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News Release from: Pika Technologies | Subject: MonteCarlo SDK
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 06 April 2005
Dev kit to gain SIP stack for VoIP
signalling
An integrated SIP stack for VoIP signalling will be available to developers this June.
For two decades, Pika Technologies has delivered the functionality commercial application developers require to remain competitive in their evolving IVR, call centre, custom IP/PC PBX, fax and logging solutions markets Now the company has revealed that an integrated SIP stack for VoIP signalling will be available to developers this June
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 18 May 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Software kit adds high-level programming interface
Pika Technologies has introduced a high level application programming interface (API) available as part of the Pika MonteCarlo SDK.
Development kit enhances voice applications
The latest version of the Pika Technologies software development kit (SDK) supports non-facility-associated signalling (NFAS) and other SIP enhancements.
The company has also unveiled its host media processing (HMP) technology, which is slated for initial release later this year.
By way of Pika MonteCarlo SDK, application developers gain access to reliable media processing building blocks for the converged TDM/IP environment.
This June, a low-level SIP stack will be integrated into the SDK and will have a programming interface common to existing SDK functions.
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Software development takes VoIP onboard
The forthcoming release of the Pika MonteCarlo software developer kit will allow application developers to design cost-effective VoIP-enabled voice and fax solutions for their customers.
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The flexible SIP stack will enable VoIP signalling in conjunction with real-time transport protocol streaming (RTP).
It is a mechanism that enables IP-based solutions to make and receive voice calls.
The Pika SIP stack will allow developers to take advantage of emerging opportunities in the converged network space.
For example, in IP PBX environments, SIP-enabled VoIP allows developers to offer desktop functionality that was previously only available to customers willing to invest in expensive solutions that required proprietary digital telephone sets.
Developers can now deliver this same rich functionality to the local and remote desktop in a model that will be affordable to small- and mid-sized businesses.
This functionality will be particularly applicable to systems designed for use in call centre environments.
In IP PBX environments, developers can use media processing building blocks from Pika Technologies to IP-enable call processing, automated attendant, voice mail, fax, and unified messaging.
Pika building blocks are also applicable for special purpose VoIP gateway applications.
An IP-ready environment allows developers to take advantage of new revenue streams, and enables them to provide solutions to their customers that create operational and cost efficiencies.
In IVR and voice portal environments, developers can link distributed branch offices via an IP based local or wide area network.
Developers can offer their enterprise customers flexibility and cost efficiency.
Pika Technologies will also include enhanced fax services in the next release of the MonteCarlo SDK.
The enhancements will include high-density fax for pure fax as well as combination voice/fax environments in a single computer chassis.
Savings can be realised on T1/E1 lines, in chassis space, and in support infrastructure and management.
Developers can cost-effectively deploy and maintain large-volume fax and voice/fax environments reliably.
"We enjoy a steady, technical rapport with a global network of application developers".
"It is through in-depth technical discussions with knowledgeable developers that we learn how best to support them", explained Doug Petty, VP Technology and Operations, Pika Technologies.
"As a result, we are delivering an integrated SIP stack and enhanced fax for high density environments".
Pika MonteCarlo SDK, Release 6.3, will be available for general distribution in June 2005.
MonteCarlo 6.3 will enable SIP and enhanced fax services on Pika digital T1/E1 boards and Pika analogue boards.
To remove the typical complexity of moving from one release to the next, most MonteCarlo 6.1- and 6.2-based applications will run on 6.3 with a simple recompile only.
Today, Pika Technologies also unveiled its initiatives in HMP.
In the early life of the company, as part of the product strategy, the design team made the architectural decision to power the call control stacks on the computer's host processor.
They are now leveraging that knowledge and expertise as their designers enable current DSP-based media processing algorithms to run on the host as well.
This is the next step in the company's product roadmap for converged TDM/IP and pure IP environments.
In a pure IP environment, Pika Technologies' patent-pending technology, called AllOnHost media processing, will run on the host processor thereby eliminating the requirement for voice boards.
The company is targeting to have AllOnHost technology in developers' hands later this year.
Pika Technologies' initiatives will give developers flexibility of choice for AllOnBoard (DSP-based) media processing, AllOnHost media processing, or a blend of both depending on application requirements.
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