next generation network purchases] are going to stop. Every carrier is well under way [to NGN]. BroadSoft is active in 60-plus markets and there's a lot of transformation going on. We don't see that going down."