net.com Announces Updated Functionality for Defense Customers

net.com announced key updates for its SCREAM multi-service switch, the Promina multi-service access platform, the SHOUTIP VoIP platform and the netMS element management system. The new functionality is designed for military and defense customers.


SCREAM, the multi-service ATM switch and IP router, is now running the Cisco IOS routing engine in its newly released 3.0 version. The addition of IOS provides the SCREAM platform with a routing engine and with seamless interoperability with installed Cisco networking equipment. SCREAM 3.0 also includes major QoS enhancements designed to enable voice, video and data services over ATM, IP and MPLS networks.


Promina, a multi-service access platform that is widely deployed in defense and military networks, has a new universal data rate (URD) module for adapting existing serial modem interfaces to high speed Promina networks. The new URD card enables Promina nodes to replace old Timeplex Link/2 multiplexers that are still carrying critical traffic.


Release 3.4 of the SHOUTIP voice over IP platform adds support for an 8-port FXS card, which can be used for connecting POTS as well as STU (secure telephone unit) and FNBDT (future narrowband data terminal) secure telephone units. Combined with new routing and QoS functionality, SHOUTIP supports both voice and data applications in one chassis in a single rack unit (1RU) for remote installations. Additionally, SHOUTIP version 3.4 supports a new BRI interface for serial data connectivity to a satellite uplink terminal.


net.com is also releasing netMS element management system, a new management system designed to offer a single interface point for net.com's three product lines, Promina, SCREAM and SHOUTIP. The web-based tool uses secure communications links over IP to manage fault, configuration, administration and provisioning of the net.com product lines. Additionally, netMS offers full redundancy and data persistence designed to meet the stringent requirements for military and government deployment. http://www.net.com