Software-based session border control solution extends secure IP communications to remote researchers and educators
BEDFORD, MA, July 17, 2012 – Acme Packet® (NASDAQ: APKT), the leader in session delivery networks, today announced that Campus do Mar, a research project led by the University of Vigo in Galicia, Spain, is deploying Acme Packet’s Net-Net® Enterprise Session Director-Server Edition enterprise session border controller (E-SBC) to enable secure, Internet-based collaboration for remote team members.News Highlights:
University of Vigo chose the recently announced Net-Net Enterprise Session Director-Server Edition – a software-based E-SBC, which runs on industry-standard x86 Linux servers – to contain capital and operational costs, and integrate seamlessly with the university’s existing IT infrastructure.
The Net-Net Enterprise Session Director-Server Edition enables secure, reliable, and cost-effective IP communications, improving collaboration for remote researchers and educators.
The solution protects the university’s IT infrastructure and mitigates Network Address Translation (NAT) and firewall traversal issues that often hinder Internet telephony initiatives and burden support organizations.
The university deployed the solution upon the recommendation of Quobis, a leading unified communications systems integrator that carried out the installation and setup of the solution.
Customer Benefits:
Seamless integration with the university’s open source softswitch and Siemens unified communications infrastructure
Improved collaboration amongst geographically-distributed personnel
Cost-effective, rapid deployment with minimal help desk burden
Secure communications without virtual private network client complexity
Quotes: “The Campus do Mar project thrives on bringing together leading professionals and scientists from across Galicia and Northern Portugal to optimize available but distributed resources to train professionals and researchers in the field of marine science,” said Vicente Goyanes, Head of IT services at Campus do Mar. “With Acme Packet’s new software-based E-SBC, remote researchers, teachers, and other team members can communicate securely, easily, and cost-effectively over the Internet.”More about Campus do Mar and Acme Packet:
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Tags: Acme Packet, APKT, VoIP, voice over IP, Internet telephony, NAT, Network Address Translation, NAT traversal, SIP, Asterisk, remote workers, teleworkers, telecommutersAbout Campus do Mar Campus do Mar is a project spearheaded by the University of Vigo and promoted by the three Galician universities, the Spanish Council of Scientific Research (CSIC) and the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO). The project brings together socio-economic experts and marine researchers from the Galicia-Northern Portugal region, fully leveraging and optimizing the region’s talent pool. Campus do Mar sets out to energize a cross-border network comprised of research, teaching, and technology transfer units, with a view to training the best professionals and researchers in the field of marine science. By addressing both the economic and social aspects of marine science, the project generates quality research, creates international impact, and provides the industry with the best tools for competing on a global scale.About Acme Packet Acme Packet (NASDAQ: APKT), the leader in session delivery network solutions, enables the trusted, first-class delivery of next-generation voice, data and unified communications services and applications across IP networks. Our Net-Net product family fulfills demanding security, service assurance and regulatory requirements in service provider, enterprise and contact center networks. Based in Bedford, Massachusetts, Acme Packet designs and manufactures its products in the USA, selling them through over 220 reseller partners worldwide. More than 1,600 customers in 107 countries have deployed over 16,000 Acme Packet systems, including 88 of the top 100 service providers and 41 of the Fortune 100. For more information visit www.acmepacket.com .Acme Packet, Inc. Safe Harbor Statement Statements contained herein that are not historical fact may be forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements may relate to, among other things, expected financial and operating results, expected growth rates, future stock-based compensation and amortization expenses, future business prospects and market conditions. Such forward-looking statements do not constitute guarantees of future performance and are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. These include, but are not limited to: the amount of stock-based compensation awarded; the applicable Company stock price used to determine stock-based compensation; the exercise pattern of employee stock options; difficulties expanding the Company’s customer base; difficulties leveraging market opportunities; difficulties providing solutions that meet the needs of customers; poor product sales; long sales cycles; difficulties developing new products; difficulties in relationships with vendors and partners; higher risks in international operations; difficulties managing rapid growth; difficulties managing the Company’s financial performance; the ability to hire and retain employees and appropriately staff operations; the Company’s cash needs; the impact of new accounting pronouncements and increased competition. Additional factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or suggested in any forward-looking statements are contained in the Company’s recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including those factors discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” in such filings.
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