ORLANDO, FL -- 03/18/08 --
VOICECON -- Ingate® Systems (
www.ingate.com),
which develops firewall technology and products that enable SIP
communications for the enterprise while maintaining control and security at
the network edge, announces that it has been selected by Westcon, the
world's leading specialty distributor of advanced network technology
solutions, to add its award-winning Ingate Firewall®, Ingate SIParator®
and broad range of security solutions for SIP (Session Initiation Protocol)
to the Westcon portfolio of enterprise offerings, including Westcon's new
Open Source ecosystem of products.
Ingate will be participating in Westcon Group's CollaborationPoint
OpenSource program, a targeted solutions program that helps resellers
deliver business-class, open source communication solutions to their
end-user communities. Westcon Group, Inc. is a multi-national specialty
distributor of networking, security, mobility and convergence products for
leading technology vendors, including Cisco, Nortel, Avaya and Polycom.
Ingate's security edge devices allow businesses to use VoIP and all other
forms of SIP communication by solving the Network Address Translation (NAT)
traversal issues with the protocol, while maintaining the security and
integrity of the enterprise network. They are fully interoperable with the
Digium/Asterisk PBX, the world's leading open source PBX, telephony engine
and applications toolkit. They also work seamlessly with other leading
IP-PBXs, including all of Westcon's Foundation Vendors, and Internet
telephony service providers (ITSPs), to SIP-enable the enterprise network.
"Ingate's interoperability with most major IP-PBXs makes them an extremely
flexible solution for SIP-enabling the enterprise in any environment,
including open source. Ingate's portfolio of products and their
participation in our CollaborationPoint OpenSource program is a very
positive development in broadening our offering to customers," said Dan
Pirro, group commercial sales manager, Westcon Group, Inc.
Ingate products also enable enterprise adoption of SIP trunking, a new
application offered by many service providers that rapidly reduces costs by
eliminating the need for an enterprise PSTN gateway, unused BRI/PRI
capacity, expensive and underutilized phone lines or trunks at remote
offices, and by providing PSTN termination in the local area.
Ingate Firewalls and SIParators also support remote users. With Ingate
Remote SIP Connectivity software module, mobile workers can utilize the
corporate IP-PBX from any location as if they were in the office. In
addition, Ingate's SIP-based security technology provides the highest level
of security for all realtime applications based on SIP (SIP trunks, VoIP,
IM, video etc.).
"Ingate Firewalls and SIParators provide an easy, elegant solution for
SIP-enabling enterprises, allowing businesses to leverage the wealth of
SIP-based applications available now and in the future. They also provide
the high level of security -- for both data traffic and SIP communications
such as VoIP -- necessary for enterprises," said Steven Johnson, president,
Ingate Systems. "We are proud to have been selected by Westcon to add our
unique SIP-based edge devices to their product portfolio."
For more information, please visit Ingate Systems at VoiceCon Orlando 2008
in booth #717.
About Westcon Group
Westcon Group, Inc. is the leading specialty distributor in networking,
security, mobility and convergence for leading technology vendors,
including Cisco, Nortel, Avaya and Polycom. Through its Westcon, Comstor
and Voda One business practices, Westcon Group sells products and services
to resellers, systems integrators and service providers. Westcon Group has
particular expertise in the convergence of voice, data and video
applications and technologies, including voice-over Internet protocol, or
VoIP, security for networking and communications systems, remote access,
Internet and e-business, virtual private networks, videoconferencing and
wireless connectivity. For more information, visit www.westcongroup.com.
About Ingate® Systems
Ingate® Systems develops firewall technology and products that enable SIP
communications for the enterprise while maintaining control and security at
the network edge. Ingate has a long history of developing next-generation
firewall technology that solves the NAT/firewall traversal issue with SIP
communications. In addition to an extensive line of Ingate Firewall®
products, the company also produces the award-winning Ingate SIParator®,
a device that connects to an existing network firewall to seamlessly enable
SIP communications. Ingate products currently protect the networks of
retail companies, financial institutions, industrial firms, government
agencies and small-to-large enterprises throughout Europe, Asia and North
America. Additionally, Ingate has established the SIP Trunking Network at
www.siptrunk.org, an educational resource that aggregates information from
throughout the SIP trunking community in an industry-wide effort to educate
enterprises about SIP trunking, to help simplify deployments.
Ingate Systems AB is headquartered in Sweden with offices in Stockholm and
Linköping. Its wholly owned subsidiary, Ingate Systems Inc., is located in
Hollis, New Hampshire. For more information on Ingate Systems, visit
www.ingate.com.
For more information, please contact:
Hillary Call
Public Relations Manager
Ingate Systems
(917) 414-9262
SIP and email: Email Contact
