Radware (Nasdaq: RDWR), a leading provider of Internet Traffic Management (ITM) solutions today announced a strategic OEM relationship, augmenting the high availability, scalability, fault tolerance and security of the Comverse Network Systems' unified messaging solution. Under this agreement, Comverse Network Systems, a division of Comverse Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: CMVT), and the world's leading supplier of systems, software and enabling network-based enhanced services, will OEM Radware's Web Server Director (WSD) Pro+ and FireProof products, selling them in conjunction with its unified messaging system.
Subscribers of Comverse's unified messaging system are able to access their e-mail, voice and fax messages from a single mailbox, wherever they are, with virtually any device, including their home or work phone, cellular phone, fax machine or PC. Now, with the integration of Radware's WSD-Pro+ and FireProof products, the system offers subscribers optimized performance and increased security.
The WSD-Pro+ is an award-winning ITM device that provides optimization of resources, fault tolerance and scalability to the products provided by Comverse at all hours of the day from all over the world. In addition, the system utilizes FireProof to provide a transparent and highly available end-to- end security solution. "We are proud that our products are a substantial building block in Comverse's unified messaging system," said Roy Zisapel, president and CEO of Radware Ltd. "This will ensure scalability and service availability to Comverse customers."
"Unified messaging is maturing into a mass market application. Scalability, flexibility and reliability are key elements of our unified messaging solution. Radware has successfully met the stringent requirements of Comverse Network Systems," said Menashe Rothschild, vice president of product marketing for Comverse. "We were very pleased with Radware's participation in developing our "best in class" system"
About Comverse Network Systems
Comverse's Network Systems is the world's leading provider of software and systems enabling enhanced services for wireless and wireline communications service providers with over 330 communications customers in more than 100 countries. Comverse Network Systems' software and systems enable a wide range of multimedia enhanced services, which generate revenues, provide competitive differentiation, and increase customer acquisition and retention. The services include: call answering, wireless data and Internet-based information services, prepaid wireless services, mailbox-to-mailbox messaging, Internet-based unified messaging (voice, fax, and email in a single mailbox), interactive voice response, virtual phone/fax, one-touch call return, personal number service, call screening/caller introduction, voice-controlled web portal and other speech recognition-based services, Internet messaging, Internet call waiting, and other personal communication services. For additional information, visit Comverse Network Systems' web site at http://www.comversens.com.
About Comverse Technology, Inc.
Comverse Technology, Inc., headquartered in Woodbury, New York, designs, develops, manufactures and markets computer and telecommunications systems and software for communications and information processing applications. In addition to its Network Systems Division, Comverse's operations include: Comverse Infosys subsidiary, which provides: multiple channel, multimedia digital recording, logging, and quality monitoring systems marketed to call centers, financial institutions and other organizations, and multiple channel, multimedia digital monitoring systems marketed to law enforcement and intelligence agencies; and Ulticom, which is a leading provider of network signaling software for wireless, wireline, and Internet communication services. Comverse Technology is an S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100 Index company. Visit Comverse Technology's web site at http://www.comverse.com.
About Radware
Radware develops, manufacturers and markets products that manage and direct Internet traffic among network resources to enable continuous access to Web sites and services, applications and content based on the Internet protocol. Radware offers a broad range of Internet traffic management solutions to service providers, e-commerce businesses and corporate enterprises that require uninterrupted availability and optimal performance of IP-based applications that are critical to their business. Radware's Internet traffic management solutions enable its customers to manage their network infrastructure to bypass system failures and to scale their network infrastructure to accommodate increasing IP traffic. Radware's products improve the productivity of network infrastructure by distributing traffic within a network to optimize the use of available network resources. Radware's products can be deployed either as independent solutions to address specific application needs at a particular location within a network or as an end-to-end integrated solution to manage traffic throughout a network.
This press release may contain forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, general business conditions in the Internet traffic management industry, changes in demand for Internet traffic management products, the timing and amount or cancellation of orders and other risks detailed from time to time in Radware's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Radware's Form F-1.