XConnect continues to certify products as XConnect-Ready.
The latest product to earn the distinction is Covergence's Session Manager. The Covergence Session Manager (CSM) is described by the company as "a comprehensive package of security, Web-enabling and session management solutions for SIP applications and services marketed to service providers and enterprises."
The formal release, which hits the wires tomorrow, states:
Certification through the XConnect Ready Partners Program establishes that service providers deploying CSM can query XConnect's ENUM registry for session-routing information. The designation also means the CSM's routing and peering functions work securely and seamlessly for members of XConnect federations. This ensures, in turn, that calls from a CSM-equipped service provider's network can be routed over IP through any XConnect federation member, reaching end points all over the world while bypassing the PSTN.
The CSM is the latest device to complete interoperability testing and earn the XConnect certification. It joins an ecosystem comprising other network elements, such as SIP proxies and session border controllers, as well as converged ENUM and SS7/C7 addressing and routing engines.
