Radware (NASDAQ: RDWR), the leading provider of integrated application delivery solutions for business-smart networking, and IPTEGO, a voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) provider of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-based services and solutions, announced today that the two companies have entered into a strategic original equipment manufacturer (OEM) agreement to ensure carrier-grade high availability, scalability and security for SIP-based VoIP networks.
The Radware and IPTEGO partnership has resulted in the creation of a more complete and robust SIP-based solution. Using Radware’s SIP Director, a fully SIP-aware intelligent ADC solution as an integral part of IPTEGO’s SIP-based VoIP framework, enables IPTEGO to offer a more cost-effective carrier-grade solution that meets carrier requirements for scalability and greater interoperability integrating service availability, performance and security.
“This OEM agreement with IPTEGO is another proof point for the carrier market need for intelligent layer-7 application delivery controllers”, said Yossi Vardi, Vice President Business Development Radware. “IPTEGO’s expertise in deploying SIP-based VoIP network solutions combined with Radware’s expertise of providing intelligent and innovative ADC solutions for both application and network layers, will provide a more complete SIP-based solution to fulfill customer needs.”
“Radware represents a critical partnership for us, as they help differentiate our product and solutions portfolio through their robust, state-of-the-art SIP capabilities,” said Alex Hoffmann, CEO, IPTEGO. “This yields high significance for us, as we set out to service for millions of users across our SIP-based VoIP framework. Furthermore, this partnership allows us to bring SIP-based services faster-to-market and with minimal development costs.”
Radware’s and IPTEGO’s partnership will enable the companies to deliver a complete, scalable solution with guaranteed carrier-grade SIP service delivery to serve millions of users, which is critical when addressing future Web/VoIP collaboration trends. By integrating Radware’s SIP Director, IPTEGO will offer service providers enhanced service delivery.
About Radware
Radware (NASDAQ:RDWR), the global leader in integrated application delivery solutions, assures the full availability, maximum performance, and complete security of business-critical applications for more than 5,000 enterprises and carriers worldwide. With APSolute™, Radware's comprehensive and award-winning suite of intelligent front end, access, and security products, companies in every industry can drive business productivity, improve profitability, and reduce IT operating and infrastructure costs by making their networks "business smart". For more information, please visit www.radware.com.
About IPTEGO
IPTEGO is a voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) solutions provider of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-based services to enable innovative service creation, deployment, security and service assurance for fixed, mobile and Internet-based service providers. IPTEGO was founded in 2006 by seasoned VoIP pioneers that set up and run one of the first large-scale VoIP deployments in Germany.
IPTEGO’s products include a highly scalable VoIP signaling infrastructure based on the well-known SIP Express Router. To ensure seamless integration with the provider’s IT set-up, IPTEGO also offers mediation products that allow providers to employ their current provisioning and billing infrastructure with VoIP services using open and standardized interfaces. The unique flexibility of IPTEGO’s software reduces time-to-market to an absolute minimum. IPTEGO offers solutions that ensure high robustness under any operational conditions. Thus, with its service, products, and team of experienced developers, IPTEGO is uniquely positioned to set up VoIP networks based on SIP technology for larger service providers.
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 Application Switching or Network Security industry, changes in demand for Application Switching or Network Security 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 20-F.