[October 04, 2010] Acme Packet Earns Microsoft OCS 2007 R2 Status for SIP Trunking Interoperability Tweet Oct 04, 2010 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Acme Packet, a provider of session border control solutions, said that its integrated session border controller (SBC), the Net-Net Session Director (SD), has achieved interoperability qualification with Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 R2 when used in conjunction with Verizon Business' IP Trunking service. In a release, the Company said that the qualification testing was conducted by tekVizion Labs, Microsoft's Unified Communication Open Interoperability Program (UC OIP) testing partner. UC OIP is Microsoft's qualification program for SIP/PSTN gateways, IP PBXs and SIP trunking services. Successful UC OIP qualification ensures that enterprise SIP trunking customers experience seamless setup, support, and use of qualified telephony infrastructure and services with Microsoft's unified communications (UC) software and Microsoft Office Communications Online. The testing performed by tekVizion Labs demonstrated that with Acme Packet SBCs, enterprises can deploy Microsoft Office Communications Server SIP trunking with Verizon Business IP Trunking services. Verizon Business' IP Trunking service, which is also UC OIP-qualified, consolidates voice and other features such as a burstable enterprise shared trunking capability, onto a SIP-based network, thereby controlling or eliminating the costs associated with maintaining traditional TDM local lines, trunks, and dedicated PRI circuits. Acme Packet's Net-Net SBCs can be deployed in Verizon Business' IP Trunking between the OCS Mediation Server and Verizon's Private IP or Internet Dedicated Access networks. The Net-Net SBC can also be deployed at enterprises that integrate both OCS 2007 R2 and IP PBX solutions as part of Verizon Business' IP trunking. Because of Acme Packet's experience, with over 1100 customers and 10,000 systems deployed worldwide, many SIP trunking service providers specify Acme Packet SBCs into their offerings. Acme Packet said that its UC OIP qualification now provides small, medium and large enterprise customers with the increased confidence to deploy Acme Packet SBCs in conjunction with Verizon Business' IP Trunking services. "Acme Packet SBCs play a critical role for many of our IP Trunking customers," said Thomas Dalrymple, product management director of global voice solutions with Verizon Business. "The ability for our VoIP service to work in an integrated fashion with Acme Packet SBCs gives our customers in the U.S. and Europe greater flexibility when designing Verizon IP Trunking with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2." "With Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Microsoft has successfully extended the power of unified communications to embrace desktop voice communications," said Seamus Hourihan, Acme Packet's executive vice president of marketing and product management. "Acme Packet is now taking this offering one step further by giving Verizon Business IP Trunking customers the flexibility to implement Microsoft OCS with our industry-leading Net-Net SBC." ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]