Dash Chooses Covergence Session Manager to Scale, Secure and Control Access to VoIP Phone Services
Covergence Session Manager to ensure reliable, “business-grade” voice services for Dash customers nationwide
Covergence®, the leading provider of next-generation Session Border Control solutions, today announced that Dash Carrier Services, a provider of wholesale carrier services to VoIP service providers, has selected Covergence Session Manager (CSM). With Covergence Session Manager, Dash Carrier will deliver Voice over IP (VoIP) and other rich interactive real-time services, ensuring customers a superior experience and the secure, reliable access to the communications services they require.
Covergence Session Manager – having been designed to fully leverage Web Services standards like Web Services Description Language (WSDL) – provides a web services interface that gives developers the ability to exert dynamic, fine-grained, policy-based control over real-time communications. Standard web services protocols make it easy for developers to embed policy into applications, allowing for authenticated applications to dynamically and uniformly enforce policy over any or all real-time sessions.
Dash Carrier uses Covergence Session Manager and the inherent flexibility of WSDL to enforce dynamic control policies that determine which service options and levels a particular user is entitled to at any moment in time. As a carrier that offers established voice carriers and emerging VoIP providers feasible voice solutions that deliver positive and rapid returns on their investment, Dash embraced the ability offered by CSM to rapidly create applications and enforce dynamic control policies which enable new, revenue generating, profitable real-time services.
“Dash has always offered customers a commitment of unsurpassed quality, value and service. Obviously we try to invest in the right technology to help us meet that commitment,” said Justin Nelson, CEO, Dash Carrier Services. “The Covergence Session Manager addresses this challenge by providing a rich programming interface which enables us to flexibly develop and deploy our communication applications.”
“Web services and SIP are changing the game when in comes to flexibility, interoperability and the skill set required of developers. By leveraging web services and CSM, organizations can reduce the costs and complexity of deployment without compromising availability, performance or security,” said Bob O’Neil, president and CEO, Covergence. “CSM provides Dash Carrier the ability to interact with services to provide the security, performance, quality and reliability thresholds its business customers need.”
CSM is designed to meet the needs of small to medium-sized businesses (SMB) and scales its offerings all the way up to the world’s largest service providers, with recently-announced support for the IBM BladeCenter and industry-standard AdvancedTCA chassis. CSM also feeds critical performance and quality metrics to the management frameworks from IBM, HP and others to provide operations teams with the complete visibility and span-of-control they need. All CSM models are available from Covergence today and can be purchased by contacting or (+1) 978.823.5200.
About Covergence
Covergence is the leader in scaling, securing and controlling VoIP and other real-time services. The award-winning Covergence Session Manager combines traditional session-border-control functionality with comprehensive security features and management tools. The Covergence Session Manager is purpose-built to securely and reliably connect users to VoIP and multi-media services while giving organizations the complete control and visibility they require. http://www.covergence.com.
About Dash Carrier Services
Dash Carrier Services is a leading provider of wholesale carrier services to VoIP service providers. Dash Carrier Services’ headquarters are located in Denver, CO. It offers services nationwide through Tier 1 network partners and its own network.
Its integrated portfolio offering includes E911 for VoIP, Nationwide Origination and Termination, CNAM, 411, and Nationwide Directory Listing Services. As a single source provider for the full suite of necessary building blocks, Dash Carrier Services provides a unique solution set to both emerging VoIP providers and established voice carriers. Dash Carrier Services was founded in 2002 as Clear Reach Networks with a focus on delivering premier service and exceptional customer support. For more information about Dash Carrier Services, visit the company’s website at http://www.dashcs.com.