Archive for November, 2003
Xten Deliverables
Well, the end of the month is growing nearer and the X-Men [Xten Team Members] are hard at work getting several customer projects ready for production release.
Sleep is hard to come by but everyone is well fed and the drink is plentiful. Spirits are high as I think everyone is looking forward to some well deserved time off during X-Mas, or maybe we are just inebriated =)
Intermittent foosball games create a distraction and break up the relative silence.
Mark is off to the NYSAA [New York Security Analysts Association] presentation on Monday where he will be doing a mini road show and a meet and greet with some very interested investors.
Our customers are happy, our competitors are not, our partners are jumping and our investors are salivating 
Life is good at Xten.
Cebridge Connections to Use Net2Phone for VoCable
Net2Phone has signed a MOU with Cebridge Connections to
provide the cable operator with PacketCable based
VoCable services. The service, scheduled to be introduced
in the first quarter of next year, will initially be
offered to the provider’s cable modem customers in Texas
and Missouri.
Cebridge will maintain the service brand name and handle
Tier 1 customer and tech support. Net2Phone will support
the back office infrastructure, switching and transport,
and Tier 2 and above tech support.
Cebridge provides cable and cable modem services in rural
areas within the U.S.
Cebridge Connections
http://www.cebridge.net
Net2Phone
http://www.net2phone.com
Written by Erik Lagerway - Visit WebsiteThe next big question for SIP is security. How will we ensure ourselves that the call is not being overheard.
Professionals from every corner are working on a Secure method for using SIP in VoIP. That much is evident by the action on the IETF SIP threads and SIP Authentication, SCTP and TLS methods already in use.
Other methods have also been implemented from several vendors which provide a more comprehensive and imediate fix for Secure SIP Voice conversations and conferencing.
Xten has developed and recently released X-Cipher which is a SIP softphone that has some very unique encryption capabilities. This SIP endpoint can readily be turned into a highly secure IP soft phone at the click of a button. X-Cipher requires a server component that also must be deployed. Here is a snapshot of the offering:
X-Cipher Solution:
- MD5 or SHA1 challenges
- 3DES or AES 128, 192 or 256 bit encryption
- Crypto safe random generators
- X-Cipher to X-Cipher complete encryption
- X-Tunnels NAT traversal functionality
For more on Secure VoIP, check out X-Cipher on Xten’s website.
Written by Erik Lagerway - Visit WebsiteCITRON’S VONAGE LANDS FINANCING
By BEN SILVERMAN
http://www.nypost.com/business/11629.htm
November 24, 2003 — VONAGE, the voice- over-Internet-protocol (VoIP) provider headed by Datek co-founder Jeffrey Citron, has a bundle of new cash at its disposal. The company plans to announce today that it has secured $35 million in new financing led by venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates.
“To get a transaction done with something involving the words ‘Internet’ and ‘telephony’ in the same sentence is really an accomplishment,” Vonage CFO John Rego said.
Rego wouldn’t say what type of valuation the company got on the deal, but he says Vonage’s management still owns more than 50 percent of the company. Vonage will use the money for marketing and to expand service to Canada and Europe.
Written by Erik Lagerway - Visit WebsiteTelus has launched IP-One, a hosted and managed VoIP service to be offered
to businesses in Ontario and Quebec. The service provides a set of
applications including unified communications, extension mobility and
integration with corporate directory services. It features management of
call forwarding and contact lists, web access to email, and ad-hoc multi-
party conference calls. The service is driven by Cisco’s gear.
IP-One is offered on a per seat cost basis.
Initial customers for the service include Borland Software; Richter, Usher,
and Vineberg; Berlex Canada; and Belron Canada.
Telus
http://www.telus.com
Written by Erik Lagerway - Visit WebsiteSynergy Research has released “3Q 2003 Enterprise VoIP Market
Shares,” a 43-page report that tracks quarterly sales of
enterprise IP telephony, LAN telephony (IP-only), converged
telephony (TDM/IP), IP phones, and enterprise VoIP gateways.
The research includes surveys of 3Com, Alcatel, Avaya, Cisco,
Mitel, NEC, Nortel, Shoreline, Siemens, Sphere, Quintum,
VegaStream, and Vertical.
The firm finds:
* The U.S. enterprise VoIP market grew 15%
over the quarter
* Nearly 1 million IP phones were shipped
in Q3
* The U.S. showed the greatest growth over
the quarter followed by Asia/Pacific and
EMEA
* In the U.S., IP phone shipments were up
38% over the quarter. The leading
vendors included SpectraLink (up 97%),
Cisco (up 77%), and Symbol (up 45%)
* The U.S. enterprise IP telephony line
shipment market share for Q3 2003 is
Cisco at 27.4%; Avaya at 20.2%, Nortel
at 13.3%, Mitel at 7.5%, and 3Com at
6.4%
Synergy Research
http://www.srgresearch.com
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