Quintum Tenors Allow Dairylea to Successfully Deploy Microsoft Unified Communications With Avaya Definity(TM) PBX
September 29 2008 - 9:15AM
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Quintum Technologies, an innovator in VoIP technologies and a
subsidiary of Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: NWK),
announced today that Dairylea Cooperative Inc., the Northeast's
largest milk marketer, has chosen Quintum's Tenor DX Series VoIP
switches and gateways to support its implementation of Microsoft
Unified Communications (UC).
With Quintum's Tenor gateway, Dairylea has been able to
successfully deploy Microsoft UC in its existing network and
telecom environment -- which features a seven-year-old Avaya
Definity(TM) PBX. Microsoft UC users' IP phones can connect through
the Tenor to the PBX, so they can call non-UC users inside and
outside the company just as they did before. No modification at all
of the PBX was necessary.
This ability to implement Microsoft UC without modification of
the PBX was of significant benefit to Dairylea, since such
modifications can be extremely costly and time-consuming.
Dairylea's staff depends heavily on voice communications to
effectively serve the 2,400 member farms in its cooperative.
Dairylea is deploying Microsoft UC to enhance its voice
communications in a number of ways. For example, with Microsoft UC,
Dairylea's staff can use their IP phones to receive calls to their
main work numbers at home or at other locations on the company's
virtual private network (VPN). Microsoft UC also provides
Dairylea's staff with presence awareness -- which helps eliminate
"phone tag."
Dairylea switched to Quintum's Tenor solution after another VoIP
vendor failed to fully support interoperability between Definity
and Microsoft UC. Internal caller ID proved to be a particular
problem with the other vendor's hardware and software.
According to Jim Snodgrass, president of Siiker Communications,
the consultancy that is managing Dairylea's Microsoft UC
initiative, Quintum provided superior technical support -- in
addition to offering a more effective hardware solution.
"Quintum was able to deliver in two days what our other vendor
was unable to deliver in two weeks," says Snodgrass. "The Tenor DX
gateway is an excellent choice for integrating IP convergence
technology into legacy analog telephony environments, and Quintum's
staff is highly knowledgeable about the idiosyncrasies of these
types of integrations."
About Dairylea:
Dairylea has more than 2,500 member farms located throughout the
Northeast with annual sales approaching $1 billion. Dairylea
markets 5.5 billion pounds of raw milk on an annual basis for its
member farms. They have become the largest milk marketing
cooperative in the Northeast. Dairylea can be reached at
315-433-0100 or visit their website at www.dairylea.com.
About Siiker Communications Specialists Inc.:
Siiker, Inc. (pronounced seeker) was founded by Jim Snodgrass of
Syracuse, NY, who has 20 years of telecommunications and data
communications experience working with AT&T/Lucent/Avaya
equipment and procedures. Siiker offers their clients a full range
of services including consulting, design, installation, sales and
service. Siiker clients include the Federal Government, Dairylea
and associated dairy industry businesses, as well as clients in the
insurance industry and manufacturing. Siiker's specialty is caring
for clients with multiple locations and connecting diverse systems.
Siiker can be reached at 315-415-7115 or contact
jim.snodgrass@siiker.com.
About Quintum
Quintum Technologies, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Network
Equipment Technologies, Inc., is headquartered in Eatontown, NJ.
Quintum delivers VoIP solutions designed to bring the reliability
and voice clarity of public telephone networks to Internet
telephony. Quintum's intelligent VoIP access solutions integrate
easily into existing PBX and IP infrastructures, making them the
ideal choice for service providers and enterprises alike. Quintum
was awarded the Frost & Sullivan 2007 Global Product
Differentiation Innovation Award. Quintum is a Microsoft Gold
Certified Partner, a Nortel Developer Partner and an Avaya
DeveloperConnection Partner. Quintum sells its switches worldwide
through its direct sales force and a network of resellers and
distributors. For more information, call 1-877-SPEAK IP
(1-877-773-2547), 1-732-460-9000 outside the US, or visit
http://www.quintum.com.
About Network Equipment Technologies, Inc.
For nearly a quarter of a century, Network Equipment
Technologies, Inc. (NET) has provided voice and data communications
equipment for multi-service networks requiring high degrees of
versatility, interoperability, security and performance. NET's
broad family of products are purpose-built for mixed-service,
multi-protocol networks; bandwidth-sensitive site communications;
high-performance, security-sensitive transmissions; and converged
communications. The company's NX Series for network exchange
solutions and VX Series for voice exchange solutions enable
interoperability and integration with existing networks for
seamless migration to secure IP-based voice and data
communications. For more information, visit www.net.com.
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