Edgewater and Polycom Team To Simplify VoIP
Deployment
- Solution optimization automates setup, reducing deployment
costs and enabling customers to rapidly deploy VoIP services Pleasanton and Santa Clara, Calif. – March 11,
2004 – Edgewater Networks, Inc., and Polycom®, Inc.
(NASDAQ: PLCM), the world’s leader in video and voice conferencing,
conference bridges, and integrated web collaboration solutions, today
announced the availability of a “Plug ‘n Dial” feature
set that dramatically simplifies the provisioning of Polycom’s
family of SoundPoint™ IP phones when deployed with any Edgewater
EdgeMarc Series appliance. This capability reduces costs and enables
channel partners, service providers and enterprise customers to rapidly
deploy VoIP services.
“Our collaboration and partnership with Edgewater is a direct
result of feedback from customers who are looking to leverage the benefits
of VoIP while eliminating the complexity normally associated with the
deployment of the technology,” said Sunil Bhalla, senior vice
president and general manager of voice communications at Polycom.
Using industry standard protocols, the joint solution enables a user
to simply connect a SoundPoint IP phone in an MGCP environment to a
LAN segment attached to an EdgeMarc appliance and receive all of the
necessary parameters for voice connectivity. This functionality delivers
all of the power of VoIP with the ease of use found in traditional analog
phone sets.
“Many multi-vendor VoIP solutions tend to focus solely on interoperability,”
said Dave Norman, CEO of Edgewater. “The tremendous value provided
by this solution in time savings and customer satisfaction is an example
of what can be accomplished when moving beyond basic interoperability
to true optimization of a solution. We are very pleased to be working
with Polycom to simplify the installation and ongoing maintenance of
VoIP deployments as a natural extension of the functions provided by
our EdgeMarc Series appliances.”
Designed to serve as the demarcation point between the WAN and the LAN
for VoIP, EdgeMarc Series appliances effectively resolve NAT/Firewall
traversal problems, guarantee high quality voice while maximizing data
performance, monitor voice call quality and provide comprehensive security
for the LAN using a VoIP and data firewall.
About Polycom
Polycom, Inc. is the world’s technology leader of high-quality,
easy-to-use video, voice, data and web conferencing and collaboration
solutions. The Polycom Office™ is our continued commitment to
make distance communications as natural and interactive as being there
by providing best-in-class conferencing solutions that are interoperable,
integrated and intuitive to the user. The Polycom Office is based on
industry standards and supported by an open architecture that promotes
interoperability in multi-vendor environments and complements leading
network infrastructure platforms. For additional information call 1-800-POLYCOM
(765-9266) or +1-408-526-9000, or visit the Polycom website at www.polycom.com.
About Edgewater Networks, Inc.
Edgewater Networks is a privately held company providing solutions that
make the deployment of voice and video over IP easier, less expensive
and more secure. Edgewater’s flagship products, the EdgeMarc Series
converged network appliances are a new generation of edge device providing
the demarcation point for real-time, interactive IP services. They provide
a SIP, MGCP, H.323 or SCCP VoIP firewall, passive call quality monitoring
and sophisticated traffic management mechanisms to ensure toll quality
voice. For more information about Edgewater Networks, Inc. please visit
the company’s web site at www.edgewaternetworks.com or contact
Dave Martin at 408.351.7209.
