Dialogic and Excel Agree to Coordinate Development and
Support Initiatives; Agreement Centered on the Promotion
Of Open, Scalable Telco Solutions
[All, after the SUMA/CSCO takeout announcement, I'd keep an eye on XLSW]
August 26, 1998
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE) via NewsEdge
Corporation -- An announcement was made today at
Excel's annual User Conference that Dialogic
Corporation (Nasdaq:DLGC), the world's leading
manufacturer of high performance computer telephony
(CT) components, and Excel Switching Corporation
(Nasdaq:XLSW), a leading provider of open switching
platforms for telecommunications networks worldwide,
have entered a joint integration and support initiative.
Under this initiative, Dialogic and Excel will integrate
Excel's new Compact PCI (cPCI) EXNET Connect fiber
backbone technology and distributed EXS call
processing software with the Dialogic line of DM3 based
voice, fax, IP Telephony, automatic speech recognition
(ASR) and text to speech (TTS) products. This offering
will be based upon a high-availability cPCI platform to
support the integrated solution.
Cooperation between Dialogic and Excel will allow the
companies' collective customer base to leverage future
technology developments based on standards-based
hardware and software components from both
companies.
EXNET Connect and DM3 Compatibility
Excel's new cPCI EXNET Connect technology opens
Excel's distributed switching system to cPCI platforms as
nodes on the EXNET fiber backbone of their Expandable
Switching System (EXS). Customers of Excel and
Dialogic can now include digital signal processing (DSP)
based media stream processing resources directly in a
cPCI switch node and eliminate the difficulty and
expense of externally connecting PCs to the switch via
T-1 connections. The cPCI node can be run under Unix
or Microsoft Windows NT operating systems. Dialogic
plans to integrate its CTMedia server middleware with
TAPI and S.100 interfaces on this platform in the future.
The Dialogic DM3 architecture provides 96 ports of DSP
processing in a single slot and is proven in applications
running up to 768 ports in a single server. By seamlessly
integrating Excel's distributed switch design with
standards-based cPCI CT components from Dialogic,
service providers and CT developers can build
cost-effective intelligent network (IN) and wireless
solutions for the global telecommunications market.
"We look forward to working with Excel to advance the
use of open standards, CT technology in large
telecommunications networks," said Howard Bubb,
president and CEO of Dialogic Corporation. "By
supporting integration with Excel's EXNET Connect
product and the Dialogic DM3(TM) media stream
processing architecture, our combined customer bases
will be able to develop extremely high performance
solutions to large telco-grade applications with reduced
time and cost."
"We are excited about the opportunity that a tighter
integration of each companies' strategy presents,"
stated Robert Madonna, Excel's president and CEO.
"This integration, which couples Excel's distributed call
processing software on EXNET Connect with Dialogic's
DM3 media processing architecture, eliminates the need
for a physical T-1 connection. This frees up the
associated switch matrix ports for greater network
connectivity."
About Dialogic Corporation
Dialogic Corporation is the leading manufacturer of
high-performance, standards-based CT components.
Dialogic products are used in voice, fax, data, voice
recognition, speech synthesis, call center management
and IP telephony applications in both the CPE and
public network environments. The company is
headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey, with regional
headquarters in Tokyo, Brussels and Buenos Aires, and
sales offices worldwide. For more information, visit the
Dialogic Web site at dialogic.com.
About Excel Switching Corporation
Excel Switching Corporation is a leading provider of
open switching platforms for telecommunications
networks worldwide. Excel develops, manufactures,
markets and supports a family of open, programmable,
carrier-class switches that address the complex
enhanced services and wireless and wireline
infrastructure needs of network providers. The
company's products are currently deployed in
telecommunications networks in 60 countries
throughout the world. Excel has ISO 9001 certification
and BABT Full Quality Assurance Approval. For more
information, visit the Excel website at xl.com
This release may contain statements which are "forward
looking", subject to risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ significantly from
expectations. Factors that might cause such differences
include, but are not limited to, those relating to:
dependence on and concentration of relationships with
application developers, original equipment
manufacturers and systems integrators; length of sales
cycle; risk of new product introductions' highly
competitive market; compliance with evolving industry
standards; dependence on proprietary rights; and other
risks identified in the Company's Securities and
Exchange Commission Filings including those risks
identified in the section entitled "Risk Factors " of the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-35791) and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended September 27, 1997.
Product and service names used within are trademarks,
registered trademarks and service marks of their
respective owners.
CONTACT: Dialogic Corporation | Jane Mazur,
973-933-3000 Ext.6118 | J.Mazur@dialogic.com | or | Excel
Switching Corporation | Mary Kindle, 508 862-3145 |
mkindle@xl.com
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