SUN MICROSYSTEMS/ Leading voice-over-IP enablers select Sun for carrier grade offerings
September 22, 1998
M2 PRESSWIRE via NewsEdge Corporation :
UltraSPARC delivers foundation for
next-generation IP services and products
Leveraging its strong product offerings for
both telephony and Internet technologies,
Sun Microsystems Inc., announced at the
VON (Voice Over Network) show in
Washington its full support of voice-over-IP
(VoIP) by offering carrier- grade solutions to
telco original equipment manufacturers
(OEMs). Building on Sun's high-performance
solutions, companies such as Dialogic,
dynamicsoft, and Natural MicroSystems have
developed telephony/VoIP technologies for
the UltraSPARC platform. Telco equipment
manufacturers, system integrators, and
service providers can integrate these
technologies into their next-generation IP
services and products for faster time to
market and improved ability to address
emerging telco requirements.
Sun offers a wide range of products to
provide the appropriate level of integration
and performance required to meet the diverse
needs of the Internet telephony,
marketplace. These products range from
NEBS-compliant, CompactPCI and Embedded
MP boards to high-performance, Solaris
operating environment-based Sun Enterprise
servers that support high-volume VoIP
applications. Additionally, Sun's widely~used,
platform- independent Java technology has
strong potential for VoIP applications. By
combining Sun products with third party
technologies, OEMs can easily leverage the
scalability, reliability and availability of the
UltraSPARC platform, while choosing
complementary VoIP technology to solve
specific telecommunications needs.
"Sun is pleased that leading voice-over-IP
companies like Dialogic, dynamicsoft, and
Natural Microsystems have chosen Sun
technology as a foundation for their telco
offerings," said Jeff Veis, group marketing
manager of Telco OEM Products for Sun.
"These technologies, combined with Sun's,
range of carrier- grade, high-performance
solutions truly enable OEMs to create the
best solutions to meet their customers'
needs."
"As Internet Telephony grows, it will soon
carry 20 percent of all voice traffic,
representing a three billion dollar market by
the year 2002," said Jeff Pulver, president of
Pulver.com and chairman of the Voice on the
Net (VON) Coalition. Internet telephony
equipment, the infrastructure for networked
telecommunications, will comprise a large
portion of that market. Sun is uniquely
positioned to be the leading supplier into this
market with its proven UltraSPARC solutions,"
he concluded.
About Companies Working With Sun:
Dialogic
Dialogic Corporation, the leading manufacturer
of high-performance, standards- based CT
components, has long been committed to
providing its customers with the industry's
most comprehensive platform support. The
company will be porting the Solaris operating
environment to its DM3 IPLink.
"Dialogic is pleased to support Sun's drive into
Internet telephony," said. Larry Fromm, vice
president of new business development.
"Dialogic was the first to show an Internet
telephony gateway over two and a half years
ago. Since that time, the nascent industry
has grown tremendously to the point where
Internet telephony in the public telephone
network is now reality. Sun's entry into this
market will mean our customers will have a
great option for extremely robust, reliable
systems."
dynamicsoft
Based on industry-standard protocols,
dynamicsoft's jVoIP Framework, the industry's
first Java IP software solution, enables
communications equipment manufacturers and
service providers the ability to rapidly build
services for transmitting voice/fax over IP
networks. The dynamicsoft jVoIP Framework
is a comprehensive set of "plug-n-play"
software modules, that provides
infrastructure to deliver voice/fax over IP
networks and is designed to become a leading
platform for the development of enhanced
applications in converged network
environments. The "plug-n-play" nature of the
software provides customers with a reliable
large-scale solution to meet service providers'
needs and offers the flexibility to add new
software solutions as desired.
"By working with Sun, we are able to provide
communications equipment providers and ISPs
best-in-class software and hardware
solutions that enable them to remain
competitive in today's rapidly changing
networking environment, " said Dennis
Specht, co-CEO of dynamicsoft.
Natural MicroSystems
Natural MicroSystems (NASDAQ: NMSS) is the
technology leader in open
telecommunications, providing hardware and
software technologies for developers of
high-value telecommunications solutions. The
company's state-of-the-art technology
enables a growing international network of
OEMs, VARs, systems integrators and service
providers to reduce time to market, leverage
development resources, and offer truly global
communications products. Natural
MicroSystems products are installed in more
than 40 countries world-wide.
"Natural MicroSystems' industry-leading
Fusion
products and Sun's UltraSPARC and Solaris
solutions combine to make a great,
high-performance platform for developers of
telco-grade IP telephony equipment, " said
Joel Hughes, director of IP telephony, Natural
MicroSystems. "Our VON demonstration shows
how the stability and reliability of the
UltraSPARC and Solaris environment and the
high-density of our hot-swappable
CompactPCI technology creates the kind of
scalable, high-availability system the carrier
market demands."
Pulver.com
Pulver.com, Inc., was founded in 1994 and is
an Internet based consulting firm. Pulver.com
publishes Internet technology related
research such as The Pulver Report, produces
trades shows and conferences and provides
consulting services to the
telecommunications, financial services and
radio/TV industry. Jeff Pulver was named one
of the top 10 people to watch by Telephony
Magazine in December 1997 and he was
named one of the "Microtimes 100" in the
January 1, 1998 issue of the magazine. He
has been a columnist for both Boardwatch
and Internet World.
About Sun
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision,
"The Network Is The Computer," has propelled
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:SUNW), to
its position as a leading provider of high
quality hardware, software and services for
establishing enterprise-wide intranets and
expanding the power of the Internet. With
more than $9 billion in annual revenues, Sun
can be found in more than 150 countries and
on the WorldWide Web at
sun.com.
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Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based
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Microsystems, Inc.
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