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At Satcom Africa, Critical Links edgeBOX “Business Gateway” Enables Service Providers to Deliver Cost-Effective Managed Network Services
Johannesburg, South Africa, March 9th, 2007 – Critical Links, an international networking technology company, is showcasing the award-winning edgeBOX 4.3, at Satcom Africa, (13 - 15 March, Booth 20, Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa).
edgeBOX is ideal for the African market because it delivers value-added managed services to SMEs and branch offices allowing them to benefit from the latest converged (data and voice) networking technologies without the need for specialist in-house IT knowledge.
edgeBOX enables service providers to automate every phase of the business life cycle, from mass subscriber device deployment and provisioning, to broadcasting software upgrades, proactive alarm management, subscriber tracking and inventory management, significantly reducing the time, effort, and cost of deploying and managing CPE.
“edgeBOX provides the all-in-one, remotely manageable networking device that SMEs are looking for and incorporates all the latest in-demand technologies such as VoIP, IP-PBX, WiFi, VPNs, security and QoS. It also provides network access control, has an integrated router and ADSL modem, can be used as a web server, email server and storage device”. said Mr. Peter Tyndale, VP for Business Development at Critical Links “edgeBOX is available in a wide range of scalable hardware platforms, including standard servers, and has the best feature to price ratio in the market, making it the ideal choice for cost savvy SMEs”.
edgeBOX has been identified as a key player in the emerging “Business Gateway” market by leading analyst house InStat and won the Best Broadband Appliance award at the World Broadband Forum in 2005. It was selected as a finalist by IDG Communications’ Techworld for its 2006 “Small Business Product of the Year”, and recently won INTERNET TELEPHONY Magazine’s 2006 Product of the Year Award.
Further information can be found on the edgeBOX website www.edgebox.net End.
About Critical Links
Critical Links (www.critical-links.com) is an international networking software company and provider of edgeBOX, a converged multi-function device or business gateway targeted at SMEs and Enterprise Branch Offices. edgeBOX is available in a wide range of scalable hardware platforms, including standard servers, and has the best feature to price ratio in the market, making it the ideal choice for cost savvy SMEs. edgeBOX typically replaces 4-7 single-function devices required to deliver an equivalent set of services, fully remotely managed, with significantly lower TCO. Telecom Service Providers and Managed Services Providers offer edgeBOX as a service to their SME customers. Critical Links is a wholly owned subsidiary of Critical Software SA, established in 1998, with over 100 employees and a presence in the UK, USA, and Portugal. The company is CMMI Level 3 compliant and has a reputation for producing mission and business critical networking and telecoms solutions for the telecoms, public sector, industry, aerospace and defence markets, with customers such as Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, Infineon Technologies, NASA, EADS and ESA.such as Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, Infineon Technologies, NASA, EADS and ESA.
For more information:
Carlos Taveira; Email: carlos-taveira@critical-links.com
edgeBOX is ideal for the African market because it delivers value-added managed services to SMEs and branch offices allowing them to benefit from the latest converged (data and voice) networking technologies without the need for specialist in-house IT knowledge.
edgeBOX enables service providers to automate every phase of the business life cycle, from mass subscriber device deployment and provisioning, to broadcasting software upgrades, proactive alarm management, subscriber tracking and inventory management, significantly reducing the time, effort, and cost of deploying and managing CPE.
“edgeBOX provides the all-in-one, remotely manageable networking device that SMEs are looking for and incorporates all the latest in-demand technologies such as VoIP, IP-PBX, WiFi, VPNs, security and QoS. It also provides network access control, has an integrated router and ADSL modem, can be used as a web server, email server and storage device”. said Mr. Peter Tyndale, VP for Business Development at Critical Links “edgeBOX is available in a wide range of scalable hardware platforms, including standard servers, and has the best feature to price ratio in the market, making it the ideal choice for cost savvy SMEs”.
edgeBOX has been identified as a key player in the emerging “Business Gateway” market by leading analyst house InStat and won the Best Broadband Appliance award at the World Broadband Forum in 2005. It was selected as a finalist by IDG Communications’ Techworld for its 2006 “Small Business Product of the Year”, and recently won INTERNET TELEPHONY Magazine’s 2006 Product of the Year Award.
Further information can be found on the edgeBOX website www.edgebox.net End.
About Critical Links
Critical Links (www.critical-links.com) is an international networking software company and provider of edgeBOX, a converged multi-function device or business gateway targeted at SMEs and Enterprise Branch Offices. edgeBOX is available in a wide range of scalable hardware platforms, including standard servers, and has the best feature to price ratio in the market, making it the ideal choice for cost savvy SMEs. edgeBOX typically replaces 4-7 single-function devices required to deliver an equivalent set of services, fully remotely managed, with significantly lower TCO. Telecom Service Providers and Managed Services Providers offer edgeBOX as a service to their SME customers. Critical Links is a wholly owned subsidiary of Critical Software SA, established in 1998, with over 100 employees and a presence in the UK, USA, and Portugal. The company is CMMI Level 3 compliant and has a reputation for producing mission and business critical networking and telecoms solutions for the telecoms, public sector, industry, aerospace and defence markets, with customers such as Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, Infineon Technologies, NASA, EADS and ESA.such as Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, Infineon Technologies, NASA, EADS and ESA.
For more information:
Carlos Taveira; Email: carlos-taveira@critical-links.com