Brooktrout will acquire SnowShore Networks, a start-up based in Chelmsford, Massachusetts for approximately $10 million in cash. SnowShore supplies a line of media server and media firewall products aimed at service provider applications. Snowshore's media servers are designed to integrate rich content from the Web and distributed network databases into voice services enabling the creation of converged enhanced services. Capabilities include network announcements, auto-attendant, voice messaging, pre-paid calling, integrated voice recognition, IP Centrex, audio/Web conferencing, unified communications, voice portal and multi-media messaging functionalities.
Brooktrout is a supplier of products for media processing, network interfaces, call control and signal processing. The company is based in Needham, Massachusetts. http://www.brooktrout.com/http://www.snowshore.com
- SnowShore Networks was founded in May 2000 and raised $35.6 million in two rounds of funding from Charles River Ventures, Matrix Partners, St. Paul Venture Capital and 3i.
