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ORiNOCO Achieves
USB And Wi-Fi Certifications
The USB Implementers Forum has awarded USB (Universal
Serial Bus) certification to Agere Systems' ORiNOCO
USB Client. According to the USB-IF, this is the first
Wi-Fi-compliant device to earn the USB logo. The
ORiNOCO USB Client allows high-speed wireless
connectivity to be added to desktop computers. It
provides a wireless network connection of up to 11
Mbps.
www.orinocowireless.com;
866-ORINOCO
Sun Enhances Sun
Ray
Sun Microsystems has announced enhancements to its Sun
Ray systems, including improved functionality and
easier deployment requirements, as well as two new
system bundles tailored for the Electronic Design
Automation (EDA) market. The new Sun Ray Server
Software 1.3 supports customers across qualified VLANs.
With the new Packet Reporting Tool, system
administrators should be able to reconfigure their
router/switches to help meet the necessary quality of
service requirements and maintain their existing VLAN
environment. With the Controlled Access Mode feature,
Sun Ray systems can now be configured to launch and
restart applications automatically without a user
log-in. Sun Ray technology also provides a solution
for EDA customers, supporting collaboration and
delivering server-based compute power to the desktop.
www.sun.com;
800-786-7638
Nortel Delivers
Latest Version Of IP-PBX Solution
Nortel has delivered the latest version of Business
Communications Manager, adding more than 20 new
features to its IP-PBX solution for single and
multi-site businesses and branch offices. Release 2.5
of Business Communications Manager adds features that
include desktop Internet telephony, wireless IP,
site-to-site VPN, Web-enabled call center capability,
simplified file sharing, and browser-based management.
It provides more than 300 voice and data features,
based on Nortel Networks' Meridian PBX and Norstar key
system.
www.nortelnetworks.com;
800-4-NORTEL
Mindmaker Announces
Tisento Speech Rec SDK
Mindmaker has launched a software developer kit (SDK)
for its Tisento telephony speech recognition. This
latest offering complements Mindmaker's FlexVoice
text-to-speech SDK. The kit is designed to enable
developers to integrate telephony speech recognition
into third-party applications. The SDK and its users
are supported by a technical team to speech-enable a
range of telephony-based services. The Tisento kit
supports three modes of operation: live recognition
from a supported telephony source, file-based
recognition from any telephony source, or live
recognition from a user-built telephony source. The
SDK can be deployed on platforms supporting C++
compilers, including Windows NT/2000, RedHat Linux,
and Sun Sparc Solaris. Other platforms and operating
systems are available by arrangement.
www.mindmaker.com;
408-467-9211
One Stop Intros 6U
Dual Processor CPU Boards
One Stop Systems has announced its 6U dual processor
system and peripheral CPU boards. These boards feature
hot-swappability, low power dissipation, and passive
cooling, essentially doubling the performance with two
Pentium III low power processors in SMP configuration
at 500 MHz or 700 MHz each, and up to 1.5 GB of SDRAM,
all designed into a single slot, 4HP, or dual slot,
8HP footprint. System and peripheral boards can be
used together for scalable, multi-processing
communication using TalkWare technology. TalkWare is
compatible with operating systems such as Windows NT,
VxWorks, pSOS, and Linux-based operating systems.
www.onestopsystems.com;
760-745-9883
Avaya And
PowerDsine Building Advanced Switching System
Avaya and PowerDsine are building an advanced
switching system that is based on open industry
standards and delivers data and power over existing
Ethernet networks. The new system, Avaya P333T-PWR,
will integrate PowerDsine's Power over LAN technology
into Avaya's P330 stackable switching system family.
It is a fast Ethernet, integrated, 24-port device that
delivers a unified source of data, voice, and power
over standard Category 5 wiring up to 100 meters. It
will also deliver 10 MB and power over legacy Category
3 wiring. The Avaya P333T-PWR delivers 48 Volt DC
power to terminal devices such as the Avaya 4600
series of IP telephones at the switch level. An
automatic line sensing capability identifies terminals
as Power over LAN-enabled.
www.avaya.com;
866-GO-AVAYA
www.powerdsine.com;
631-756-4680
RadiSys Announces
CP30
RadiSys has announced its 4U cPCI CPU chassis.
