Cisco Unified Border Element vs Edgewater Networks comparison

Cisco Session Border Control (SBC) is an IP multimedia security and operational enhancement function for session-oriented IP services, based on SIP/H.323/H.248 signaling. It enables direct IP-to-IP interconnect between multiple administrative domains for session-based services, providing protocol internetworking, security, admission control, and management. It enables direct IP-to-IP peering between service providers, and between service providers and their business and residential customers. The most common SBC deployment is Voice over IP (VoIP) peering between service providers by converting IP to public switched telephone network (PSTN) and using existing PSTN peering infrastructure.

Edgewater Networks solutions ensure the secure and reliable delivery of IP based voice, video and data for service providers and enterprises. Edgewater Network’s solutions offer proven network and operational savings from the core of the network to the customer premises.

Edgewater Networks’ customers use Network Edge Orchestration to power their hosted unified communications and SIP trunking offers.  With Network Edge Orchestration, they are able to rapidly provision services from a central control center, minimize truck rolls, ensure service quality, increase customer satisfaction, and, most importantly, rapidly scale to meet customer demand.

The company helps customers deliver intelligence at the network edge with its Network Edge Orchestration platform that includes the Edgeview Service Control Center, Intelligent Edge solutions, and the QuickConnect certification program.