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Sipera Systems' Secure Teleworker Solution Rated 'Avaya Compliant'RICHARDSON, Texas, March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Sipera Systems, the leader in real-time Unified Communications (UC) security, today announced that its UC-Sec Teleworker solution is compliant with key IP telephony solutions from Avaya, a leading global provider of business communications applications, systems and services. The UC-Sec Teleworker solution from Sipera helps businesses to deploy secure real-time IP communications including voice, video, instant messaging, collaboration tools and other applications to remote offices, home offices and an extended workforce. Sipera's solutions provide comprehensive security, including encryption, access control, policy enforcement and threat mitigation for remote teleworker communications, promoting compliance with information security requirements and supporting business continuity plans. The UC-Sec security appliance now is compliance-tested by Avaya for compatibility with Communication Manager 5.1.1 and SES 5.1.1. "Enterprises are realizing great efficiencies, cost savings and competitive advantages by extending unified communications to teleworkers and remote offices," said Adam Boone, Vice President of Marketing for Sipera. "By achieving Avaya compliance for Sipera's award-winning UC-Sec product family, we ensure that enterprises adopting UC solutions from Avaya can apply comprehensive security for teleworkers and confidently introduce low-risk, secure UC." Sipera is a member of the Avaya DevConnect program--an initiative to develop, market and sell innovative third-party products that interoperate with Avaya technology and extend the value of a company's investment in its network. As a Platinum member of the program, Sipera Systems is eligible to submit products for compatibility testing by the Avaya Solution Interoperability and Test Lab in Lincroft, N.J. There, a team of Avaya engineers develops a comprehensive test plan for each application to verify whether it is Avaya compliant. Doing so ensures businesses can confidently add best-in-class capabilities to their network without having to replace their existing infrastructure--speeding deployment of new applications and reducing both network complexity and implementation costs. "By offering compliance testing to the many innovative companies like Sipera who are members of our DevConnect program, Avaya promotes fully interoperable solutions that help businesses unleash powerful new possibilities," said Eric Rossman, vice president, developer relations and technical alliances, Avaya. "They are able to use Unified Communications to connect employees and customers to information from wherever they are, over whatever device they have available - getting more out of their multivendor network and delivering new value to their bottom line." About Avaya Avaya is a global leader in enterprise communications systems. The company provides unified communications, contact centers, and related services directly and through its channel partners to leading businesses and organizations around the world. Enterprises of all sizes depend on Avaya for state-of-the-art communications that improve efficiency, collaboration, customer service and competitiveness. For more information please visit http://www.avaya.com/. For more information on the Avaya DevConnect program, visit http://www.avaya.com/devconnect. About Sipera Sipera Systems, the leader in real-time UC security, enables enterprises to simplify and confidently deploy their VoIP and unified communications over any network to any device while service providers can protect and quickly offer new IP-based communication services. Backed by the extensive vulnerability research of the Sipera VIPER Lab, the Sipera UC-Sec products provide comprehensive threat protection, policy enforcement, access control, and privacy in a single, real-time appliance. For more information, visit http://www.sipera.com/. Sipera Systems CONTACT: Jan Jahosky of Turbo PR for Sipera Systems, +1-407-331-4699,[email protected]; or Lynn Newman of Avaya, +1-908-953-8692,[email protected] Web Site: http://www.sipera.com/ |