Designed for a variety of OEM applications --
including voice and data servers, SS7 applications,
VoIP servers, and e-mail servers -- the CP30 can be
configured with a variety of cPCI-based building
blocks from RadiSys. The CP30 comes equipped with a
five-slot backplane that supports H.110 and features
dual system slots and three peripheral expansion
slots. Additionally, it supports rear transition I/O
boards and gives OEMs central office compliance in a
small form factor. The CP30 is 432 mm wide by 178 mm
tall (4U) by 305 mm deep and is small enough to be
configured in a box-redundant, 2N configuration.
www.radisys.com;
800-950-0044
Motorola Unveils
Plans For MXP
Motorola Computer Group has unveiled plans for the
Multi-Service Packet Transport Platform, or MXP. The
MXP, which adheres to open industry standards
regulated by the PICMG, is an embedded applications
platform that helps provide fast throughput (more than
700 Gbps). The carrier-grade, high availability MXP is
designed to be scaled for performance and throughput
depending on the application and number of users. Its
control architecture supports up to 18 distributed
processors or eight distributed storage elements. The
MXP also employs a mesh switch fabric to augment the
2.16 environment. The system interconnect
configuration provides Fiber Channel connections to
each slot from redundant aggregators/hub boards in
addition to point-to-point connections.
www.motorola.com;
602-438-5797
Captaris Announces
New Editions of CallXpress UM
Captaris has expanded its localized product offerings
to provide more customers with CallXpress unified
messaging software in their native language and within
their familiar Lotus Notes or Microsoft Exchange
interface. CallXpress is now available in German,
Spanish, and French. Web PhoneManager, a component of
CallXpress, is also now available in German, Spanish,
and French for both Lotus Notes/Domino and Microsoft
Exchange.
www.captaris.com;
425-820-6000
VMIC Intros
VMICPCI-7760
VMIC has introduced the VMICPCI-7760, a dual-slot,
dual Pentium III processor-based single-board computer
with 133 MHz system bus, offering processor speeds up
to 1 GHz. The SBC provides two independent 64 bit/66
MHz PCI buses: one is dedicated to the cPCI bus and
the other is available to support I/O expansion. A
third PCI bus (32 bit/33 MHz) is dedicated to onboard
I/O (video and dual Ethernet). The VMICPCI-7760
accepts up to four PC-133 registered DIMM modules with
ECC for a maximum memory capacity of 2 GB. The onboard
DRAM is dual-ported to the cPCI bus.
www.vmic.com;
800-322-3616
Edify Integrates
With SpeechWorks
Edify is integrating OpenSpeech Recognizer 1.0,
SpeechWorks' next-generation speech recognition
engine, into the Edify Voice vCSR (virtual Customer
Service Representative) product line. OpenSpeech
Recognizer is an open, standards-based recognition
engine optimized for Voice XML. New “endpointing”
technology is specifically designed to increase
accuracy in wireless environments. Advanced telephony
technology from NMS Communications will support the
new Edify-SpeechWorks product. NMS' telephony boards
feature high port densities and voice processing
abilities. The vCSR, a key component of the Edify
Enterprise Interaction Center, integrates seamlessly
with existing desktop and legacy systems.
www.speechworks.com;
617-428-4444
www.edify.com;
408-982-2000
CoreExpress Teams
With VCON
VCON has announced an agreement with CoreExpress to
deliver a desktop video conferencing solution over the
Internet. VCON's video conferencing solution, Media
Xchange Manager (MXM), enables customers to deploy
desktop video conferencing over the Internet by
providing support for a variety of manufacturers'
conferencing endpoints and centralized video
administration. CoreExpress Extranet will provide the
network platform for the VCON MXM solution.
