Avaya announced new products for increasing the security of IP communications. The rollout includes a new generation of software applications, media servers and gateways for small, medium and large enterprises, and a full range of desktop and wireless IP telephones. The new products are powered by an updated version of the company's Communication Manager 2.0 IP telephony software.
The latest release of Avaya's Communication Manager adds support for the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), protecting voice conversations carried on converged networks. Additionally, new IP signaling encryption is provided. The release also contains new Unicode support to expand the multi-lingual capabilities of an IP telephone's visual displays, such as caller ID and Web screen content, adding support for Japanese, Chinese, and Russian.
New hardware products include:
- a media gateway designed for small branch offices (Avaya G350 Media Gateway).
- a media gateway for medium-to-large sized enterprises with mission-critical communications (Avaya G650 Media Gateway).
- a media server for medium-to-large sized organizations (Avaya S8500 Media Server).
- a mid-range IP telephone, featuring a graphic display and Web-enabled capabilities (Avaya 4610SW IP Telephone).
- an IP speakerphone for conference room deployment featuring wide microphone coverage (Avaya 4690 IP Speakerphone).
- two wireless IP phones: a compact version for general enterprise deployment (Avaya 3616 IP Wireless Telephone) and a rugged version for industrial and institutional applications (Avaya 3626 IP Wireless Telephone).
- a new version of the company's IP messaging application (Avaya Modular Messaging 1.1).
