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IBM Becomes Premier Tenant in tekVizion
Labs
Relationship Builds VoIP Momentum for Telecommunications
Industry
ARMONK, NY and RICHARDSON, TX (Sept. 12, 2005) –
IBM and tekVizion™ PVS, Inc., the new standard for systems
integration, announced today that IBM has signed an agreement
to become a Premier Tenant in tekVizion Labs™, the first
lab of its kind to offer third-party certification and testing
for voice over IP (VoIP) products and services.
“Premier Tenants” are vendors who have designated
tekVizion Labs as an authorized test facility. Premier Tenants
provide their product(s) to tekVizion Labs to be used in certification
testing performed by tekVizion Labs and/or to make them available
for remote and/or solution testing. Premier Tenant status significantly
enhances the vendor’s test capacity by turning tekVizion
Labs into an extension of the vendor’s own test facilities.
Premier Tenant status also speeds up test turnaround time and
provides priority interoperability testing.
IBM will provide tekVizion Labs with the IBM BladeCenter™
and IBM BladeCenter T. The IBM BladeServer family for telecommunications
is a group of COTS platforms with the computing power needed to
help telecommunications service providers lower the costs of servers
in the network while increasing the revenues they generate. Through
BladeCenter’s unparalleled support for highly diverse wireline/wireless
networking as well as for enterprise applications, service providers
can consolidate application, service and control planes on a single
platform. The IBM BladeCenter™ T extends the value of BladeCenter
by providing a platform on which IBM Business Partners and Service
Providers (SPs) can build their IP-based, next-generation networks.
This high-performance, highly dense, scalable, industry-standard
computing platform is designed to help SPs accelerate revenue
generation, reduce costs and improve customer loyalty.
tekVizion Labs offers several types of testing services involving
both remote and on-site testing at tekVizion Labs. Remote testing
can be used for pre-certification or ad-hoc test scenarios, whereas
formal certification is conducted on-site at tekVizion Labs by
tekVizion engineers. Certification can be provided between two
products or in a multi-product solution. All lab services are
available to both vendors and service providers.
"tekVizion Labs provides a unique and invaluable service
to vendors seeking to demonstrate the interoperability and reliability
of their Voice over IP (VoIP) and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
products," said Jim Pertzborn, vice president IBM eServer
Telecommunications Solutions, IBM Systems and Technology Group.
"We've experienced good results from tekVizion's interoperability
testing and are delighted to work with them through this cost-effective
approach expanding IBM's product testing capabilities."
“IBM is an industry leader in blades and Linux,”
said Terri Griffin, tekVizion’s chief operating officer.
“By becoming a Premier Tenant, IBM adds considerably to
tekVizion Labs’ testing and certification capability. This
latest collaborative relationship with IBM is sure to be a momentum
builder for the entire industry.”
Potential customers of tekVizion Labs can request testing via
the tekVizion Labs website (www.tekVizionlabs.com)
or by contacting the program director, Jerry Mistrot. The tekVizion
Labs website allows anyone to register to be notified when new
Premier Tenants join the lab, when products are certified, and
when new services are offered by the Labs.
About tekVizion PVS, Inc.
tekVizion (www.tekvizion.com)
has set the new standard for systems integration in the telecommunications
industry. tekVizion’s core services include consulting,
custom applications, integration and support, and testing through
tekVizion Labs™-- the first interoperability certification
lab of its kind. tekVizion Labs offers a full suite of testing
services including interoperability, solution, conformance, product
compliance/assessments and outsourced testing. tekVizion helps
service providers achieve a smooth transition to packet-voice
networks, speeding delivery of integrated services. tekVizion
leverages its real-world, multi-vendor integration and test experience
and proven processes to provide leading vendors, carriers, and
enhanced service providers with solutions that meld legacy and
next-generation resources. tekVizion's headquarters, which includes
its state-of-the-art test lab and Executive Briefing Center, is
within the Telecom Corridor® in Richardson, Texas.
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tekVizion and tekVizion Labs are trademarks of,
and FastForward is a service mark of tekVizion PVS, Inc. Telecom
Corridor is a registered trademark of the Richardson Chamber of
Commerce. All other names are trademarks of their respective companies.
IBM, BladeCenter, BladeCenter T, eServer, xSeries
and the IBM e-business logo are trademarks or registered trademarks
of International Business Machines Corporation. For a list of
additional IBM trademarks, please see www.ibm.com/legal/copytrade.shtml.
Statements concerning IBM's pricing, future development plans
and schedules are made for planning purposes only, and are subject
to change or withdrawal without notice.
IBM is the only company providing customers a choice of blades
with BladeCenter systems possessing 64-bit PowerPC technology
(eServer JS20), or highly scalable 2-way and 4-way BladeCenter
systems with 32-bit Intel Xeon processor technology (eServer HS20
and eServer HS40). IBM's BladeCenter-T, offers a specialized chassis,
which is hardened to meet the demanding needs and NEBS requirements
of the telecom, defense and aerospace industries.
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