MICROSOFT QUALIFIED SURVIVABLE BRANCH APPLIANCE (SBA) FOR THE SMALL TO MID-SIZE BRANCH

NET’s Unified Exchange 1000 Series (UX1000) All-in-One Survivable Branch Appliance (SBA) ensures that Microsoft Lync Server will operate at a high level of security and quality in branch offices during wide area network failures.

• Offers cost effective and comprehensive Microsoft® Lync™ enhanced gateway/SBA (Survivable Branch Appliance) deployment services for small to mid-size branch offices.
• Maximizes Lync integration given extensive I/O, “any to any” switching with full security, and enterprise SBC for SIP trunking

Branch Office Connectivity and Survivability For Microsoft Lync Server 2010

UX1000 Session Mediation Platform, the latest product based on the company’s UX Series high performance platform extends the range of the UX Branch Office solutions for Microsoft Lync. Ideal for enterprises of all sizes, the UX Series family of products easily and securely connects branch office employees to headquarters-based unified communications (UC) systems. NET’s UX1000 gives midsize businesses access to "enterprise grade" UC with integrated collaboration capabilities without taxing IT and financial resources. UX1000 Benefits:

• Simplifies Lync deployments via easy to use, single comprehensive web UI for gateway and SBA management
• Secures the SBA application from network attacks through the highly integrated and secure appliance platform
• SRTP (secured VoIP media) and TLS (secured VoIP signaling) are fully supported with no impact on call capacity.

Highly flexible low to mid-range Gateway for Lync Branch Office Deployment

The UX1000 offers true “any-to-any” signaling translation and media interworking between Lync and legacy analog, TDM clients and PSTN endpoints. The UX1000 can simultaneously connect to legacy TDM PBXs and the PSTN through 2 T1/E1 PRI ports. Alongside the PRI ports, up to 24FXS/FXO ports are available for analog phones, faxes, and the PSTN. BRI ports are also supported, and may exist alongside the FXS, FXO, and PRI ports to provide complete analog/TDM device integration into a branch office’s Lync topology.

In parallel, the UX1000 also interconnects IP-based endpoints (i.e. IP-PBXs, non-Lync SIP clients) and public VoIP networks (e.g. ITSPs) to the Lync clients. And, with NET’s optional SmartSIP application, there’s no need to replace your legacy non-Lync SIP clients; the UX1000 can report non-Lync SIP client user states (e.g. presence, user busy, etc.) to Lync clients.

Integrated enterprise SBC offers optimized SIP Trunking for Lync

With an integrated enterprise SBC (Session Border Controller), the UX1000 offers to branch Lync users optimized SIP Trunking services for ITSP (Internet Telephony Service Provider) connectivity.

• Complete enterprise/ ITSP demarcation point services, such as networktopology hiding, transcoding, IP transport conversion (TCP <-> UDP),and signaling/media encryption (TCP<->TLS/RTP <->SRTP)
• Multi-ITSP registration, with re-routing on excess cost or loss of service
• Built-in NAT(Network Address Translation), prevention of DDOS andDOS (Denial of Service) attacks, and CAC (Call Admission Control) to prevent unauthorized access and to maintain secure communications.

Furthermore, future enhanced enterprise SBC security and interoperability functions may be applied as a simple software upgrade.