CLEARWATER, FLORIDA--(Marketwire - March 31, 2009) - Data Balance, a Microsoft Gold Certified managed services partner in Tampa Bay, Florida, has united Microsoft's Office Communications Server (OCS) with Sangoma Technology Corporation's A101D telephony card.
Data Balance deployed OCS internally to refine its OCS expertise, so it could roll out successful OCS solutions for clients quickly. When the company ran into challenges connecting OCS to its phone system, it instantly turned to Sangoma for a solution.
"With 100 percent up-time being critical for our clients' unified communication system rollouts, we wanted the most reliable partner possible for our gateway to the public phone network," said Jon Lawrence, president of Data Balance. "We had been using Sangoma products in Asterisk deployments and they were rock solid. So we knew Sangoma's NetBorder Express gateway would be a natural fit, because it simply becomes part of the OCS Mediation Server."
NetBorder Express VoIP Gateway Cards combine Sangoma's award-winning telephony cards with a set of software building blocks. Together they deliver a robust SIP to TDM VoIP Gateway solution, which resides in the same server as the developer's application. Integrators and developers can use NetBorder Express on their communications platforms for SIP-based applications such as iPBX, IVRs, and Conferencing Servers.
"Migration to OCS should, and can be, an evolution in simplifying communication for diverse, remote environments," said David Mandelstam, CEO of Sangoma. "That means, by its very nature, it shouldn't be exorbitant in cost, overly complicated, or require unnecessary hardware." Sangoma has evolved its own product line with this goal in mind.
"We're thrilled to have been a pioneer project for Sangoma's union with OCS," said Lawrence. "What we've learned through this collaboration separates Data Balance from our competition in the OCS space. We will be able to offer our clients a much more integrated OCS system, one that is more robust, scalable, and easy to manage, all at lower cost."
About Data Balance
Data Balance is an award winning Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, who designs, builds and supports reliable business technology for businesses throughout Florida.
Founded in 2001, Data Balance is a privately held company. For additional information, visit www.databalance.com.
About Sangoma Technologies Corporation
Sangoma is the premium provider of software-centric media and signal processing hardware. The company develops and manufactures the most scalable and reliable voice and Wide Area Network data cards in the industry, including the award-winning Advanced Flexible Telecommunications (AFT) product line. By offering the building blocks for all processing in any architecture, Sangoma gateways are tightly integrated and easily scalable. The result is a comprehensive toolset for creating cost-effective, powerful, and flexible solutions.
Founded in 1984, Sangoma Technologies Corporation is publicly traded on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX VENTURE:STC). Additional information on Sangoma can be found at: www.sangoma.com.