Acme Packet Net-Net 4000 Family
Acme Packet continues to lead the pack by a wide margin in the SBC market. Looking to pad its market domination even further, the company has recently introduced a new platform: the Net-Net 4500. (10/6/2008)

Price: $495

AudioCodes nCite 4000
AudioCodes is still trying to find substantial traction of its nCite family of SBCs. Despite poor market share performance overall, however, the nCite security gateway has found a home in at least two Tier 1 deployments. (10/3/2008)

Price: $495

Ditech PeerPoint C100
Despite aggressive initial plans to meld technologies following the Ditech acquisition of the PeerPoint C100 over three years ago, little has come of it, as Ditech seems content to offer the C100 as a standalone product for Tier 2/3 operators. (10/3/2008)

Price: $495

GENBAND S3 SBC
GENBAND’s acquisition of NextPoint puts the former MSX session border controller’s future in the hands of the media gateway leader. Time will tell how much the ownership change will impact the renamed S3 SBC product. (10/3/2008)

Price: $495

Newport Networks 1460 SBC
Newport continues its development investment with the introduction of Release 5 system software that allows nesting of SBC, BC and BG capabilities on the 1460 system. It remains to be seen if this is the right functionality to drive revenue. (10/3/2008))

Price: $495

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  • Architecture and Applications
    • Describes the types of applications the device is able to offer, such as media release and lawful intercept, as well as the device's ability to support multiple deployment options, such as a distributed architecture.
  • Performance and Capacity
    • Describes the raw performance of the device along with supported interfaces and scalability metrics.
  • Customer Traction and Partnerships
    • This section describes the SBC’s penetration of service provider networks, especially top tier service providers. It also includes strategically valuable partnerships.
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• Product Metrics
  • Architecture and Applications
    • Media Separation
    • Media Anchoring
    • Routing Intelligence
    • Load Balancing
    • NAT and Firewall Traversal
    • NAT Traversal Requires CPE Component
    • NAT Traversal Session Control Functionality
    • VLANs
    • Voice VPNs
    • Media Transcoding (G.729-G.711)
    • Support for Distributed Model
    • Emergency Services Support
    • Lawful Intercept
    • Service Assurance
    • Bandwidth Management
  • Security
    • DoS Prevention
    • Topology Hiding
    • Access Control Lists
    • Detection of Rogue RTP
    • Theft of Service Prevention
    • Support for Encrypted Traffic
  • Performance/Capacity
    • Calls Per Second
    • Concurrent Calls G.711/G.729
    • Call Volumes (BHCA)
    • Call/Session Admission Control
    • Call Flow
    • Scalability Using Multiple Systems
    • Latency (Media/Signaling)
    • Interfaces
  • Protocol Support
    • SIP
    • H.323
    • MIDCOM
    • SIP/H.323 Interworking
    • H.248 and MGCP
    • Fax T.38
  • Certification/Compliance
    • North American
    • ETSI
    • Other
  • Management
    • Northbound Interfaces
    • GUI-based
    • Compatibility with Third-party NMS's
    • Fault Management
    • Performance Management
    • Troubleshooting Capabilities
    • Call Detail Records
  • Physical/Environmental
    • Product Design
    • Dimensions for Each Platform
    • Server Brand/Type
    • Operating System
    • Power Requirements
    • Cooling (BTUs)
    • Hardware Redundancy
    • Software Redundancy
  • Miscellaneous
    • Activity in IETF or Standards Groups
    • Third-party Testing
    • Date of Availability
    • Other Members of Same Product Family
    • Key Announced Customers

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