BROADSOFT AND INTERNET2 LAUNCH DISASTER
RECOVERY FOR UNIVERSITIES' VOICE
NETWORKS
Business Continuity Ensured Through SIP-Based
VoIP Application
hosted communications platforms, today
announced the launch of a disaster
recovery initiative within the Internet2(R)
Voice over IP (VoIP) Working
Group. This cooperative initiative is being
led by BroadSoft,
University, Internet2, and Paetec with
participating member institutions
including
continuity and survivability using IP
networks in an event that the
circuit-switched public network goes down.
Using Internet2 as a backup for
a traditional PBX and switched network
architecture offers an IP-based
disaster recovery solution at a greatly
reduced cost.
Universities and government agencies require
uninterrupted communications
to maintain lifeline services under adverse
conditions. The purpose of the
Internet2 VoIP disaster recovery project is
to ensure business continuity
and survivability via IP networks, such as
the public Internet or
Internet2's
(PSTN) goes down. Internet2's
distributed IP-based disaster recovery
alternative to the PSTN's
traditional PBX and switched network
architecture, which is more
susceptible to outages.
"BroadSoft's innovative VoIP-based
disaster recovery application includes
an inherent self-healing nature that allows
calls to be automatically
re-routed to other PSTN and call-routing
resources," said Christopher
recovery lines in response to an emergency
situation, whether it's a
network element failure, sustained usage
spike, natural calamity or
malicious activity."
According to Walt Magnussen, Co-Chair of the
VoIP Working Group and
Director of Technology at
project is effective because of the close
working relationship between the
BroadSoft team and the participating
universities, which have a shared goal
of delivering an essential survivability
application. We're looking forward
to expanding the scope of the project to the
rest of the Internet2
membership, especially since we're using a
standards SIP-based approach."
The circuit-switched network, though built
with highly reliable individual
components, is nevertheless vulnerable to
geographic disruptions, whether
caused by a flash flood or terrorist
activities. However, this joint
initiative results in nationwide disaster
recovery for any university that
is part of Internet2. With the first
BroadWorks platform deployed at the
Internet2 point of presence at the
Mid-Atlantic Crossroads
(www.maxgigapop.net)
on the east coast, and a second location to be
rolled-out shortly, the platform is
architected for robust geographic
redundancy.
"Internet2's goal is to build
partnerships between industry, government and
academia to develop and deploy advanced
Internet applications," explained
Ben Teitelbaum, Program Manager for
Internet2's voice and integrated
communications initiatives. "We are
delighted to have BroadSoft generously
supporting and very actively engaged in this
trial. The BroadWorks platform
provides an excellent set of call control
features and a high degree of
voice survivability, while simultaneously
serving the needs of multiple
institutions."
"We're very pleased to be part of the
Internet2 VoIP effort, and we've
learned a lot from the experts in the working
group on the disaster
recovery and business continuity
project," said Scott Hoffpauir, Chief
Technology Officer at BroadSoft. "This application demonstrates how IP
voice can provide extra value for large
enterprises, such as universities,
through disaster recovery as well as Centrex
or PBX replacement and unified
communications services."
BroadSoft's hosted communications platform,
BroadWorks, provides a
comprehensive range of applications including
Hosted PBX, IP Centrex, and
Voice VPN. BroadWorks is uniquely capable of
providing these applications
with the reliability, redundancy,
scalability, and regulatory capabilities
required to deliver carrier-class service.
BroadWorks enables service
providers to increase top-line revenues by
offering enhanced services to
enterprise customers. BroadWorks also reduces
operational expenditures by
empowering enterprises to manage their own
moves, adds and changes via the
patented CommPilot web portal. The open,
standards-based environment of
BroadWorks provides maximum flexibility for
service providers to customize
their offering.
About BroadSoft
BroadSoft is the leading provider of hosted
communications platforms,
holding the largest market share in the
Hosted PBX and IP Centrex space
with the most announced customers. Recognized worldwide, BroadSoft has
recently expanded its global customer base to
include Telstra, the
incumbent carrier in
$32.5 million in funding in September 2002,
raising a total of $60 million
to date from leading venture capitalists and
was recently named to
Boardwatch's list of The Top 10 Private
Companies. The company's flagship
product, BroadWorks, provides a comprehensive
range of applications
including Hosted PBX, IP Centrex, and Voice
VPN. Leading telecommunications
industry publications, such as Communications
Solutions, Internet Telephony
and Network Magazine, have recognized
BroadWorks as "Product of the
Year."
BroadSoft is located near
About Internet2(R)
Led by over 200
Internet2 is developing and deploying
advanced network applications and
technologies for research and higher
education, accelerating the creation
of tomorrow's Internet. Internet2 recreates
the partnerships among
academia, industry, and government that
helped foster today's Internet in
its infancy. For more information about
Internet2, see:
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BroadSoft and BroadWorks are registered
trademarks and CommPilot is a
trademark of BroadSoft, Inc. All other names
are trademarks of their
respective companies.
Contacts:
Matt Sullivan
Fitzgerald Communications
202-912-4414
msullivan@fitzgerald.com
Michelle Pollak
Internet2
202-331-5345
mpollak@internet2.edu
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