Sonus to Showcase Cloud Native Solutions for Secure Real-Time Communications at NFV World Congress 2017

For Immediate Release: April 27, 2017

WESTFORD, Mass. – Sonus Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: SONS), a global leader in securing Cloud and real-time communications, today announced its speaking and demonstration participation at NFV World Congress in San Jose, California occurring May 2 to May 5, 2017.

With advanced security for real-time signaling and media, carrier-grade performance and scale, and close integration with leading cloud orchestration vendors, Sonus’ cloud native solutions are ready for deployment today.

Sonus vice president of Engineering Bryan Hill will take the stage at the OpenStack for NFV Forum track on May 2, 2017 at 2:35 p.m. PST to explain how to deliver performance for real-time media packet processing in OpenStack. As part of this discussion, Hill will:

  • Explain the challenges involved in delivering performance for high-volume, real-time media packet processing;
  • Describe innovative solutions for accelerating performance of real-time network traffic;
  • Recommend OpenStack configurations to ensure deterministic behavior of real-time communications media traffic; and
  • Quantitatively show improvements that are achievable with these optimized configurations.

Sonus will also showcase its Session Border Controller Software edition (SBC SWe) as a Virtual Network Function, demonstrating orchestration, monitoring, dynamic scaling, and load balancing to optimize resource utilization. This demonstration will take place at booth 31 through the entirety of NFV World Congress.

About Sonus:

Sonus brings the next generation of Cloud-based SIP and 4G/VoLTE solutions to its customers by securing mission critical traffic for VoIP, video, IM and online collaboration. With Sonus, enterprises can secure and prioritize real-time communications, while service providers can deliver reliable, secure real-time services for mobile, UC and social applications.  Sonus offers an award-winning portfolio of hardware-based and virtualized Session Border Controllers (SBCs), Diameter Signaling Controllers (DSCs), Policy/Routing servers and media/signaling gateways. Visit www.sonus.net or call 1-855-GO-SONUS. Follow Sonus on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube and Instagram.

Important Information Regarding Forward-Looking Statements:

The information in this release contains forward-looking statements regarding future events that involve risks and uncertainties. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this release are forward-looking statements. Our actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. For further information regarding risks and uncertainties associated with Sonus’ business, please refer to the “Risk Factors” section of Sonus’ most recent annual or quarterly report filed with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements represent Sonus’ views only as of the date on which such statement is made and should not be relied upon as representing Sonus’ views as of any subsequent date. While Sonus may elect to update forward-looking statements at some point, Sonus specifically disclaims any obligation to do so.

For Sonus:

Jason Vancura, +1-978-614-8321
jvancura@sonusnet.com