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U.S. Department of Defense Certifies Acme Packet Session Border Controllers

^{Published on 2010-09-22 05:18:40 - Market Wire}
 

BEDFORD, Mass.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Acme Packet® (NASDAQ: APKT), the leader in session border control solutions, today announced that its Net-Net 3820 and Net-Net 4500 Session Border Controller (SBC) products have been certified by the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) Ft. Huachuca, AZ for information assurance and interoperability with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) networks. Having achieved certification, the Acme Packet products are now listed on the DoDa™s Unified Capabilities Approved Product List (APL), indicating they have met DODa™s Enterprise security requirements for connecting to its networks. Acme Packet's listing on the APL can be viewed at [ http://jitc.fhu.disa.mil/apl/dsn/apl_ebc.html ].

"We look forward to working with the Department of Defense and other governmental organizations to enable them to leverage the power of all-IP communications."

The Acme Packet SBC products are classified as Edge Boundary Controllers (EBC) in compliance with DODa™s Unified Communications 2008 Requirements. The products feature Acme Packeta™s hardware designed to provide the critical controls for delivering trusted, first-class interactive communicationsa"voice, video and multimedia sessionsa"across IP network borders. The Net-Net 3820 and Net-Net 4500 products complement the other Acme Packet Net-NetSBC platforms widely deployed in commercial enterprise and service provider applications.

As in the private sector, a new class of interactive applications such as voice over IP (VoIP), video conferencing, and other forms of collaboration is driving the migration in the government sector from the legacy infrastructures to a new generation of all-IP networks. With this certification, non-DOD agencies in the Federal space will have peace of mind when selecting the Acme Packet solution knowing the SBCa™s have met DODa™s heightened service, security and interoperability requirements.

aWe are proud that our products have met the DoDa™s demanding requirements and achieved full certification,a said Andy Ory, CEO and co-founder of Acme Packet. aWe look forward to working with the Department of Defense and other governmental organizations to enable them to leverage the power of all-IP communications.

About Acme Packet

Acme Packet (NASDAQ:APKT), the leader in session border control solutions, enables the delivery of trusted, first-class interactive communicationsa"voice, video and multimedia sessionsa"and data services across IP network borders. Our Net-Net family of session border controllers, multiservice security gateways and session routing proxies supports multiple applications in service provider, enterprise and contact center networksa"from VoIP trunking to hosted enterprise and residential services to fixed-mobile convergence. They satisfy critical security, service assurance and regulatory requirements in wireline, cable and wireless networks; and support multiple protocolsa"SIP, H.323, MGCP/NCS, H.248 and RTSPa"and multiple border pointsa"service provider access and interconnect, and enterprise access and trunking. Over 10,000 Acme Packet systems have been deployed by more than 1,105 customers in 105 countries. They include 91 of the top 100 service providers in the world and 11 of the Fortune 25. For more information, contact us at +1 781.328.4400, or visit [ www.acmepacket.com ].

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