Edgewater Networks debuts two new e-SBCs

The session border controller market, which is expected to be a $1 billion business by 2015, has been dominated by vendor Acme Packet (Nasdaq: APKT). Edgewater Networks is looking to grab its piece of the evolving pie, today introducing two new enterprise session border controllers in the company's EdgeMarc series.

The new EdgeMarc 4576 enterprise session border controller from Edgewater Networks.

The EdgeMarc 4604 and the EdgeMarc 4576, said the company, increase analog port density and performance to address the need for Service Providers to have a single solution, which can scale from small to large enterprise environments.

The addition of the e-SBCs means Edgewater's SIP trunking solution now is capable of connecting PBXs with Ethernet, dual PRI or up to 24 FXS analog interfaces.

"SIP trunking is no longer seen as just a cost-cutting measure," said Hyoun Park, a research analyst for Collaboration and Integrated Communications at the Aberdeen Group. "It is also associated with greater scalability, more reliable availability and improved service quality for enterprise communications."

Park said that to deliver business-class SIP trunking services, providers need to offer complete solutions including the abilities to provision services in a time and cost effective manner, work across multiple environments, ensure business continuity and provide ongoing diagnostics to troubleshoot both voice and video.

"We designed the EdgeMarc 4604 and 4576 in response to direct requests by our customers to create an EdgeMarc capable of supporting their larger enterprise analog PBX deployments," said David G. Norman, CEO of Edgewater Networks. "This enables them to use a complete solution from a single vendor to further reduce their operational expenses."

The EdgeMarc 4604 and 4576 are fully compatible with the EdgeView VoIP Support System and EdgeView Reports Server.

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