Edgewater Networks named among top 15 VoIP Companies
of 2004
- FierceVoIP Honors Edgewater Networks as One of the “Fierce
15" Emerging Internet Telephony Firms of the Year
Santa Clara, CA – October 12, 2004 – Edgewater
Networks today announced that it has been selected as a member of FierceVoIP’s
annual list of “The Fierce 15”, honoring it as one of the
top 15 emerging IP telephony companies for 2004. FierceVoIP, an internationally
recognized email newsletter covering the VoIP and Internet telephony
industry, evaluated more than 300 VoIP companies based on company vision,
revenue potential, quality of deals and partnerships, and competitive
market position.
"VoIP security, reliability and quality will all be hot issues
in 2005," said John Edwards, Editor of FierceVoIP. "By focusing
on these concerns, Edgewater is pushing all the right buttons."
Edgewater’s products make the deployment of voice and video over
IP easier, less expensive and more secure. EdgeMarc Series appliances
are all-in-one solutions which include IP routing, a SIP, MGCP or H.323
VoIP aware firewall, VoIP survivability, passive call quality monitoring
and powerful but easy-to-use traffic management that ensures toll quality
voice. They are deployed for office connectivity by enterprises building
converged networks and by service providers as the CPE demarcation point
for hosted VoIP services.
EdgeProtect Series session border controllers protect managed VoIP service
providers from network-based attacks, extend the reach of VoIP services
with NAT/FW traversal and deliver breakthrough price/performance.
Edgewater’s products are managed using HTTP, Telnet, SSH or SNMP
and are fully interoperable with industry standard network management
systems or through Edgewater’s EdgeView element management system.
"FierceVoIP is recognized for its advanced understanding of VoIP
trends and businesses," said Dave Norman, Chief Executive Officer
of Edgewater Networks, Inc. "Being selected as a member of The
Fierce 15 is an honor that highlights Edgewater Networks’ growing
prominence in the VoIP market."
The Fierce 15 celebrates the spirit of being “fierce” –
daring to be innovative and aggressive, even in the face of intense
competition. The list of Fierce 15 companies is available in today’s
issue of FierceVoIP and on the FierceVoIP Web site at http://www.fiercevoip.com.
FierceVoIP, is a free twice weekly email briefing that summarizes the
latest business and technology developments in the Internet telephony
industry. It is designed for top-level telecom executives and comes
out every Tuesday and Friday. Sign up is free at http://www.fiercevoip.com.
About Edgewater Networks
Edgewater Networks is a privately held company providing networking
solutions that make the deployment of voice and video over IP easier,
less expensive and more secure. 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.
About FierceVOIP
FierceVoIP, is a free twice weekly email briefing that summarizes the
latest business and technology developments in the Internet telephony
industry. It is designed for top-level telecom executives and comes
out every Tuesday and Friday. Sign up is free at http://www.fiercevoip.com.
FierceVoIP is one of eight newsletters published by FierceMarkets Inc.,
a Washington DC-based business publishing company. Other FierceMarkets
newsletters include FierceBiotech, FierceDeveloper, FierceEnterprise,
FierceFinance, FierceHealthcare, FierceWiFi, and FierceWireless. Every
business day, these publications reach more than 200,000 top-level executives
in over 100 countries.
