Edgewater Selects Zycko For European Distribution
Of Award Winning VoIP Networking And Security Products
Santa Clara, Calif. – February 24, 2005 –
Edgewater Networks, Inc., the leader in Application-Aware Networking™,
today announced that it has signed an exclusive distribution agreement
with Zycko to support their expansion into the European marketplace.
Zycko, the leading global distributor of networking, storage and server
accessories, will resell Edgewater’s entire application-aware
networking solution consisting of the EdgeMarc™, EdgeProtect™
and EdgeView™ product families.
EdgeMarc Series appliances are all-in-one access routers that simplify
the installation and maintenance of converged voice, video and data
networks. They provide a voice and video aware NAT/firewall, bandwidth
management to ensure high quality voice and video, call quality monitoring,
VoIP call admission control and VoIP survivability. EdgeProtect session
border controllers are deployed at the network operations center to
protect critical VoIP infrastructure from network based attacks and
provide NAT/Firewall traversal to extend the reach of VoIP services.
The EdgeView network management system provides network operators with
unprecedented visibility into the call quality performance of their
network. Working in combination with EdgeMarc appliances, EdgeView provides
detailed call quality statistics and diagnostic tools to quickly identify
networking issues that negatively impact call quality.
“Edgewater has developed a world class solution that makes the
deployment of real-time communications over IP easer, less expensive
and more secure,” said Rory Sweet, Chief Executive Officer of
Zycko. “At the same time they have created a business model that
provides outstanding margin and revenue opportunity to channel partners
in the rapidly growing VoIP marketplace.”
“Zycko has a terrific reputation with a history of providing industry
leading solutions to its resellers and we are very pleased about this
partnership,” said Dave Norman, Chief Executive Officer of Edgewater.
“We chose Zycko to spearhead our expansion into Europe because
of their technical expertise, commitment to customer service and experience
in converged networking.”
For more information about Edgewater please visit our website at www.edgewaternetworks.com
or contact us at sales@edgewaternetworks.com.
About Edgewater Networks, Inc.
Edgewater Networks is a global leader in Application-Aware Networking™
solutions that ensure the secure and reliable delivery of real-time,
IP based communications. EdgeMarc Series appliances provide a SIP, MGCP
or H.323 VoIP aware NAT/Firewall, VoIP survivability, passive call quality
monitoring and powerful but easy-to-use traffic management that ensures
high quality voice and video. EdgeProtect Series session border controllers
protect critical voice and video infrastructure elements from network
based attacks and extend the reach of voice and video services. For
more information please visit the company’s website at www.edgewaternetworks.com
or contact Dave Martin at 408.351.7209.
About Zycko
Zycko is a global specialty distributor of networking, storage, security
and communications products. 'The Zycko Proposition' has been a major
factor in their decision process. For vendors, Zycko acts as an indirect
sales channel, allowing use of its sales force, technical capabilities,
logistics services and breadth of customer relationships to cost-effectively
distribute vendors’ networking and communications products. For
customers, Zycko provides technical expertise, sales support and services,
training, marketing programs, logistics services and a conduit to leading
technology vendors. Zycko has a global distribution presence with sales
of $100m throughout the Americas, Europe, Australia, Asia and Africa
and is comprised of individual operations organised around primary vendors
under the Zycko and Simian Support brands. For more information contact
http://www.zycko.com or call +44 1285 868 500.
