Dialogic Corporation
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Dialogic Corporation is a designer, developer and manufacturer of communication products. It was founded in 1984 in Montreal, Canada. Dialogic products are sold worldwide through a large network of distributors and resellers, and supplied to OEM
s.
In October 2006, Eicon Networks
bought the Media & Signaling Division of Intel and then changed its name to Dialogic.
Since the formation of the new 'Dialogic' other competitors in the same industry have been acquired and merged into the company, including NMS Communications and Cantata. The latter was itself a collection of companies including Brooktrout and the Excel Switching Corporation.
In early 2008, Dialogic also acquired Open Media Labs, which now functions as Dialogic Media Labs, and is has an expertise in the area of video algorithms.
The Dialogic CEO, Nick Jensen, is on record as saying that 'video' is the company's direction.
May 2010 saw Dialogic announcing a merger with San Jose, California-based Veraz Networks
, a company interesting for its SBC
and compression technology. The resulting company would retain the name Dialogic, and Nick Jensen as overall CEO.
, Media Gateways
, Media Boards (voice & fax) and signalling
products. There are also a variety of products serving legacy markets like X.25
(Eiconcard) and consumer ISDN.
(HMP), with MSML
capability, and two appliance products: IP Media Server and Vision VX Gateway, using open standards like VoiceXML
, CCXML, MSCML
and SIP
. The IP Media Server and HMP were realigned in 2010 into a product family, PowerMedia, adding
new products Web Media Server (WMS) and Media Server Connector (MSC).
and PSTN
technologies. For the service provider market, there is the Integrated Media Gateway (IMG) and Multi-Services Platform (MSP). The Vision CX gateway is a 3G-324M
video gateway, capable of converting IP media video media (for example MPEG-4
) to the format required for 3G mobile phones.
, VoIP, Fax
and so on.
networks, and include the Signalling Interface Unit (SIU), the Multi Services Platform (MSP) and DSI and TX boards and protocol stacks.
Original Equipment Manufacturer
An original equipment manufacturer, or OEM, manufactures products or components that are purchased by a company and retailed under that purchasing company's brand name. OEM refers to the company that originally manufactured the product. When referring to automotive parts, OEM designates a...
s.
Brief Company History
The original 'Dialogic' was bought by Intel in 1999 and run as the Media & Signaling Division.In October 2006, Eicon Networks
Eicon
Eicon Networks Corporation was a privately owned designer, developer and manufacturer of communication products founded in 1984 with headquarters in Montreal, Canada...
bought the Media & Signaling Division of Intel and then changed its name to Dialogic.
Since the formation of the new 'Dialogic' other competitors in the same industry have been acquired and merged into the company, including NMS Communications and Cantata. The latter was itself a collection of companies including Brooktrout and the Excel Switching Corporation.
In early 2008, Dialogic also acquired Open Media Labs, which now functions as Dialogic Media Labs, and is has an expertise in the area of video algorithms.
The Dialogic CEO, Nick Jensen, is on record as saying that 'video' is the company's direction.
May 2010 saw Dialogic announcing a merger with San Jose, California-based Veraz Networks
Veraz Networks
Veraz Networks Inc. , is a provider of application, control and bandwidth optimization solutions. With Veraz's Multimedia Generation Network architecture, fixed and mobile service providers can create, manage and transport application sessions across TDM and IP networks.Veraz is headquartered in...
, a company interesting for its SBC
Session Border Controller
A session border controller is a device regularly deployed in Voice over Internet Protocol networks to exert control over the signaling and usually also the media streams involved in setting up, conducting, and tearing down telephone calls or other interactive media communications.SBC's original...
and compression technology. The resulting company would retain the name Dialogic, and Nick Jensen as overall CEO.
Products
The product range includes Media ServersMedia Server
A media server refers either to a dedicated computer appliance or to a specialized application software, ranging from an enterprise class machine providing video on demand, to, more commonly, a small personal computer or NAS for the home, dedicated for storing various digital media .-Purpose:By...
, Media Gateways
Media gateway
A Media gateway is a translation device or service that converts digital media streams between disparate telecommunications networks such as PSTN, SS7, Next Generation Networks or PBX...
