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Aricent Co-founds Multi-Service Business Gateway Alliance(Wireless News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Aricent, a communications software company, announced that it has partnered with a group of leading technology companies and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to form the communications industry s first Multi-Service Business Gateway (MSBG) Alliance. The primary mission of the new alliance is to accelerate the development of MSBG systems and complete solutions for service providers. MSBGs combine voice, video and data communications in a single multi-service broadband platform, replacing the need for separate PBX, routers, firewalls, gateways, cable modems, VPN and other security appliances. MSBGs are designed to simplify the communications equipment for small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) and remote branch offices (RBOs) of large enterprises. The MSBG Alliance was built around the Aricent Converged Access Solution (CAS) and a number of additional partners to be announced during Interop 2008. Aricent and the Alliance members will showcase MSBG solutions, at the LSI booth in the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas. Aricent, the first application software provider in the Alliance, has developed Aricent CAS for MSBGs, a software product that combines SIP-based VoIP services, virtual private networking (VPN) and security, Wi-Fi access, quality of service (QOS), LAN switching, IPv4 routing, WAN access and network management into a single compact gateway solution. We re proud to be a co-founder and the first applications software provider in the MSBG Alliance. This Alliance has the capability to deliver products that enable businesses of all sizes to tame the complexity in their communications systems, said Sajal Gupta, Head of Products, Aricent. We are delighted that the Aricent Converged Access Solution is proving to be a foundation for the MSBG market. Our ongoing relationship with LSI has opened up the opportunity to partner with more companies that are integral to the production and distribution of MSBGs. "Aricent has a unique offering for the MSBG software market today with the Aricent Converged Access Solution," said Charlie Kawwas, vice president of segment marketing for the Network and Storage Products Group, LSI. "We re happy to be jointly delivering our first OEM product powered by Aricent CAS at Interop. The MSBG Alliance launch will ensure that more companies can benefit from the Aricent CAS solution." ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) ((Distributed on behalf of 10Meters via M2 Communications Ltd - http://www.m2.com)) ((10Meters - http://www.10meters.com)) Copyright ? 2008 Wireless News |