July 2000

• Compex Intros Layer 3 Switch With Single ASIC Circuitry
• 3Com Enhances NBX 100 Communications System
• Lucent Venture Develops Chip Scale Modules For Wireless Internet Appliances
• Polycom Announces VoIP Conference Phone
• Microlog Releases uniQue 2.1
• ViaGate Intros ViaView4000 SNMP Element Mgmt System
• RAD Data Unveils IP Voice Compression System
• Hansung Comtech's Next-Gen PBX Includes VoIP And Wireless
• Siemens Selects SBE For Connectivity
• Quintum Unveils Plug-And-Play VoIP Solution
• RightFAX 7.0 Update Available
• Compaq AlphaServer GS Series Eyes UNIX Market

Compex Intros Layer 3 Switch With Single ASIC Circuitry
Compex has announced a Layer 3 switch that fully integrates the switching/routing engine into one ASIC, offering high-performance, reliable routing and switching at a cost-effective price. The StellarSwitch SGX8216 comes with 16 10/100 Mbps auto-sensing ports, 2 gigabit Ethernet ports, and a modular slot supporting an optional WAN port for T1/E1 connections. The StellarSwitch SGX8216 separates the repetitious routing operation execution, handling this in ASIC hardware while handling routing protocols through software, allowing the switch to implement wire speed Layer 3 forwarding. The SGX8216 also supports IEEE 802.1p QoS policy for prioritization of delay-sensitive traffic such as video and audio.
No. 500, comsolmag.com/freeinfo

3Com Enhances NBX 100 Communications System
3Com has announced significant enhancements to its NBX 100 Communications System, including enhanced T1/E1 PRI support and support for Windows 2000. The addition of PRI software to the NBX E1 card provides native PSTN connectivity for the European ISDN standard, while T1 software services are being added to the digital line card. These services include E-911 connectivity over PRI circuits and access to more T1 carrier services such as ANI. The enhanced support for Windows 2000 includes updates to the NBX application suite: NBX pcXSet, to provide telephony features and functions on a desktop PC; NBX ConneXtions, an H.323 gateway; and NBX Call Report, the call detail reporting package built into the communications system.
No. 501, comsolmag.com/freeinfo

Lucent Venture Develops Chip Scale Modules For Wireless Internet Appliances
SyChip, a new venture announced by Lucent Technologies, is developing highly integrated systems on silicon chips to improve performance and reduce cost of Internet appliances such as PDAs and cell phones. SyChip will offer complex Chip-Scale Modules (CSMs) that integrate memory, logic, analog, digital, and passive functions on a single chip of silicon.
No. 502, comsolmag.com/freeinfo

Polycom Announces VoIP Conference Phone
Polycom has announced its VoIP conference phone platform, a major technology evolution of SoundStation that demonstrates Polycom's continued leadership in advanced signal processing and emerging VoIP technologies. The SoundStation VoIP platform is designed to interoperate with all industry standard and emerging network protocols, including H.323, SIP, and MEGACO. The design includes the capability to download client protocols and features from a call management server, enabling simple configuration. The platform will include Polycom IPriority features to assure quality of voice delivery, and additional features include an integrated keypad and an icon-based graphical display.
No. 503, comsolmag.com/freeinfo

Microlog Releases uniQue 2.1
Microlog Corporation has announced the availability of uniQue 2.1, including five major components: uniQue RM (relationship management), uniQue IVR, uniQue CTI, uniQue Web, and uniQue Media. Each component can be incorporated separately, added as an upgrade, or combined to form a total solution. The 2.1 version includes major enhancements such as session recording and playback regarding of contact method, providing agents with a summary of the customer's click stream on the site, and Agent Spell Checker, a feature that Microlog says was in high demand by their own customers for providing better written collaboration.
No. 504, comsolmag.com/freeinfo

ViaGate Intros ViaView4000 SNMP Element Mgmt System
ViaGate Technologies has announced its ViaView4000 Element Management System, based on SNMP and Java, which provides management for the VG4000 VDSL access equipment and customer premise equipment (CPE). Functionality includes configuration, fault, accounting, and security and access management, and event logging. ViaView4000 enables VDSL service providers to manage their subscribers and equipment through the standard ViaView4000 interface, through a non-ViaGate SNMP management system such as HP's OpenView, or through a standard Web browser interface.
No. 505, comsolmag.com/freeinfo

RAD Data Unveils IP Voice Compression System
RAD Data Communications has introduced a scalable and flexible IP voice compression system called Megaplex-2100H. Each unit of the new system supports up to three T1s, or 72 voice channels, and is fully compatible with existing legacy equipment. Specifically engineered for both the carrier and enterprise user, the Megaplex-2100H delivers dual capacity channel band and VoIP proper. "One of the strongest attributes of the Megaplex-2100h," explained Motty Anavi, senior product manager at RAD, "is that the system is fully modular. It presents a cost-effective platform in which users can migrate to compressed voice over IP without the expense of abandoning investments in their existing technology."
No. 507, comsolmag.com/freeinfo

Hansung Comtech's Next-Gen PBX Includes VoIP And Wireless
Hansung Comtech Corporation has released the TA-2000, a next-gen PBX that allows connection of standard commercial wireless phones to fixed base, home, and office location PBX systems. The TA-2000 also interfaces to the Internet via dedicated lines to allow near-toll-quality VoIP calls. The TA-2000 can be installed as either an adjunct to an existing PBX system or as a standalone, expanded function PBX.
No. 506, comsolmag.com/freeinfo

Siemens Selects SBE For Connectivity
Siemens has selected SBE's HW200 communications controller, combined with Sun's Netra computer system, to provide the link between Siemens' circuit switches and their SURPASS product family. Siemens will OEM SBE's HW200 as part of their strategy to converge voice and data network solutions.
No. 508, comsolmag.com/freeinfo

Quintum Unveils Plug-And-Play VoIP Solution
Quintum Technologies has unveiled an analog version of its Tenor MultiPath Gateway. The A400 and A800 offer a highly affordable, easy-to-implement VoIP solution that is ideal for large enterprises with smaller branch locations and for smaller companies. Tenor products eliminate the risk of voice quality loss with Transparent Auto-Switch Quality (TASQ) technology, which continuously monitors jitter, packet loss, and latency on the IP network and instantly routes transfers calls from the IP network to the PSTN when any deterioration is detected.
No. 509, comsolmag.com/freeinfo

RightFAX 7.0 Update Available
AVT Corporation has announced an update to RightFAX 7.0. New enhancements include Lotus Notes/Domino R5 support and Terminal server integration, Windows 2000 certification, and integration with Interface Software's InterAction CRM tool.
No. 510, comsolmag.com/freeinfo

Compaq AlphaServer GS Series Eyes UNIX Market
Compaq is making an aggressive attack on the high-end UNIX market with the launch of its new AlphaServer GS Series systems targeting customers in dot-coms and telecommunications, as well as other demanding environments. The new series directly challenges offerings from Sun, HP, and IBM, and Compaq says it expects to double its UNIX marketshare within target markets in the next 3-4 years.
No. 511, comsolmag.com/freeinfo

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