, Media Boards (voice & fax) and signalling
Signalling (telecommunications)
In telecommunication, signaling has the following meanings:*the use of signals for controlling communications...
products. There are also a variety of products serving legacy markets like X.25
X.25
X.25 is an ITU-T standard protocol suite for packet switched wide area network communication. An X.25 WAN consists of packet-switching exchange nodes as the networking hardware, and leased lines, Plain old telephone service connections or ISDN connections as physical links...
(Eiconcard) and consumer ISDN.
Media server
Media server products include Dialogic Host Media ProcessingHost media processing
Host Media Processing is a term used to refer to a telephony system that uses the millions of instructions per second of processing power on a general-purpose computer to process a telephony call’s media stream rather than use digital signal processors to perform the task...
(HMP), with MSML
MSML
The Media Server Markup Language is used to control and invoke many different types of services on IP Media Servers and is described in RFC 5707. Clients can use it to define how multimedia sessions interact on a Media Server and to apply services to individuals or groups of users...
capability, and two appliance products: IP Media Server and Vision VX Gateway, using open standards like VoiceXML
VoiceXML
VoiceXML is the W3C's standard XML format for specifying interactive voice dialogues between a human and a computer. It allows voice applications to be developed and deployed in an analogous way to HTML for visual applications. Just as HTML documents are interpreted by a visual web browser,...
, CCXML, MSCML
MSCML
The Media Server Control Markup Language is a protocol used in conjunction with the Session Initiation Protocol to enable the delivery of advanced multimedia conferencing services over IP networks. The MSCML specification has been published by the IETF under RFC 4722, now obsoleted by the newer...
and SIP
Session Initiation Protocol
The Session Initiation Protocol is an IETF-defined signaling protocol widely used for controlling communication sessions such as voice and video calls over Internet Protocol . The protocol can be used for creating, modifying and terminating two-party or multiparty sessions...
. The IP Media Server and HMP were realigned in 2010 into a product family, PowerMedia, adding
new products Web Media Server (WMS) and Media Server Connector (MSC).
Media gateways
The Dialogic Media Gateway (DMG) is a range of appliances addressing the needs of enterprises, combining SIPSession Initiation Protocol
The Session Initiation Protocol is an IETF-defined signaling protocol widely used for controlling communication sessions such as voice and video calls over Internet Protocol . The protocol can be used for creating, modifying and terminating two-party or multiparty sessions...
and PSTN
Public switched telephone network
The public switched telephone network is the network of the world's public circuit-switched telephone networks. It consists of telephone lines, fiber optic cables, microwave transmission links, cellular networks, communications satellites, and undersea telephone cables, all inter-connected by...
technologies. For the service provider market, there is the Integrated Media Gateway (IMG) and Multi-Services Platform (MSP). The Vision CX gateway is a 3G-324M
3G-324M
3G-324M is the 3GPP umbrella protocol for video telephony in 3G mobile networks.The 3G-324M protocol operates over an established circuit switched connection between two...
video gateway, capable of converting IP media video media (for example MPEG-4
MPEG-4
MPEG-4 is a method of defining compression of audio and visual digital data. It was introduced in late 1998 and designated a standard for a group of audio and video coding formats and related technology agreed upon by the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group under the formal standard ISO/IEC...
) to the format required for 3G mobile phones.
Media boards
Several product families of media boards (from different company acquisitions) are still in production, including DM3, JCT, Diva, CG, Brooktrout TR. The boards cover a range of technologies including E1/T1T-carrier
In telecommunications, T-carrier, sometimes abbreviated as T-CXR, is the generic designator for any of several digitally multiplexed telecommunications carrier systems originally developed by Bell Labs and used in North America, Japan, and South Korea....
, VoIP, Fax
Fax
Fax , sometimes called telecopying, is the telephonic transmission of scanned printed material , normally to a telephone number connected to a printer or other output device...
and so on.
Signalling products
Signalling products are to connect to SS7Signalling System 7
Signalling System No. 7 is a set of telephony signaling protocols which are used to set up most of the world's public switched telephone network telephone calls. The main purpose is to set up and tear down telephone calls...
networks, and include the Signalling Interface Unit (SIU), the Multi Services Platform (MSP) and DSI and TX boards and protocol stacks.