September 14, 2006; 05:08 AM Ranch Networks, provider of networking appliances designed to
facilitate carrier and enterprise grade VoIP deployments,
announced the availability of its VoIP Matrix Technology, the
company’s patent-pending clustering technique developed to increase
scalability, reliability and security across Asterisk server farms.
The VoIP Matrix Technology enables enterprises and service providers to
combine one or more Asterisk servers with a Ranch Networks’ (RN)
appliance – forming a virtual IP PBX that supports large number of
simultaneous calls. Like a web server farm, theoretically the VoIP
Matrix Technology could support tens of thousands of simultaneous calls
using an Asterisk server farm. The VoIP Matrix Technology, bridged with
the RN appliance ensures zero dropped calls on a VoIP network,
prioritizing calls over data. The RN appliance bridges the RTP media
between the SIP end points, allowing for media to continually flow
without interruption, even if an Asterisk server is unplugged. All new
calls then become distributed among the remaining PBXs in the cluster.
This technique is a seamlessly scalable solution which enables
customers to add more PBXs as their needs grow.
“Ranch Networks understands the needs of VoIP customers,” said Alex
Pavlovsky, president of Ranch Networks. “When using the VoIP Matrix
Technology solution, customers do not have to worry about the security,
quality, and scalability of their VoIP systems. Through the clustering
technique, call centers, enterprises and service providers can easily
increase network capabilities as their businesses grow.”
Users can access the virtual IP PBX, including any one of the servers
involved, using a single IP address and MAC. Each Asterisk server used
to form the virtual IP PBX within the cluster is monitored using SIP
health messages. When a PBX stops responding to the SIP health
monitoring messages, it will be taken out of the cluster in real-time.
As soon as it starts responding to the SIP health monitoring messages,
it will be added back to the cluster. The VoIP Matrix Technology allows
for users to also add a new IP PBX in real-time, as well as remove an
existing IP PBX can for maintenance purposes.
The VoIP Matrix Technology is available with the RN 20, 40, and 41. The
RN series of appliances can be purchased through leading Asterisk
distributors and resellers worldwide. For a list of resellers or
additional information, please visit www.ranchnetworks.com.
About Ranch Networks
Ranch Networks was founded in 2000 by former ex-Bell Labs engineers and
offer internet protocol telephony network appliances that secure,
manage and scale VoIP traffic beyond existing firewall technologies.
Ranch Network’s products integrate security and bandwidth control and
guarantee delivery of reliable and secure communications between office
employees, remote office locations or service providers and enterprise
customers.
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