Wednesday, January 25, 2006
The Good News on VoIP -- Reliability Improves on Latest Keynote Study of Internet Telephone ServiceNew competitive intelligence from the second Keynote VoIP Competitive Intelligence Study of Internet telephone service was released today by Keynote Systems (Nasdaq:KEYN), The Internet Performance Authority(R). The study revealed that while reliability has improved since the first Keynote study in June, 2005, the need still exists for considerable improvement in overall audio clarity from the leading providers of Internet telephone service (VoIP). In order to benchmark and rank the quality of consumer VoIP services, Keynote measured eleven leading VoIP service providers on critical performance factors that influence the end-user experience using Keynote’s VoIP Competitive Monitoring Solution.
Time Warner Digital Phone ranked first in the November/December Keynote study as the overall best VoIP service provider for both reliability and audio clarity, edging out the winning service providers, Vonage and AT&T CallVantage respectively, in the June study. Overall reliability is a computed index score based on performance measurements in three performance factors: service availability, average number of dial attempts, and dropped calls. Time Warner Digital Phone’s average availability for the entire measurement period was 99.91% contrasted with the lowest ranking provider coming in at 95.51%. Keynote found a significant gap in reliability and audio clarity between Time Warner Digital Phone and the lowest ranking providers.
| Posted by Della Lowe on 01/25 at 01:45 PM | Read More • Tell-a-Friend |
NetClarity Offers Free Vulnerability Auditing of VoIP Equipment
NetClarity, a leading provider of network vulnerability products and services, today announced a free vulnerability testing program for VoIP equipment providers. The Audit My VoIP program includes scans all types of equipment, from Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Gateways to IP-enabled telephones, for Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE(R)), the systemic cause of over 90 percent of all network security breaches. NetClarity will provide the VoIP audit results with a high level of integrity and confidentially.
| Posted by David Resnic on 01/25 at 10:12 AM | Read More • Tell-a-Friend |
SafeNet Announces Inline IPSec Security Engine for System on Chip Designs
SafeNet, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFNT), setting the standard for information security, today announced the availability of the SafeXcel IP Inline Security Engine, a next-generation semiconductor IP product for semiconductor vendors to build high-performance, full data plane security processing into next-generation SoCs.
The SafeXcel IP Inline Security Engine takes a significant step beyond traditional SoC security architectures with micro-programmed hardware for intensive packet classification, filtering, and flow processing for every packet. The result is superior data rates across all packet sizes and a significant reduction of general-purpose processor utilization for security functions.
| Posted by Michelle Nerlinger on 01/25 at 10:05 AM | Read More • Tell-a-Friend |
Monday, January 23, 2006
Verso Secures New Patent for Technology to Optimize Cellular NetworksVerso Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRSO), a global provider of next generation network solutions, today announced it received U.S. Patent No. 6,982,985 from the Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a technology that optimizes interaction of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calls and cellular networks during wireless transit.
The underlying technology in which the patent is based is aimed at improving current telephony use of VoIP on a virtual private network (VPN) to interact with wireless networks by efficiently routing telephone calls to wireless subscribers when outside their home calling area. Typical transit switching consumes a high percentage of network bandwidth, and the Verso technology will greatly reduce operating expense by directing signals to the serving mobile switching centers (MSC) and eliminating the need to backhaul calls to and from the home MSC.
| Posted by Christine Puleo on 01/23 at 02:44 PM | Read More • Tell-a-Friend |
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
AdventNet Unveils OpManager Premium EditionAdventNet Inc., the leading provider of affordable network and systems management software for enterprises, equipment vendors and service providers, today announced the release of ManageEngine OpManager Premium, an enhanced version of its popular network monitoring tool for small to medium-sized enterprises.
ManageEngine OpManager is a complete network monitoring software that offers combined WAN, server, and application monitoring. OpManager automates several network monitoring tasks and removes the complexity associated with network management. It is a powerful network-monitoring tool that: auto-discovers your entire network, groups devices into intuitive maps and monitors them in real-time. It instantaneously alerts system administrators on failure and provides them with comprehensive reports and graphs.
| Posted by Gary Raj on 01/11 at 01:35 PM | Read More • Tell-a-Friend |
2006 Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Differentiation Innovation in the Enterprise Router Markets
Frost & Sullivan’s recent research analysis of the World Enterprise Router Market selected Foundry Networks (Nasdaq: FDRY) as the recipient of the 2005 Product Differentiation Innovation Award for its powerful, wire-speed routers, which meet nearly every technology need that a large enterprise might have for a high-end router.
Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents this Award to a company that has exhibited the ability to develop and/or advance products with more innovative capabilities than competing vendors and products. This Award recognizes the company’s successful adoption of new or existing technology that is expected to significantly contribute to the industry in terms of product performance and degree/rate of technical change.
| Posted by Stacie Jones on 01/11 at 10:58 AM | Read More • Tell-a-Friend |