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March 31, 2008

Aastra Announces Aastra 5000 IP Telephony Software



By Jai C.S.
TMCnet Contributing Editor


Aastra (News - Alert) Telecom recently announced that it has launched the Aastra 5000, an open standard based IP telephony software targeting large enterprises with multi-site networks.

 
Global Company Aastra Telecom develops traditional and VoIP communication products and systems that are highly flexible and scalable solutions. The company has made huge investment in Research and Development to promote an OPEN (News - Alert) IP Telephony concept.
 
Open Standard based IP telephony such as Session Initiation Protocol (News - Alert) (SIP) is the latest emerging growth in the IP telephony market that enables more freedom from the hardware.
 
To tap this market, Aastra has launched Aastra 5000 software that has the capability to scale from 500 to 150,000 users and cover 2,000 sites. The software is based on the open standards and thus enables to be integrated into the network easily.
 
Some of the notable features of Aastra 5000 includes; a SIP protocol ensuring it is compatible with all types of terminals, including IP Aastra, SIP, SIP Video, H323, DECT (News - Alert) over IP, SIP Wi-Fi or GSM/Wi-Fi, SIP or Aastra Softphones; a SIP Trunk interface for enterprises that can connect to Voice over IP operators; an architecture based on Linux.
 
The software offers multiple levels of security. With anti-virus capability the software is compatible with a range of firewalls available today. In addition, the server can be protected through spatial duplication (on a second local or remote server), with automatic switchover in case of problems.
 
Aastra 5000 also enables an administrator to manage the network remotely from any PC through a web browser. System data is stored in a central database that facilitates installation, configuration, operation and supervision of the network.
 
The Company also revealed that it will be offering the Aastra Management 7450 along with the Aastra 5000. Aastra Management 7450 is an administration software that allows management of up to 2,000 sites in a centralized manner like telephony, security, directories, alerts and so on. The software is dedicated to managing very large systems.
 
Pierre-Alexandre Fuhrmann, Deputy Head of Product Strategy, Aastra, said, "Aastra is already one of the industry leaders in Europeand Aastra 5000 will enrich and complete our portfolio of IP solutions, allowing us to become a major player in the large enterprise market."
 
Jai C.S. is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Jai’s articles, please visit his columnist page.
 
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