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sentitO Introduces New ONX System 3 OS, Redefines Carrier-Grade VoIP Switching and Service Delivery For the Multi-Service EdgeACTON, Mass. --(Business Wire)-- Aug. 15, 2005 -- Adds Security Features, SIP Service Interworking and Advanced IP Routing Capabilities; OptimaTel Speeds Time to Revenue With ONX. sentitO Networks, a leading provider of carrier-grade, distributed VoIP switching and service delivery solutions for global telecommunications service providers, today introduced ONX System 3 OS, a new set of carrier-grade SIP service, security, and routing capabilities for its award-winning ONX VoIP switching and service delivery architecture. System 3 consolidates several industry firsts, including definitive protections for all VoIP subscribers and network interconnection partners; the first integrated service interworking and interworking capability, and advanced routing to deliver the industry's highest voice quality. ONX enables the carrier-grade delivery of SIP-based network and subscriber services across wireline networks via the industry's most open and distributed architecture, fulfilling the long-term promise of IMS architectures today System 3 and the ONX architecture uniquely meet the new and evolving edge service requirements for the deployment of VoIP in global service provider environments. It establishes sentitO as the first telco-grade, secure and market-proven alternative to centralized softswitch architectures, which have largely inhibited VoIP deployment due to their inordinate expense, protracted time to service profitability, operational complexities and rigid, proprietary service limitations. System 3 and the ONX architecture combine service transparency, control, and security with a scalable, right-sized, modular platform that uniquely combines telco ruggedness and reliability with Internet flexibility. This speeds time to profitability for new deployments, while enabling carriers now deploying softswitches to extend their services to new geographies and market segments with unprecedented speed and economy. "Though softswitch vendors continue to tout their compliance with IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) and distributed architectures in general, it takes much more to deliver on the multi-service network edge than simply decoupling the media gateway and media gateway controller," said Michael Kennedy of Network Strategy Partners. "It takes an efficient and distributed architecture purpose-built for VoIP and based on SIP and XML to facilitate interworking and service delivery, which allows service providers to retain absolute flexibility in creating and delivering SIP services from the network edge as they expand to new markets. This is exactly what sentitO's ONX delivers. With ONX System 3, service providers can stay ahead of emerging architectures by adding service security and transparency," Kennedy added. sentitO today also announced the adoption of ONX System 3 and the ONX suite by Optima Telecom, an emerging Latin American multi-national carrier (please see separate release). Purpose-built from the ground-up for carrier-class VoIP deployments, sentitO's ONX provides unprecedented carrier control and flexibility to customize their VoIP services to maximize profitability and long-term differentiation. Because of its standards-based, non-proprietary approach to interoperability and service delivery, the ONX dramatically reduces the time to market and serves as the pivot point for the creation and delivery of enhanced SIP services for global providers. Delivering on the promise of emerging IMS architectures, the ONX transparently synchronizes the transport, signaling, and open application layers to create a truly scalable and future-proof service delivery architecture. ONX System 3 - Redefining VoIP Switching and Service Delivery -- SECURITY: ONX System 3 is the first SIP implementation that provides carriers full "citizenship" by protecting the integrity of their VoIP subscribers and network interconnections. Integrated into the IVG are new robust ACL (Access Control List) and rate limiting capabilities for secure network transport and call handling, and the prevention of Denial of Service (DoS) and Spam over Internet Telephony (SPIT) attacks. The solution forms a powerful control plane that enables service delivery from multiple sources while providing pinhole and firewall protection to help maintain the integrity of bearer, signaling and billing subsystems. The IVG ensures IP and PSTN network and subscriber integrity by automatically shutting down selected ingress ports from off-network rogue media gateways. -- SIP SERVICE INTERWORKING: Extending the patent-pending SIP-SS7 inter-working of sentitO's Proxy7 Signaling Gateway and IVG, ONX System 3 delivers SIP service interworking capabilities to fulfill service provider requirements and to deliver on the IMS directive to facilitate the access to multiple application servers, including emerging open-source platforms, simultaneously within their network. ONX System 3 allows service providers to create an open "Services Core" of SIP-based application servers and then deliver those services across a distributed network of IVG's and Proxy7's at the network edge. This feature gives service providers complete control and flexibility in their choice of application server and allows different platforms to specialize in the cost-effective delivery of residential, business, and other VoIP features. In addition, ONX System 3 integrates SIP and XML into a standard inter-working interface to third-party application, billing and session border controller (SBC) platforms to dramatically simplify interoperability testing and reduce time to market. -- ADVANCED IP ROUTING: Enhancing the ONX's purpose-built architecture and wire-speed routing capabilities of the IVG, ONX System 3 delivers a foundation for emerging MPLS-based architectures by providing application-aware routing, QoS on flows, as well as weighted fair queuing, content pattern matching, filtering, and label swapping in the IVG hardware to accelerate routing and QoS decisions. These features help to deliver the lowest latency and highest voice quality in the industry today. In addition, ONX System 3 adds stateful transactional routing for trunk groups on the Proxy7 to ensure the simplified inter-working of SIP and AIN subscriber and network services across both PSTN trunks and individual subscriber ports. "We are pleased to introduce ONX System 3 into the market and build on the ONX's distributed, intelligent service delivery architecture," said Dennis Chateauneuf, CEO of sentitO Networks. "ONX System 3 follows our core belief that service providers should have a simplified, efficient, and secure way to migrate to VoIP and to deliver services on their terms from the network edge. ONX System 3's enhancements redefine what "carrier-grade" means for VoIP networks by adding the security and open service flexibility first-generation softswitch architectures lack," he added. ONX System 3 is now generally available to ONX carrier customers. About sentitO Networks sentitO Networks is a leading provider of open and distributed VoIP switching and service delivery solutions for global telecommunications service providers. Its award-winning Open Network Xchange (ONX) solution works in an open VoIP environment to deliver a wide range of service provider applications. sentitO is a privately held company with headquarters in Acton, MA. The company has received funding from leading venture capital firms, including Kodiak Venture Partners, Core Capital Partners, Technology Venture Partners, Mid-Atlantic Venture Funds, Inflection Point Ventures, Columbus Nova, and TELUS Ventures. For more information, please visit the company's Web site at www.sentito.com. |
