The Covergence Family of Session Management & Integration Solutions
Covergence provides a complete portfolio of session management and integration solutions to address a wide variety of VoIP /IP telephony, Unified Communications, and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) applications. A high-level overview of where the different Covergence solutions fit in a typical Enterprise and Service Provider network is provided in the network diagrams below.
The Covergence software is built to run on Intel, IBM, Sun, HP, Dell and many other hardware server platforms. This means that rather than relying on proprietary hardware platforms, the Covergence solutions can run on the hardware platform of your choice. For more information and a complete list of third-party servers that can host Covergence solutions, please contact us.
Covergence also offers integrated appliance packaging options where any of the Covergence solutions can be delivered on Intel quad-core Xeon servers. For additional information on these Covergence appliance packaging options, please view the data sheets below:
Covergence Session Manager
The Covergence Session Manager (CSM) transforms voice dial-tone into a network function and manages it to 99.999 system availability and reliability to allow organizations to deploy, control, manage and consume voice in the same manner they do today with their existing enterprise applications such as ERP or CRM.
CSM moves policy functions such as routing, monitoring, security, control, and interoperability out of the individual PBXs silos and into a common SOA-based infrastructure. Creating an independent session layer is the architectural framework specified by 3GPP, IMS and other standards bodies because it creates the abstraction layer necessary to enable the transformation of voice into a managed IP application. Learn more.
Covergence Border Manager
Covergence Border Manager (CBM) is a comprehensive Session Border Controller (SBC) for SIP trunking and endpoint services. The feature set includes the necessary interoperability, security, management, and control capabilities to support SIP trunking applications as well all types of registered SIP endpoint services, such as VoIP extranets. It enables the secure, controlled, managed connection of remote sites and remote fixed and mobile users across diverse endpoints and applications. Learn more.
Covergence Trunk Manager
The Covergence Trunk Manager (CTM) is an intelligent service demarcation point for SIP trunking services. The feature set includes the necessary interoperability, security, management, and control capabilities to support SIP trunking applications. It enables the replacement of expensive analog circuits to voice service providers with dynamic, less costly, IP connections. Learn more.
Covergence Web Services
Covergence Web Services (CWS) software allows enterprises to easily incorporate real-time communications into their IT infrastructure and business applications. Deployed on an enterprise Web application server, CWS communicates with Covergence session management solutions using Web services interfaces. CWS provides a simple-to-use, high-level API that allows developers to control media and signaling sessions, without delving into the details of telephony protocols or the specifics of individual PBX vendor implementations. A single development effort yields support for multiple PBX platforms. Learn more.
Covergence Call Control
Covergence Call Control (CCC) enables enterprises to include incumbent phone systems in UC initiatives, by interconnecting OCS with the existing corporate voice infrastructure. Best of all, unlike alternative solutions, CCC does not require costly PBX upgrades. A versatile offering, CCC interoperates with the leading PBX systems, supports multi-vendor PBX environments, and works with both Microsoft OCS and its predecessor Microsoft Live Communications Server (LCS). Learn more.
Covergence Collaboration Gateway
CCG delivers controlled, secure connectivity between Microsoft OCS 2007 or Microsoft LCS 2005 and IBM Lotus Sametime 6.5 or greater, allowing users from different organizations – even different companies – to work together as if they were served by the same UC platform, enjoying shared presence information, instant messaging and other features. And for enterprises committed to an eventual corporate UC standard, CCG offers a gradual, less disruptive migration path. Learn more.
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