Month: March 2011

Grandstream Announces Vandal-Resistant Outdoor HD IP Camera

The Grandstream GXV3662_HD Camera provides day/night high definition video with weather-proof, vandal-resistant and tampering-poof casing suitable for challenging outdoor applications. Grandstream Networks, the leading manufacturer of IP voice/video telephony and video surveillance solutions, today announced the GXV3662_HD, a new weather-proof, vandal-resistant and tampering-proof high definition (HD) IP Camera for challenging outdoor surveillance applications. Featuring multi-rate H.264 and MJPEG real-time video compression (up to HD720p), day/night mode, advanced mega-pixel CMOS sensor with wide dynamic range, integrated PoE, IP66 compliant casing, built-in heater and fan, and SDHC interface for local storage, the GXV3662_HD offers support for the ONVIF standard as well as and HTTP API for easy integration with various video management systems. Additionally, the vandal-resistant outdoor camera uniquely offers bi-directional SIP/VoIP audio and video streaming capabilities to mobile phones and video phones, from anywhere in the world including Grandstream’s GXV3140 and GXV3175 IP multimedia phones. For a unified audio + video + surveillance solution, Grandstream’s entire family of IP video cameras (including the GXV3662_HD) is fully compatible with Grandstream’s GXE IP PBX as well as various other SIP-based IP PBX’s and Service Provider Networks. “We are very excited to announce the GXV3662_HD outdoor, high definition IP surveillance camera packed with features, great performance at a highly competitive price,” said David Li, CEO of Grandstream Networks. “This new camera is a major and logical extension of our innovative IP camera portfolio...

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Xorcom’s Echo Cancellation Hardware Module Now Available

Reduced load on server CPU and enhanced voice quality provided on hardware module as alternative to software echo cancellation solution typically used in Asterisk® systems Xorcom announced today that it is now shipping a hardware echo canceller module for its award-winning Astribank™ telephony interfaces and Asterisk-based IP-PBX appliances. The module provides a high level of echo cancellation and voice enhancement while reducing load on the CPU as compared to OSLEC, the software-based echo cancellation solution provided in the standard Asterisk framework. New Echo Cancellation Module Increases Number of Simultaneous Calls Supported Until now, Xorcom recommended that their customers use the OSLEC (Open Source Line Echo Canceller) provided as part of the Asterisk operating system. Central Processing Units (CPUs) are so powerful these days that normally the OSLEC has no impact on the IP-PBX operation. However, if the telephony system is used in high density call environments, and/or where additional applications are involved, such as call centers that need call recording functionality, offloading the echo cancellation processing to a separate hardware module makes sense. “By reducing the load on the server’s CPU, the number of simultaneous calls that are supported on the telephony system is increased significantly,” states Izzy Gal, VP Innovation at Xorcom. “We’ve set the echo tail size to 128 taps and our published load tests show that we achieve the same number of simultaneous calls as when...

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Lots of Changes at Sangoma: New Sangoma Partner Program, MFC/R2 & BRI Support — VoIPon Interviews Sangoma Management

Recently, Sangoma has announced the release of NetBorder Express 4.0, their innovative gateway application and we had the pleasure of interviewing Frederic Dickey, Sangoma’s director of product management and the company’s new Director of Marketing, Jeff Dworkin. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Sangoma, since 1984, the company has been a premium provider of hardware and software building blocks for telecom and data application developers and integrators. Below is a summary of our call. [VoIPon] 1. So Jeff, you’re the new Marketing Director for Sangoma. I know a little bit about your background and I think this is a fantastic coup for Sangoma. Why don’t you share some of your background with VoIPon’s listeners and what this experience will mean for Sangoma’s channel? [Jeff Dworkin, Director of Marketing, Sangoma] Thanks Kathleen. Yeah, I’ve been part of the voice industry for well over 20 years. Background as a developer, both in the enterprise and the carrier space; spent some time with Dialogic in the infrastructure hardware space, as well. I’m really looking forward to bringing this deep industry knowledge to Sangoma, as a way to build up the company, and specifically from a marketing standpoint, is through better channel development and a better partner program. To move the focus of what we’re doing onto the partners and onto the partners and onto their successes. We have a new...

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IP-PBX from Xorcom Awarded “Best of Show” at ITEXPO East 2011

Xorcom, a privately-held manufacturer of business telephony solutions, today announced that its new XE Series IP-PBX for VoIP and traditional business communication solutions received a “Best of Show Award” in the On-site Product Launch category at TMC’s recent ITEXPO East 2011 in Miami. Like the existing XR2000 and XR3000 series, these new PBX handle both traditional (Public Switched Telephone Network) and VoIP calls. The new series, however, features microprocessor-based temperature control with redundant fans, redundant hard disk drives, internal backup and recovery support, and an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) touch panel for easy access to system parameters. The ITEXPO Best of Show Awards recognize innovative products and solutions that were featured in the exhibit hall during the event. This designation serves to highlight the technological achievement and creative product features that set these winners apart from the rest of the crowd. TMC’s editorial staff evaluated the pre-show nominations, and met with vendors to inspect and review the displayed products on the first day of the Expo. “Feedback from our channel drove us to create the new series,” states Eran Gal, CEO and co-founder of Xorcom. “On the one hand, our current systems’ modularity created an almost unlimited number of configurations, which is attractive. However, this type of flexibility can also be confusing. We realized we could divide our customers into two groups: those with standard telephony requirements, and those...

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