NetGen Communications Announced Smart ACS, a Configuration-Management Service for Smart ATA Customers
ROSWELL, Ga., Sept. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NetGen Communications announced the general availability of its newest product, Smart ACS. Smart ACS, based on OpenACS (Open Automatic Configuration Server), is an automatic configuration server that implements the "CPE WAN Management Protocol" (CWMP) specified in the Broadband Forum's TR-069 specification. Smart ACS has fixes and modifications that allow OpenACS to work with NetGen's Smart ATA, and is available under the GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2) free of charge to Smart ATA customers. NetGen also announced that it will provide a configuration service to customers that are not ready to bring the function in house.
One of the common problems with wide deployment of customer-premises equipment (CPE) in telephony is how to affordably and effectively maintain the software. NetGen's Smart ATA team lead, David Greenwald, explained, "Obviously, when thousands of CPE installations are involved, manual administration is impracticable. This prompted the Broadband Forum to release TR-069 in May 2004."
As its summary states, TR-069 is:
A protocol for communication between a CPE and Auto-Configuration Server (ACS) that encompasses secure auto-configuration as well as other CPE-management functions within a common framework.
Greenwald continued, "Smart ATA end users can always go to NetGen's support page and download the latest firmware. But we also offer a Smart ATA configuration-management service to all Smart ATA customers for a monthly service fee. And, for the Smart ATA customer with the scale to support bringing configuration management in house, we offer Smart ACS software free of charge (after all, it is open source).
Smart ACS has the flexibility to support the service provider's segregating CPE by subscriber class, for example, those that have enabled FoIP from those that have not would receive a different configuration. Of course, NetGen uses the same feature to segregate by customer, allowing customers to brand the ATA's configuration homepage with their own logos
Smart ACS will be generally available following its beta test, which begins in early November.
About NetGen Communications, Inc.
NetGen Communications, Inc., a Commetrex spin-out, was founded by Commetrex to develop, produce and market ATA, gateway, and server products for the ITSP. Initially, this means helping the ITSP to meet subscribers' requirements for FoIP that matches the reliability of TDM fax. Beyond that, NetGen's development focus is to leverage Commetrex' rich technology and product portfolio to bring new values to the ITSP.
SOURCE NetGen Communications, Inc.
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