HP Integrates Dialogic Components to Offer Competitive Computer Telephony Platforms

Business Wire, April 26, 1999

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 1999--

Hewlett-Packard Company today announced the HP NetServer CT platforms, a wide, scalable range of open Computer Telephony (CT) platforms incorporating Dialogic Corporation's software and hardware components. This offering will provide the communications industry with application-ready platforms for HP's channel partners.

HP's NetServer CT platforms, through the integration of ISV applications, are optimized for a wide range of Computer Telephony market segments, such as voicemail, unified messaging, interactive voice response (IVR) and IP telephony, which require high availability, high performance and multiple I/O slots.

The HP NetServer CT platforms are expected to be available in the second quarter of 1999. HP will incorporate Dialogic's DM3 IPLink, the industry's first complete, single-board development platform for voice and fax over Internet Protocol (IP). The DM3 IPLink family is based on open industry standards, supporting the H.323 protocol, and is the first to include support for the International Telecommunications Union's standard T.38 code for real-time fax over IP.

"Integrating Dialogic's DM3 IPLink into HP's NetServer CT platforms provides our channel partners with the high-performance platform expected from two industry leaders," said Eric Buatois, worldwide marketing manager for HP's Communications Industry Business Unit. "This relationship places HP in a position to strengthen its leadership as this industry evolves."

"IP telephony is attractive to users because of the rich potential for enhanced services," said Jim Machi, director of Product Management, Dialogic Corporation. "Since IPLink also supports SNMP and will tie into HP OpenView enterprise-management solutions, management of an IPLink gateway in an HP managed network is greatly eased."

Strengthening Channel Relationships

With HP's worldwide distribution capability and broad range of communications solutions, HP and Dialogic will be able to better meet the communications needs of value-added resellers (VARs), independent software vendors (ISVs) and network equipment providers (NEPs).

HP's CT platforms allow VARs, ISVs and NEPs to focus on their core competencies, and because HP manages the integration of applications and platforms, end customers are assured a trouble-free deployment. HP's Worldwide Integration Center (WWIC) provides global coverage and multi-site deployments with a distribution system that only HP can provide. HP can deliver a quick response time through a single point of contact using its worldwide support organization and define programs to aid channel partners through HP's worldwide Telecom Support Centers (TSC).

Open CT Servers

HP's NetServer CT platforms will incorporate Dialogic's CT Media server software, allowing multiple applications from multiple vendors to share common hardware resources. Telephony developers can write applications to CT Media's open APIs -- ECTF S.100 today and Microsoft(R) TAPI later this year. CT Media gives developers the freedom to concentrate on their applications without the burden of worrying about hardware resources.

About Dialogic

Dialogic (Nasdaq "DLGC"), the global leader in open computer telephony, provides the critical building blocks and technical services that enable partners to develop solutions for the converging voice and data networks. Dialogic products are used in voice, fax, data call center management and Internet Protocol (IP) telephony applications in both customer premise equipment (CPE) and public network environments. The company is headquartered in Parsippany, N.J., with regional headquarters in Tokyo, Singapore, Brussels and Buenos Aires, and sales offices worldwide. For more information, visit the Dialogic Web site at http://www.dialogic.com/.> About HP's Communications Industry Business Unit

HP supplies communications IT infrastructure to every Fortune 500 telecommunications company in the world today. HP and its partners deliver management, network intelligence, billing and customer-care solutions for UNIX(R) and Windows NT(R) system platforms, enabling service providers to migrate from network- to customer-focused business models as the Internet and telephony worlds converge.

About HP

Hewlett-Packard Company -- a leading global provider of computing and imaging solutions and services for business and home -- is focused on capitalizing on the opportunities of the Internet and the proliferation of electronic services. HP had computer-related revenue of $39.5 billion in its 1998 fiscal year.

HP plans to launch a new and independent measurement company consisting of its industry-leading test-and-measurement, components, chemical-analysis and medical businesses. These businesses represented $7.6 billion of HP's total revenue in fiscal 1998. With leading positions in multiple market segments, this technology-based company will focus on high-growth opportunities such as communications and life sciences.

HP has 122,800 employees worldwide and had total revenue of $47.1 billion in its 1998 fiscal year. Information about HP, its products and the company's Year 2000 program can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com.