www.coreexpress.net;
888-456-CORE
www.vcon.com;
512-583-7700
PICMG Kicks Off
StarFabric Spec Effort
The PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturing Group has
held a kickoff meeting for the 2.17 StarFabric
CompactPCI subcommittee. The technical subcommittee's
objective is to rapidly provide a common set of
guidelines for implementing backplanes and cards to
deliver the benefits of the StarFabric interconnect in
the cPCI environment. The cPCI StarFabric interconnect
specification will define redundant, switched,
high-speed point-to-point connectivity among some or
all slots using StarFabric switch cards. The
StarFabric interconnect can coexist with 64 bit cPCI,
H.110, and Ethernet backplanes as defined in PICMG
2.16. Systems that take advantage of StarFabric
features can be designed to utilize existing single
board computers and node cards. Special slots for
active switching fabric elements, which may be
redundant, will also be specified.
www.picmg.org;
781-246-9318
Alcatel Offers
Convergence Starter Kit
Alcatel is offering business partners the Alcatel
Convergence Starter Kit, a solution that provides
medium to large enterprises the ability to trial
voice/data convergence with options of in-building
wireless capabilities for mobile workers and softphone
functionality for remote workers. Alcatel's OmniPCX
4400 IP-based PBX and OmniStack 6024 stackable LAN
switch provide these capabilities in a convergence
solution that supports data devices and IP, digital,
analog, and in-building wireless telephony devices.
With the inclusion of an IP-enabler, the kit also
demonstrates how a digital phone can evolve into a
full-featured IP phone.
www.alcatel.com;
800-995-2612
ObjectWorld
Announces CallAttendant Office
ObjectWorld has announced general availability for
CallAttendant Office, its PBX-integrated unified
messaging solution with an auto-attendant that is
targeted at small to medium-sized businesses. The
product integrates with the Microsoft Exchange server,
enabling all messages to be stored in one mailbox and
accessible from one location, either over the
telephone or in the user's Outlook client inbox.
CallAttendant Office offers an integrated
auto-attendant with a GUI that users can manipulate to
create logical call flow scripts at the extension
level. The same set of features is available at the
system level to enable the system administrator to
manage and configure trunk lines, ports, and maintain
system users, without having to program the PBX. The
scalable application sits on existing infrastructure.
www.objectworld.com;
819-770-9998
StarVox Announces
StarVox IP Centrex
StarVox has released StarVox IP Centrex, a VoIP
application that allows broadband service providers to
deliver VoIP-based virtual PBX services to small and
mid-sized companies or branch offices. The application
offers full support for traditional PBX functionality
and interoperates with the PSTN, TDM-based VPNs, and
leased lines. The solution supports MGCP IP hardphones
as well as analog phones connected to MGCP residential
gateways. It is a carrier-grade Unix-based application
that runs on an open, scalable, MGCP and H.323v2
standards-based IP infrastructure. It is an add-on to
StarVox VoIP Business Trunking with VPN.
www.starvox.com;
408-452-6700
CTI2
Upgrades W.W.Office
CTI2 has announced an upgrade of its
W.W.Office unified communications platform. New tools
help administrators define and manage all subscribers
and their class of service profiles, and include
enhanced organization branding support. The user
interface now supports six languages and includes
one-number capabilities. Additional enhancements
include support for multimedia messaging (including
animation, images, and rich text), synchronization of
a unified address book with MS Outlook and PDAs,
message-waiting indicator that notifies landline and
wireless phone users of new messages, enhanced voice
recorder and voice streaming player, and a two-way SMS,
sending SMSs from a PC to an SMS device and back.
www.cti2.com;
781-229-5829
Phonetic Partners
With Siemens
Phonetic Systems has announced a partnership with
Siemens Information and Communication Networks.
Phonetic's Voice Search Engine provides voice-driven
telephone access to the full range of data stored in
DirX, the directory server of Siemens' DirX Meta
Directory product family. With an unlimited vocabulary
size and the ability to process dynamic updates to
information sources, Phonetic is providing voice
access to data such as phone and fax numbers,
departmental information, and e-mail and postal
addresses. A direct connection to a phone number can
be established if desired.
www.phoneticsystems.com;
781-276-2170
www.ic.siemens.com/networks;
+49-89-722-33988
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