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Acme Packet Session Management Solutions for Microsoft Lync Simplify Enterprise Communications Networks
BEDFORD, MA, Mar 26, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --
Acme Packet (NASDAQ: APKT), the leader in session delivery networks,
today announced the industry's first UC vendor-neutral session
management solutions with support for Microsoft Lync. The new
solutions combine Microsoft Lync with legacy multivendor enterprise
communications networks without compromising Microsoft Lync's
powerful enterprise voice features. This ensures full
interoperability, simplified operations, reduced telecommunications
costs and streamlined regulatory compliance.
"Acme Packet's session management solutions provide a great option
for combining Microsoft Lync with an existing IP telephony
infrastructure and activating the full suite of Microsoft Lync voice
communications capabilities," said Kapil Sharma, Principal Group
Program Manager, Lync Partner Engineering Team. "Enterprises can
decouple their legacy communications infrastructure and use Acme
Packet's vendor-neutral solutions, enabling a smooth migration to a
truly unified communications network featuring Microsoft Lync."
Enterprises are often burdened with complex multivendor telephony
networks, composed of multiple generations of PBXs that use unique
protocols, separately configured dial plans and configured with each
PBX operating independently. Consolidating this infrastructure onto a
common IP trunking system and migrating it to modern unified
communications capabilities can be complex, time consuming and
expensive. Alternative session management solutions are not designed
to optimize the advanced Microsoft Lync telephony features and can
result in reduced functionality.
Acme Packet session management solutions support Microsoft Lync and
enable seamless migration to the full suite of Microsoft unified
communications applications while simplifying the legacy IP telephony
infrastructure. Enterprises can simplify network operations, increase
business agility and better control costs.
Key features of the Acme Packet solution include:
-- Protocol normalization and interworking between H.323 and SIP
protocols, which are built on 10 years of Acme Packet experience
protecting investments in existing enterprise telephony infrastructure
-- Centralized dial plan management tools that use Microsoft Lync's
flexible E.164 addressing capabilities while unifying disparate legacy
enterprise dial plans.
-- Highly scalable protocol and media encryption capabilities that help
protect user privacy and confidentiality in the largest enterprise
networks
-- A session routing engine with an Active Directory interface applies
centrally defined rules and user policies to help control costs,
simplify administration and ensure quality of service
-- Support for Microsoft Lync media bypass that optimizes bandwidth
utilization
-- Media interworking that resolves common incompatibilities, including
DTMF and fax
-- Call accounting log that captures and centrally stores complete call
detail records, simplifying and reducing the cost of regulatory
reporting and enabling cost recovery
-- Industry-leading high availability features that protect the
communications infrastructure against failures
"Microsoft Lync is rapidly gaining momentum as the unified
communications solution of choice for all types of enterprises," said
Seamus Hourihan, senior vice president, corporate strategy, Acme
Packet. "Our session management solution puts IT managers in control
of complex multivendor telephony networks and helps protect their
investments."
The session management solutions are based on the Acme Packet Net-Net
product family. They are available immediately and fully qualified by
Microsoft under the Unified Communications Open Interoperability
Program (UCOIP) to ensure interoperability with Microsoft Lync. For
more information, visit www.acmepacket.com/enterpriselync.
All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their
registered owners.
About Acme Packet
Acme Packet (NASDAQ: APKT), the leader in session delivery network
solutions, enables the trusted, first-class delivery of
next-generation voice, data and unified communications services and
applications across IP networks. Our Net-Net product family fulfills
demanding security, service assurance and regulatory requirements in
service provider, enterprise and contact center networks. Based in
Bedford, Massachusetts, Acme Packet designs and manufactures its
products in the USA, selling them through over 220 reseller partners
worldwide. More than 1,600 customers in 107 countries have deployed
over 16,000 Acme Packet systems, including 88 of the top 100 service
providers and 41 of the Fortune 100. For more information visit
www.acmepacket.com.
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actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. These
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compensation awarded; the applicable Company stock price used to
determine stock-based compensation; the exercise pattern of employee
stock options; difficulties expanding the Company's customer base;
difficulties leveraging market opportunities; difficulties providing
solutions that meet the needs of customers; poor product sales; long
sales cycles; difficulties developing new products; difficulties in
relationships with vendors and partners; higher risks in
international operations; difficulties managing rapid growth;
difficulties managing the Company's financial performance; the
ability to hire and retain employees and appropriately staff
operations; the Company's cash needs; the impact of new accounting
pronouncements and increased competition. Additional factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected
or suggested in any forward-looking statements are contained in the
Company's recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including those factors discussed under the caption "Risk Factors" in
such filings.
Media and Industry Analysts:
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Acme Packet
+1 781-869-2975
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