MILPITAS, Calif., April 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LSI Corporation
(NYSE: LSI) today announced an initiative to form a multi-service business
gateway (MSBG) alliance and the availability of a reference platform to enable
rapid development of MSBG solutions. The formation of the alliance represents
an industry-wide effort among founding members that include service, system
and components providers. The primary mission of the new alliance is to
accelerate the development of MSBG systems and complete solutions for service
providers.
"Managed business services represent a key growth opportunity for service
providers," said Ibrahim Gedeon, chief technology officer, Telus. "The MSBG
alliance and reference platform can help accelerate the delivery of managed
services to business customers and will play an important role in defining
next-generation solutions."
MSBG solutions can replace PBX, media gateways, Internet access devices,
firewalls and routers with a single, cost-effective multi-service platform.
Using MSBG technology, service providers will be able to offer small and
medium business (SMB) customers access to enterprise-grade managed services
and provide enterprise customers with access to corporate-level voice, video
and data services at remote branch office (RBO) locations.
"Customer demand for multiple services consolidated into fewer devices at
the Internet gateway is growing," said Abner Germanow, director of Enterprise
Networking Research at IDC. "Reducing hardware footprint is a big first win
and IDC expects new value to emerge from functions that operate more
effectively together when paired on a common platform."
MSBG solutions deliver integrated services including secure, unified
communication, high-speed connectivity and mobility by consolidating routers,
gateways and access devices. As a result, service providers who deploy MSBG
platforms will be better equipped to deliver new applications and managed
services to SMB and RBO locations.
"LSI and other MSBG alliance members are creating the open technology
platform to deliver high-performance solutions for the emerging hosted
business services market," said Tony Pereira, business leader, Business
Communications Portfolio, Nortel. "Nortel is excited about leading with our
Business Services Gateway into this segment."
Charlie Kawwas, vice president of segment marketing, Networking and
Storage Products Group, LSI, said, "Early on, LSI recognized the potential of
the MSBG market, but also realized that a reference platform and solution
delivery alliance were necessary for the market to flourish. Through the
combined efforts of MSBG alliance members, service providers will now have the
technology required to deliver new managed business services at a much faster
pace."
LSI will showcase its MSBG solutions at Interop 2008, April 28 to May 1,
in the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nev. Alliance members will
showcase their solutions in the LSI booth, Palm H, and will announce their
participation during Interop 2008. On Tuesday, April 29, at 10:15 a.m. at Reef
E, Kawwas will be joined by Pereira, where they will jointly present the
session Managed Services: The Real-Time Tipping Point. This session will
explore the new services and efficiencies enabled by the application of MSBG
systems.
About LSI
LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) is a leading provider of innovative silicon,
systems and software technologies that enable products which seamlessly bring
people, information and digital content together. The company offers a broad
portfolio of capabilities and services including custom and standard product
ICs, adapters, systems and software that are trusted by the world's best known
brands to power leading solutions in the Storage and Networking markets. More
information is available at http://www.lsi.com.
