Performance Technologies (News - Alert), a developer of IP-based platforms and solutions, today launched its Voice Media Platforms (VMPs) for telecommunication network equipment manufacturers.  

 

While combining Performance Technologies’ hardware and software for developing multimedia applications, these platforms provide time-to-market advantages through the pre-integration of all platform elements.

 

"We're offering these new Voice Media Platforms to meet customer requests for a cost-effective approach to transition older, legacy TDM network systems to emerging VoIP technologies," said Performance Technologies' Director of Product Management Hank Heneghan.

 

Company officials said that the VMPs are available in 4U, 7U, or 12U NEBS preconfigured platforms - enabling telecom equipment manufacturers to choose platform and system design configuration options that meet their requirements.

 

In a release, the company hoped that new interactive and multimedia application - such as Voice over IP (VoIP), audio conferencing, interactive voice response (IVR), voice and fax messaging - or any application requiring bridging between PSTN and IP networks can be developed over the VMP platform.

 

"Applications can be developed on the VMPs to meet any need ranging from a small to large deployment. With the significant amount of pre-integration already provided, applications can be up and running in a short amount of time," added Hank Heneghan.

 

The 12U VMP option (VMP121S) has fourteen pre-integrated Media Blades with T1/E1/J1 network connectivity and voice processing technology for a total of 10,572 G.711 ports, said the company, adding NexusWare - the company's Carrier Grade Linux OS and development environment.

 

It has also two, dual-core single board computers and 2TB RAID storage blade.

 

Other features include Redundant Ethernet switches, Intelligent Shelf Managers, IPMI enabled power supplies, Flexible wireless and wireline voice coding support including G.711, G.726, G.723.1A, G.729A/B (News - Alert), AMR, EVRC, and QCELP.

 

Performance Technologies is a supplier of integrated IP-based platforms and solutions for communications networks and computer system architectures. Its Signaling Systems Group offers the SEGway product suite, which includes IP STPs, SS7 over IP transport solutions, and signaling gateways that lower operating costs by using IP networks.

 

Performance Technologies is headquartered in Rochester, New York with engineering facilities in San Diego and San Luis Obispo, California, and Kanata, Ontario, Canada.