Siemens Announces HiPath 8000 for Large Enterprises

Siemens Information and Communication Networks introduced its new HiPath 8000 Real-Time IP System, a hosted, Web-services communication system for very large enterprises with hundreds of thousands of users. The SIP-based HiPath 8000 system, which will make its market debut in the U.S. during Q4, can be deployed and managed from a data center, delivering "a seamless, unified experience for workers wherever they are -- wireline, wireless, at work, on the road or at home." It supports up to 100,000 users per node and unlimited users per network, providing core communication functions in a single pair of fault-tolerant servers working with Resilient Telco Platform (RTP) middleware to protect against both hardware and software failures. The platform will work with most existing systems, enabling the mix and match of gateways, telephones, applications and servers -- from Siemens as well as from other vendors. http://www.usa.siemens.com/