Communications software vendor Aricent has partnered with a group of leading technology companies and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to form the communications industry's first Multi-Service Business Gateway (MSBG) Alliance . The primary mission of the new alliance is to accelerate the development of MSBG systems and complete solutions for service providers. MSBGs combine voice, video and data communications in a single multi-service broadband platform, replacing the need for separate PBX, routers, firewalls, gateways, cable modems, VPN and other security appliances. MSBGs are designed to simplify the communications equipment for small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) and remote branch offices (RBOs) of large enterprises. Aricent, the first application software provider in the Alliance, has developed Aricent CAS for MSBGs, a software product that combines SIP-based VoIP services, virtual private networking (VPN) and security, Wi-Fi access, quality of service (QOS), LAN switching, IPv4 routing, WAN access and network management into a single compact gateway solution.
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