Sipera Systems Highlights Simplified Enterprise Smartphone Security at Enterprise Connect 2011 in Orlando

RICHARDSON, Texas, Feb. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sipera Systems, the leader in real-time Unified Communications (UC) enablement and security, today announced it will be conducting live demonstrations of its SLiC smartphone security system at the Enterprise Connect 2011 conference in Orlando, February 28 - March 2, 2011.

The company also announced SLiC's integration with CounterPath's Bria iPhone Edition application, a SIP-based phone for Apple iPhone and iPod touch that uses Wi-Fi or 3G connections to make and receive calls.

Sipera will be conducting the demonstrations in its Gaylord Palms Convention Center booth, #628, Cisco booth #1009, and Presidio Networked Solutions booth #1037.

"More and more enterprises are supporting the smartphones, including iPhones, of mobile workers and teleworkers, and allowing the use of VoIP and other UC applications for business critical communications and collaboration.  Unfortunately, some enterprises are unaware of how to comprehensively secure smartphones, and are sometimes forced to do so only after a security breach, or expensive violation of an industry security mandate such as HIPAA or PCI-DSS," said Andy Asava, VP of Business Development at Sipera.

"SLiC simplifies addressing the security risks unique to smartphones, ensures they can be automatically authenticated into enterprise telephony infrastructures, applies all enterprise security policies and rules, and enables enterprises to meet security and privacy compliance policies," he added.

"Enterprises most often rely on experienced resellers like Presidio Networked Solutions to plan, design, integrate, operate and optimize customized, secure UC infrastructures and devices.  We've applied this full lifecycle management approach to advanced IT infrastructure solutions for major enterprises and government agencies around the world, satisfying their UC needs, and reducing communications costs," said Patrick Aland, Technology Manager, Unified Communications for Presidio Networked Solutions, Inc.  "Now we are finding these customers also require smartphone support and security.  With Sipera SLiC, we can confidently provide a single smartphone security application, and ensure all smartphone communications are fully encrypted and private, using the same strong encryption used for all of the enterprise's other services accessed over non-secure public networks."

Sipera SLiC makes VoIP and UC on the smartphone "ready for business."  Unlike untrusted, uncontrolled third-party VoIP or IM applications that are out of the enterprise IT or telecom group's control, Sipera SLiC integrates the smartphone into the enterprise's UC infrastructure.  Sipera SLiC consists of:

• A security appliance that sits in the enterprise DMZ, providing access control, authentication, encryption, policy enforcement, and threat detection and mitigation.
• Interoperable smartphones with native SIP clients, or the downloadable Sipera SLiC client, which provides a secure SIP stack, VoIP capabilities and integration with enterprise security.

About Presidio

Presidio Networked Solutions is the leading provider of business enablement solutions delivered through advanced IT infrastructure and managed outsourcing solutions, with a focus on advanced technologies for enterprise, commercial and government customers. Presidio Networked Solutions' comprehensive portfolio consists of unified communications, wireless, security, optical, telepresence, storage, managed and hosted services as well as supporting network, systems and Microsoft infrastructure solutions.

About Sipera Systems

Sipera Systems, the leader in real-time Unified Communications (UC) security solutions, is the choice of enterprises and service providers around the world to support their mission-critical UC deployments.  

Sipera offers groundbreaking solutions that secure voice, video, messaging, collaboration, and other real-time communications in converged IP networks, boosting compliance with information security requirements and simplifying the adoption of UC.  Sipera's innovative Borderless UC™ architecture delivers secure and private enterprise-class communications to any device over any network in any location.

Backed by the industry-leading research of the VIPER Lab, Sipera's award-winning UC-Sec appliance provides comprehensive threat protection, policy enforcement, access control, and encryption in a single, flexible, plug-and-play device.  The UC-Sec is pre-integrated with all market-leading UC vendor solutions and is the world's first UC security device to be Common Criteria certified, meeting the stringent international standard for IT security.

Sipera, Borderless UC, the Sipera logo, Sipera UC-Sec, Sipera SLiC, Sipera LAVA and Sipera VIPER Lab are trademarks of Sipera Systems, Inc.

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