Sonus: A Leader in Secure and Intelligent Cloud Communications
The benefits of Unified Communication (UC)platforms are extensive, providing organizations with increased collaboration and productivity. However, organizations may facea few challenges when migrating to a UC platform. The need for real-time connectivity with UC, particularly voice and video, adds a dimension of complexity especially as packet flows move to the Cloud and away from the traditional Local Area Network (LAN) environment. 
Sonus, a company headquartered in the United States, solves the aforementioned challenges by offering next-generation Cloud-based Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) solutions that enable and securemission-critical traffic for VoIP, video, IM and online collaboration
Sonus, a company headquartered in the United States, solves the aforementioned challenges by offering next-generation Cloud-based Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) solutions that enable and securemission-critical traffic for VoIP, video, IM and online collaboration.Sonus’ history in the service provider space plays an important role in its ability to guarantee real-time communications in Cloud and UC networks for enterprises.
Sonus does this through its portfolio of policy servers, Session Border Controllers (SBCs), as well as its newest solution VellOS®, a virtualized cloud exchange networking platform using Software-Defined Networking (SDN) technology to intelligently and securely adapt networks for Cloud-based communications.
With nearly two decades of experience, Sonus totes the largest portfolio of SBCs in the industry, handling dozens to millions of concurrent SIP sessions. The company also offers a virtual SBC capable of scaling in the Cloud. “Sonus’ entire SBC portfolio can be managed through the Element Management System which can reside in a Cloud or on a dedicated commercial off-the-shelf server,” says Mykola Konrad, Vice President, Go-To-Market at Sonus.
When it comes to security, Sonus recognizes the need for detection, prevention and mitigation. Sonus’ solutions feature intelligence to help customers detect toll fraud patterns, Denial of Service (DoS) and other types of network attacks. Sonus also renders protection at scale and in real-time for DoS and malformed packet attacks.
Looking at trends like mobility and Cloud, two somewhat genericized terms for particular network configurations, Sonus doesn’t offer a specific product per se. Instead, Sonus offers solutions that solve a myriad of network challenges, some unique to mobility (e.g., session handoff using Voice over LTE) and others unique to the Cloud (e.g., managing network resources using an SDN strategy). Sonus’ solutions do support mobile Cloud platforms withvirtualized SBCs, Diameter Signaling Controllers, VellOS and even legacy media and signaling gateways in cases where 2G/3G interworking is needed.Furthermore, the company intends to build its networking position around the power of SDN and its ability to streamline network layer management across both physical and virtual devices. “With VellOS, we draw real-time network traffic intelligence from hundreds of network elements, analyze the information and use it to provision and allocate resources in the network more effectively,” adds Mykola.
Sonus considers itself as a bridge between the past and the future. Having started as a company assisting service providers’ migrations from circuit to packet-based networks, Sonus presently aids companies in migrating to Cloud-based networks. Sonus envisions itself as the Cloud network integrator of the future, capable of bringing real-time communications to any Cloud(be it public or private), service provider, web domain or enterprise.
With nearly two decades of experience, Sonus totes the largest portfolio of SBCs in the industry, handling dozens to millions of concurrent SIP sessions. The company also offers a virtual SBC capable of scaling in the Cloud. “Sonus’ entire SBC portfolio can be managed through the Element Management System which can reside in a Cloud or on a dedicated commercial off-the-shelf server,” says Mykola Konrad, Vice President, Go-To-Market at Sonus.
When it comes to security, Sonus recognizes the need for detection, prevention and mitigation. Sonus’ solutions feature intelligence to help customers detect toll fraud patterns, Denial of Service (DoS) and other types of network attacks. Sonus also renders protection at scale and in real-time for DoS and malformed packet attacks.
Looking at trends like mobility and Cloud, two somewhat genericized terms for particular network configurations, Sonus doesn’t offer a specific product per se. Instead, Sonus offers solutions that solve a myriad of network challenges, some unique to mobility (e.g., session handoff using Voice over LTE) and others unique to the Cloud (e.g., managing network resources using an SDN strategy). Sonus’ solutions do support mobile Cloud platforms withvirtualized SBCs, Diameter Signaling Controllers, VellOS and even legacy media and signaling gateways in cases where 2G/3G interworking is needed.Furthermore, the company intends to build its networking position around the power of SDN and its ability to streamline network layer management across both physical and virtual devices. “With VellOS, we draw real-time network traffic intelligence from hundreds of network elements, analyze the information and use it to provision and allocate resources in the network more effectively,” adds Mykola.
Sonus considers itself as a bridge between the past and the future. Having started as a company assisting service providers’ migrations from circuit to packet-based networks, Sonus presently aids companies in migrating to Cloud-based networks. Sonus envisions itself as the Cloud network integrator of the future, capable of bringing real-time communications to any Cloud(be it public or private), service provider, web domain or enterprise.
