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The two companies are bringing a unique multi-function gateway to the Indian market that enables SMBs (Small and Medium Businesses) and corporate branch offices to reduce total cost of ownership by consolidating data, voice and IT services in a single device.
Through the partnership, HCL is leveraging Critical Links' net edgeBOX appliance to dramatically simplify the deployment and management of communications and IT systems of SMBs. By replacing up to 8 devices, HCL net edgeBOX delivers unprecedented savings in costs, space and management time for SMBs in terms of deploying, managing and maintaining their networking and connectivity.
HCL net edgeBOX allows service providers to remotely provision, support and maintain voice and data services such as a fully featured IP-PBX and VoIP, gateway, security, QoS, collaboration, WiFi, router, and file storage. HCL net edgeBOX is available in a wide range of scalable hardware platforms. To emerging businesses looking to maximize their IT investments, HCL net edgeBOX offers basic IT applications including web server, e-mail server and data storage, without the need for keeping specialist in-house IT staff.