August 21, 2003
 Data Security In The Age of HIPAA And
Gramm-Leach-Bliley:
A New Argument For Managed
Services
The advent of federal laws designed to safeguard consumer
financial and medical information has brought a heightened sense of
urgency to the issue of network security.
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Sponsor: Texas Instruments **
Texas Instruments develops integrated
VoIP silicon and software solutions leveraging TI's market leading
DSPs and Telogy Software products for Voice, Fax, and Data over IP.
TI features the industry's most comprehensive VoIP solutions product
suite with products ranging from two channel devices to OC-3 (2,016
channels) on a single chip. TI's complete, integrated VoIP solutions
address the needs of both customer premise and infrastructure
equipment platforms. Customer premise gateway solutions support
residential, small office/home office (SOHO), and telecommuter plus
a full range of enterprise gateway and IP phone applications. TIs
carrier class products provide the industry's leading roadmap for
power, area and features, a comprehensive approach to implementing
high density VoIP systems.
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MPLS/Frame
Relay Alliance Approves TDM-over-MPLS Implementation Agreement
The MPLS/Frame
Relay Alliance has approved a new Time Division Multiplexing
(TDM)-over-MPLS Implementation Agreement (IA). The IA, entitled TDM
Transport over MPLS using ATM Adaptation Layer 1 (AAL1), outlines a
method for carriers to offer private line TDM services such as n*
64kps (DS0), T1, E1, E3, T3 while delivering new service offerings
over a common MPLS network. The new IA may be applied in the design
of carrier or Provider Edge (PE) routers, multi-service edge
switches and dedicated gateway equipment.
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RADIUS
link redundancy added in MERA VoIP Transit Softswitch for increased
reliability, simple configuration and lower operating costs
MERA Networks,
Inc. announced the release of its new MVTS v. 2.1.6 enhanced with
RADIUS-link redundancy. Adding to the overall reliability of the
system, this functionality enables full-featured use of the RADIUS
server and delivers the true value of dynamic routing to service
providers.
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Agsm
Telecomunicazioni Chooses Acme Packet Net-Net Session Border
Controllers
Acme Packet announced that Agsm Telecomunicazioni has selected its
Net-Net session border controllers for a multi-phased project that
will first deliver enhanced SIP-based services to business and
residential customers, and will later include peering with other
service provider networks. Owned by Agsm, the multi-utility company
of Verona, Agsm Telecomunicazioni selected the Net-Net session
border controllers for the hosted NAT traversal and advanced
security and topology hiding features that are so critical to
offering hosted IP services. Later this year when they begin
exchanging traffic with other leading IP service providers
throughout Italy, the SIP-H.323 signaling interworking functionality
will prove critical.
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NextiraOne
Completes WAN/LAN Installation At St. Joseph Medical Center
NextiraOne, LLC has announced the completion of the WAN/LAN network
installation for Baltimores St. Joseph Medical Center. By
implementing a fast, reliable data network, NextiraOne is helping
St. Joseph to improve communications for staff, patients and their
loved ones.
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Voyant Call Routing
Technology Generates Revenue For Service Providers
Voyant Technologies announced
that its patented call routing technology has generated significant
revenue for its service provider customers. The technology has
enabled a single conferencing system to handle up to 40 percent more
calls, helping customers get the most value from their investment.
Customers also receive benefits including reduced exposure to system
failures and the ability to seamlessly scale as conference demand
increases.
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Opera Telecom Deploys Telsis
Programmable Switches
Opera Telecom
has deployed additional programmable switches from Telsis to support
its business expansion in the UK and Ireland. The operator launched
in November 2000 with a Telsis Ocean fastSSP switch and fastSCP
service control point at its Birmingham operations centre. Opera
Telecom has now invested in further Ocean fastSSPs from Telsis
small-footprint, high-performance, carrier-grade technology
portfolio for its new switching centres in London and Dublin.
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Commetrex Rolls Out
PowerIntercept Configuration Of BladeWare IP Platform
Commetrex
Corporation announced the immediate availability of PowerIntercept,
a focused lawful-intercept (LI) configuration of BladeWare, its
host-signal-processing IP platform, and the company's
media-processing technologies. The value-adding platform gives the
OEM an open, scalable software product that provides for the
monitoring and recording of IP-based voice and fax call streams. The
product targets the developer of LI systems for national security
agencies, law-enforcement, forensic intelligence, call-center
quality monitoring, and the financial services industries.
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Seattle School District Chooses Avaya IP Office
Avaya announced that
the administrative offices of Highline School District, located
south of Seattle in Washington State, have chosen an Avaya IP Office
to dramatically reduce telephony costs and stay in closer touch with
the parents of the 17,000 students it serves.
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MaXXan Systems Rolls Out MXV320
Intelligent Application Switch
MaXXan Systems,
Inc. announced general availability of its pioneering MXV320
intelligent application switch. MaXXan's approach is to integrate
applications into scalable storage networks, so users do not need to
build storage solutions from a multitude of vendors. This approach
results in a significant reduction in the total cost of ownership.
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NexTone
Multiprotocol Session Controller Deployed In ITXC.net
NexTone
Communications announced that ITXC Corp. has deployed the
Multiprotocol Session Controller in the companys global VoIP
network, ITXC.net.The NexTone Multiprotocol Session Controller
enables ITXC for the first time to extend its global service with
robust and scalable interconnection to virtually any SIP- or
H.323-based VoIP network.
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