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Kool Smiles VoIP-Enables Nationwide Dental Network With Ingate Systems' Secure SIP Trunk Solutions
(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) ATLANTA, GA and STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, January 6 / MARKET WIRE/ --
To rein in growing
communications costs, Kool Smiles, a network of local dental offices with a
mission to expand access to high quality dental care to underserved
children and young adults, has replaced their traditional telephony system
with SIP trunking enabled by Ingate?
Systems. As a result, Kool Smiles has been able to transition its
nationwide network of dental practices and call center to secure
Voice-over-IP (VoIP). The shift from traditional telephony to SIP trunking
has resulted in a 40 percent reduction of communications costs, with the
complete installation, including a new IP-PBX, phones, network upgrades and
the Ingate solution, paying for itself in twelve months.
Kool Smiles is using Ingate's SIP trunk software solutions with an Ingate
SIParator? at the edge of their network to normalize the SIP signaling
between the IP-PBX and their SIP trunking service provider and also to
secure the IP-PBX. The company has shifted more than 35,000 calls a day to
toll-free Internet telephony, which is now live on 1,800 handsets.
"Our primary goal is to assure we can expand access to quality dental care
for children who otherwise may not have access. Reducing costs and
streamlining our support organizations enables us to focus more resources
on our clinical and community responsibilities," said Mark Blomquist,
co-founder and Chief Technical Architect, Kool Smiles. "Ingate's solutions
provide the advanced level of security necessary for this medical
environment and the tools to make the interface to the service provider
hassle-free. The Ingate products also offer us the flexibility we need to
scale up as we roll out new dental offices. We chose Ingate after a
thorough research process; they offered a complete, fully interoperable
solution, which has met all of our expectations."
Ingate is a leading developer of enabling SIP trunking, NAT traversal,
remote connectivity solutions and SIP security edge devices for service
providers, IP-PBX vendors and end-users. SIP trunks rapidly reduce costs
by eliminating the need for an enterprise PSTN gateway, unused BRI/PRI
capacity, expensive and underutilized phone lines or trunks at remote
offices, and by providing PSTN termination in the local area.
"SIP trunks are ideal for growing businesses with satellite offices. Being
successful enough to add a new branch to the network no longer means having
to increase your telephony costs," said Steven Johnson, President, Ingate
Systems. "SIP trunks can keep communications costs at a minimum so that
companies can focus on building their business."
The award-winning Ingate SIParator with the SIP trunk software module made
it possible for Kool Smiles to connect their IP-PBX to an Internet
telephony service provider's SIP trunk by solving interoperability issues
between the IP-PBX and the SIP trunking service provider, and at the same
time eliminating the Network Address Translation (NAT) traversal issues
with the protocol while maintaining the security and integrity of the
network. It is a flexible solution that has proven interoperability with
leading SIP-based IP-PBX systems and service provider networks.
Working in parallel to the traditional firewall, the SIParator handles the
traversal and security of SIP traffic while leaving the original firewall
in place to secure data traffic. The SIParator offers the highest level of
security for VoIP, supporting Secure Real Time Protocol (SRTP) which
provides one of the most secure environments for Internet telephony and
VoIP applications available.
About Kool Smiles
Founded in 2002, Kool Smiles is a network of local dental offices dedicated
to expanding access to high quality dental care for children in underserved
communities. In addition to accepting most insurance plans, Kool Smiles is
proud to offer services to children and young adults covered by Medicaid
and State Children's Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP). Kool Smiles also
provides oral health education programs through partnerships with community
schools and organizations. To find a local Kool Smiles dentist, please
visit www.koolsmilespc.com.
About Ingate? Systems
Ingate? Systems develops firewall technology and products that enable SIP
communications for the enterprise while maintaining control and security at
the network edge. Ingate has a long history of developing next-generation
firewall technology that solves the NAT/firewall traversal issue with SIP.
In addition to an extensive line of Ingate Firewall? products, the
company also produces the award-winning Ingate SIParator?, a device that
connects to an existing network firewall to seamlessly enable SIP
communications. Ingate products currently protect the networks of retail
companies, financial institutions, industrial firms, government agencies
and small-to-large enterprises throughout Europe, Asia and North America.
Additionally, Ingate has established the SIP Trunking Network at
www.siptrunk.org, an educational resource that aggregates information from
throughout the SIP trunking community in an industry-wide effort to educate
enterprises about SIP trunking, to help simplify deployments.
Ingate Systems AB is headquartered in Sweden with offices in Stockholm and
Link?ping. Its wholly owned subsidiary, Ingate Systems Inc., is located in
Hollis, New Hampshire. For more information on Ingate Systems, visit
www.ingate.com.
For more information, please contact:
Hillary Call
Public Relations Manager
Ingate Systems
(917) 414-9262
SIP and email: Email Contact
Geoffrey Freeman
Director of Marketing
Kool SmilesEmail Contact
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