NEC Corporation of America UNIVERGE UC for Enterprise (UCE) and UNIVERGE Sphericall Awarded Performance Verified by Miercom at Enterprise Connect 2011, Orlando FL

Monday, February 28, 2011

Enterprise Connect 2011

Gaylord Palms Convention Center

Exhibit Hall, Booth # 609

NEC Corporation of America (NEC)



Left: Masaaki “Jim” Nakajima, Senior VP, Enterprise Technology Unit, NEC Corporation of America 
Right: Robert Smithers, CEO Miercom



Miercom recognizes NEC proving superior platform product performance in Unified Communications Enterprise Class

Irving,TX – March 23, 2011 – NEC Corporation of America (NEC) was awarded Miercom Performance Verified for NEC’S UNIVERGE UCE and Sphericall. The awards ceremony was conducted at the Enterprise Connect 2011 conference in Orlando, FL. Robert Smithers, CEO of Miercom, an independent lab center, presented the awards to Masaaki “Jim” Nakajima, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Technology Unit, NEC Corporation of America. The NEC products were also identified as an excellent platform for enterprise communications by Miercom, specialists in networking and communications-related lab testing.

 “This rating is a terrific testament to the performance and reliability of the UNIVERGE UC for Enterprise and Sphericall communications products,” said Suichi Sagawa, vice president of communications technology products and support, NEC Corporation of America. “With Miercom’s stringent testing standards, NEC customers can rest assured that our UNIVERGE unified communications solutions are fit for use in enterprises of any size.” 

“We are impressed with the resilience of NEC Sphericall and UCE system while under vulnerability analyses, scans, exploits and attacks,” said Robert Smithers. “The NEC Sphericall system remained fully functional during security exploits, proprietary malicious codes and vulnerability tests. These platforms were proven functional as a highly scalable enterprise UC system.  Miercom congratulates NEC for the Sphericall and UCE systems for achieving the Miercom Performance Verified for its ability to pass security tests and failover testing.”

NET UX2000 Survivable Branch Appliance Awarded Miercom Certified Secure and Performance Verified at Enterprise Connect 2011 in Orlando, FL

  


Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Enterprise Connect 2011

Gaylord Palms Convention Center

Exhibit Hall, Booth # 1117

Network Equipment Technologies (NET)

Left to Right: 
Matthew Krueger - VP, Corporate Marketing and Business Development, NET; Talbot Harty - CDO, Chief Development Officer, NET;  Robert Smithers - CEO, Miercom                               

 

Network Equipment Technologies UX2000 Survivable Branch Appliance Awarded Certified Secure and Performance Verified by Miercom

Miercom CEO, Robert Smithers, presented awards to Matthew Krueger - VP, Corporate Marketing and Business Development and Talbot Harty - CDO, Chief Development Officer

NET UX2000 Survivable Branch Appliance (SBA) was awarded Performance Verified and Certified Secure based on Miercom independent lab testing. NET develops UX, VX and Tenor Series Gateways that are designed to provide enterprise-class integration, interoperability and security required for successful adoption of Unified Communications. Miercom, specialists in networking and communications-related lab testing, identified NET UX2000 as one of the most secure appliances that withheld attacks without dropping calls. Read more at www.miercom.com/net

“The NET UX2000 offers powerful QoE features, best in class voice quality, intelligent call routing, call forking, and comprehensive PBX interoperability for enterprises seeking the benefits of Microsoft Lync Server 2010. Our UX platform was designed from the ground up with an amazing set of technology placed into a 1U chassis. We have taken the mediation platform to a whole new level,” said Matthew Krueger, Vice President of Business Development for NET. “Our commitment to open standards for delivery of flexible and secure solutions remains a key strategy for our enterprise solutions, and we are honored to receive this additional certification from Miercom.”

“We are impressed with the survivability of the NET UX2000 SBA while under attack,” said Robert Smithers, CEO of Miercom, the independent lab that conducted the review. “NET UX2000 remained fully functional during mutation, security and vulnerability tests with a 100% blocked effectiveness rate. Connected calls remained active and additional calls could be placed. Miercom congratulates NET and their UX2000 Survivable Branch Appliance for achieving the Miercom Certified Secure for its ability to effectively block all security tests while maintaining call functionality.”

UX2000 is a Top of the Line Mediation Platform

The modular UX2000 was built specifically for Unified Communications, session border controller, and business gateway applications. The SBA provides toll quality voice, intelligent call routing, call forking to multiple phones, and thorough PBX interoperability. Six Digital Signal Processors (DSP), two telecom card slots for 2, 4 and 8 port DS1 cards provide mediation processing for IP solutions.

The SBA provides a solution for remote sites/branches that have minimal or no IT support. Web-based management interface allows branch offices to be managed remotely. An Application Solution Module (ASM) is an optional high performance server class module that can be added to provide third party application support.

Did you know:

Ø  NET UX2000 blocked all mutations and vulnerability tests for a 100% effectiveness rate
Ø  UX2000, a highly secure SBA for Microsoft Lync deployments, did not drop any connected calls and additional calls could be placed
Ø  UX2000 withstood security and vulnerability tests under normal operations, as well as in survivability mode

On the booth at Enterprise Connect, NET displays the recently certified NET UX2000 SBA



Miercom Award:
Certified Secure and Performance Verified